CB+DC Conference, Kuala Lumpur

Roundtable discussion / Debate

CB+DC Conference, 12-14 May 2026
Sasana Kijang, the Bank Negara Malaysia’s training centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Clément Berthou, associate research fellow at IRASEC, will take part to the CB+DC Conference with two panels discussion and a presentation. More information and registration on their website.

Panel Discussion — Interoperability—Making New Digital Money Work (12 May)

Qaiser Anwarudin from Bank Negara Malaysia, Charles Eloi CYUSA from Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR), Louise Johnston from Mastercard, Daniel Van Delft from @iDEAL, and chair Clément Berthou, PhD in Economics, examine how emerging forms of digital money can integrate with existing payment infrastructure. The panelists will discuss the technical and regulatory hurdles of interoperability with legacy rails, and the practical approaches needed to enable seamless, compliant value transfer at scale.

Panel Discussion — From Experiment to Infrastructure Digital Currency Comes of Age (13 May)

After years of pilots, sandboxes, and proofs of concept, digital currencies are entering a more mature phase. Maria Santos Oldham from Yellow Card, Silvia Wong from CIMB Group, Clément Berthou, PhD in Economics, Derek Rolle from the Central Bank of The Bahamas, and John Ho will discuss what it means to move from experimentation to real-world infrastructure—covering adoption hurdles, regulatory clarity, interoperability, and trust.

Cambodia’s Dollarization : Infrastructural Analysis of the Cambodian Monetary Framework and its Dynamics (14 May)

In this presentation Clément Berthou examines Cambodia’s dollarization through an infrastructural lens, analyzing how payment systems and monetary architecture shape currency dynamics. Drawing from PhD fieldwork, this study reveals the paradox of dollarization : while limiting monetary sovereignty (monetary policy constrained), payment infrastructure simultaneously enabled Cambodia to mobilize financial resources for national reconstruction following three decades of conflict and instability.