Jerome Ajdenbaum
VP, Digital Currencies
IDEMIA
Biography
Jerome Ajdenbaum is managing the Digital Currency business at IDEMIA. He is the author of a bestselling book “Who Will Win the Cryptocurrency War?” and is frequently interviewed in the press on subjects ranging from to cryptocurrencies and the politics of the political aspects of the metaverse.
About the company
As a leader in identity technologies, IDEMIA is on a mission to unlock the world and make it safer. IDEMIA offers its public and private customers payment, connectivity, access control, travel, identity and public security solutions. Every day, around the world, IDEMIA secures billions of interactions in the physical and digital worlds. With nearly 15,000 employees, IDEMIA is trusted by over 600 governmental organisations and more than 2,300 enterprises spread over 180 countries, with an impactful, ethical and socially responsible approach.
Presentation
CBDC Academy : Offline payment solutions: a showcase
Offline payments are generally considered the most complex part of a CBDC system, as they raise issues related to usability, security and privacy. In this Academy session, we will present what stakeholders are saying about the need for offline payments, available architectures and technology solutions, how they compare, available value transfer protocols (how users pay), the best user devices for offline, interactions with online CBDC. We will conclude by exploring risk management and privacy issues. This session will use real-life examples and live demonstrations to give the audience a feel of what offline payments will eventually look like.
Breakout session : Privacy in CBDC: Lessons learnt from experimentations with central banks
All surveys show that privacy is the main concern of CBDC users and will be a key factor in their success. Working with central banks, we have noticed that their approach to privacy varies. We have also found that technology can enable them to build the privacy model they deem appropriate, from total privacy to total traceability. In this presentation, we will share these findings and outline a way forward for the deployment of privacy-protective CBDC solutions.
