FCiR26 - Financial Cryptography in Rome 2026


Financial Cryptography in Rome
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Banca d’Italia – Centro Convegni Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Via Nazionale 190, Rome (Italy)

Organizing Committee

Chairs: Michela Iezzi (Banca d'Italia) and Massimiliano Sala (University of Trento).

Invited Speaker

Ludovic Perret (EPITA, Sorbonne University)
Post-Quantum Migration in the Financial Sector

Description

Financial Cryptography in Rome returns in 2026, following the 2025 edition. The program covers post-quantum cryptography in the financial sector, blockchain risks, stablecoins, verifiable money, and encryption for privacy-preserving applications.

For more information, contact fcir26@decifris.it.

Program

09:00 – 09:30Registration
09:30 – 09:45Welcome address
Giuseppe Zingrillo (Banca d’Italia)
09:45 – 10:00Welcome address
Massimiliano Sala (De Cifris, University of Trento)
10:00 – 11:00Invited talk – Post-Quantum Migration in the Financial Sector
Ludovic Perret – EPITA, Sorbonne University
11:00 – 11:30Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00Central Bank Readiness for a Post-Quantum World
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña – Banco de España
12:00 – 12:30Quantum Risks in Public Blockchains
Francesco De Sclavis – Banca d’Italia
12:30 – 13:00Stablecoins under Stress in a National Economy: Transaction-Level Evidence from Austrian Crypto-Asset Service Providers
Pietro Saggese – IMT Lucca; Michael Sigmund, Burkhard Raunig, Esther Segalla – Oesterreichische Nationalbank; Bernhard Haslhofer – Complexity Science Hub; Christos A. Makridis – Arizona State University
13:00 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 15:00Beyond a False Dichotomy: Users, Institutions and Verifiable Money
Vincenzo Vespri – University of Florence
15:00 – 15:30Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00Protecting Privacy in the Public Sector with Cloud Encryption
Andrea Gelpi – De Cifris
16:00 – 16:30Fully Homomorphic Encryption for Financial Transactions
Marco Pedicini – Roma Tre University; Giacomo Santato – Italian National Cybersecurity Agency
16:30 – 17:00Functional Encryption for Privacy-Preserving Data Use in Public Institutions
Ferdinando Zullo – University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
17:00 – 17:10Final remarks

Contacts

E-mail: fcir26@decifris.it