AI in Finance:

CBDC, Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

Challenges, Risks or Greater Opportunity?

Jointly organized by Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University - Türkiye (FSMVU) and Hamad Bin Khalifa University-Qatar (HBKU).

The workshop (jointly organized by FSMVU and HBKU) aims to provide an environment and a new platform to discuss recent trends in digitalization, AI and machine learning, contemporary business practices and technological developments in finance and economics. It provides a new platform to discuss, exchange ideas and learn about the latest developments related to CBDC, blockchain and cryptocurrencies as well as broader digital and AI transformation. Challenges, risks and opportunities will be discussed in detail. 

In an era of innumerable innovations, rising trend of uncertainties and countless efforts to build new standards, the drivers behind this rapid and impressive developments shall matter as much. Relatively dynamic vanguard of innovations, cutting edge solutions and more efficient payment and transfer systems, pros and cons of digital currencies and new developments in the field of Central Bank Digital Currency will be examined thoroughly.

The workshop provides a new opportunity to discuss, learn and even shape the future of digitalization. The goal, hence, is to provide a space for open and active discussions about issues surrounding digital and AI transformation. The workshop aims to bring together different opinions, expectations, cutting-edge research in these new fields. 

Topics (includes, but is not limited to): 

Digital Transformation,

• Financial technologies,
• Payment technologies,
• Blockchain technology,
• Digital currencies,
• E-invoice, e-inventory, e-bookkeeping,
• E-commerce,
• Industry 4.0,
• Sustainable digital transformation,

Digitalization in Finance, 

• FinTech,
• Digital banking,
• Payment technologies,
• Green Finance,
• Data science,
• Machine Learning in Finance,
• Sentiment analysis,
• Fraud detection,
• Algorithmic trading,
• Credit scoring,
• Blockchain,

Digitalization in public policies, 

• AI in public policies,
• Digital energy and AI,
• FinTech in Public Institutions,

Artificial Intelligence, 

• Generative AI,
• Machine learning,
• Machine Learning in Finance,
• AI based modelling,
• Deep learning,
• Cognitive computing,
• AI and future,
• AI and its applications in finance, 

Big Data, 

• Better use of data,
• Data analytics,
• AI and data analytics
• AI and data centers,

Digital Currencies,

• Adaptation of Digital Currency,
• Cryptocurrencies,
• Blockchain,
• CBDC,
• Tokenized assets,
• Interoperability,
• Cross-border payments,
• Offline payments,
• Design challenges,
• Financial inclusion, 
• Privacy vs. security
• Traceability and privacy,
• Innovation vs. control,

Green Transformation,

• Green Finance,

Financial stability and banking supervision,

• Impacts on the banking sector,
• Financial stability,
• Risk management,
• Systemic risk,
• AI and banking,
• Policymaking and AI, 

Other applications in finance

Risks, Opportunities and Challenges: 

• Disruptions to the markets,
• Systemic risk,
• Great Risk or Greater Opportunity?
• Efficiency
• Trust, 
• Fairness, 
• Privacy,
• Security,
• Changing mindset,
• AI at a crossroad – opportunities, risks, and the path forward,

Other key topics

• Post-Pandemic Accelerating Digital Transformation,
• Digital Globalization,
• Digital economies and relevant digital policies,
• Embracing the technology frontier,
• Implications of AI on Finance,
• New Developments and Business Practices in the Financial Sector,
• Opportunities and challenges of digitalization,
• Opportunities and challenges of AI adoption,
• The information and communication technology (ICT) sector development,
• The Macroeconomic Impacts of Artificial Intelligence,
• Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Public Policy,
• Theoretical and practical aspects of digital currencies,
• The internet of things (IoT),
• Transforming Globalization,
• Digital supply networks,

Event details:

Workshop location: Ayasofya Campus, FSMVU

Date of event: June 11, 2025

Key dates for the workshop:

• Workshop Proposals Deadline: April 15, 2025
• Review Results: April 30, 2025
• Full Chapters Due: May 31, 2025
• Event date: June 11, 2025
• Tentative Publication Date (for the book): December 2025

Workshop policies: 

A book (from one of the leading international publication houses) will be published out of the workshop submissions (in progress).

No submission or publication fee is required for the authors. 

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us, if you have any questions.

We look forward to hosting and working with the distinguished faculty focusing on these topics. 

PERPAL Lab

Econ Department, FEAS, FSMVU

Contact info: 

Bilal Bağış, Assoc. Prof.

econ@fsm.edu.tr