Frontier Dialogue (Jul.6, 2026)

The Third Wave of FinTech and the Transformation of Financial Systems

The information revolution is profoundly reshaping the world through, sequentially, the internet, blockchain, and AI. These three waves are now converging into what we call "the Third Wave of FinTech." While blockchain and AI are bound to comprehensively transform finance, different countries and jurisdictions around the world are exhibiting sharply distinct approaches to integrating these technologies into their financial systems. Thus, we are witnessing a profound regulatory and strategic divergence among the US, Europe, and Asia regarding the future of global financial infrastructure.

There are compelling reasons why these divergent paths are emerging, as the integration of frontier technologies introduces systemic uncertainties. To navigate this shifting landscape, this session of our Frontier Dialogue will explore three central questions:
Systemic impact: How does rapid technological innovation reshape financial stability and regulatory compliance frameworks?
Monetary co-existence: What is the future of the competitive, tension-filled relationship between sovereign fiat currency and private digital money (such as stablecoins and cryptocurrencies)?
Institutional redesign: How should we redefine the roles and boundaries of financial institutions including central banks, balancing traditional incumbents with emerging alternative players?

Frontier Dialogue (Apr.29, 2026)

The Pace of AI Adoption and the Future of Work

Entering into the second year of the agentic economy, AI disruption is gearing up its pace, generating as much anxiety as excitement across the globe.

There are at least three critical questions worthy to be answered, all related to the pace of AI adoption:

The first question is about the pace of investment: is the current wave of vast AI investment hype, or is it laying a solid foundation for the AI revolution moving forward?

The second question is about the pace of application adoption: how should we assess the pace of enterprise adoption and industry transformation?

The third question is about the pace of work disruption: how is work being disrupted, and how much do we know now about the future of work and organizations?

To embrace AI is not an option but a necessity. And to do this well, it is our responsibility to search for the best answers to these burning questions.

Frontier Dialogue (Dec.22, 2025)

An Onchain Future of Financial Systems and Agentic Economies

Today, digital technologies are beginning to transform not just financial instruments, but the underlying architecture of trust in the global economy. The rapid emergence of tokenized assets, programmable settlement networks, and digitally native payment instruments signals a shift toward financial systems where transactions, contracts, and compliance can be executed entirely and inclusively onchain. New legislations on stablecoin have the potential to integrate web2 and web3 finance, paving the way for the transformation of global financial system, trade system and corporate innovations.

At the same time, advances in AI are reshaping how economic activity is coordinated. We are approaching an era where autonomous software agents will transact, negotiate, and manage liquidity directly on digital ledgers. The interaction between these onchain infrastructures and agentic AI opens tremendous opportunities, but also raises foundational questions about identity, governance, and the design of future financial institutions.

To deepen our understanding of these developments, we are hosting an upcoming session of our Frontier Dialogue series around the following four thematic pillars:

- The Architecture of Trust: How will blockchain as a trust technology reshape the global financial system? At what pace and to what extent? What are the key opportunities and challenges?
- The Onchain Economy: How will stablecoins and Real-World Assets (RWAs) reshape the boundaries and mechanisms of global liquidity and capital formation, and thus impact the real economy?
- The Agentic Frontier: What happens to TradFi, CeFi, and DeFi markets when autonomous AI agents evolve from passive tools into active economic participants?
- Governance and Policy: How can regulatory frameworks ensure stability and interoperability in a financial system defined by decentralized execution?

To tackle these issues, we have gathered a distinguished panel of leading researchers and practitioners.

Frontier Dialogue (Dec. 9, 2025)

How Shall We Develop the “Technologies” to Embrace AI Technology?

Historically, technology has fundamentally transformed human society and the global economy. The current impact of AI, however, may be even more profound. While past revolutions primarily leveraged external physical resources, AI transcends human physical and cognitive limits by tapping into the world’s vast information potential.

Yet another historical lesson is also clear: the adoption of general-purpose technologies often varies significantly across regions and sectors—a pattern clearly reflected in today’s global AI landscape. Consequently, the core challenge lies in ensuring efficient and inclusive integration that benefits the majority while minimizing the socio-economic costs of transformation.

Frontier Dialogue (Nov. 5, 2025)

Assessing and Redefining Growth and Progress in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence is poised to transform the economy, and one area that particularly deserves frontier understanding is its relationship with economic growth. The famous Solow Paradox can also be said today: you can see the AI rage everywhere but in the productivity statistics.

Through an engaging and insightful dialogue, our aim is to generate fresh insights into these important questions that still lack clear answers.