Call For Papers
The DC Fintech Week 2026 Call for Papers welcomes submissions of 10,000 words or less from experts from governments, central banks, academia, non-profits, international organizations and industry professionals that significantly advance a rigorous or new understanding of emerging financial technologies and/or the policy issues they raise. This is a multidisciplinary event, so papers in law, economics, computer science, and all related fields are welcome.
Three papers will be selected for gold, silver, and bronze recognition and promoted through official DC Fintech Week channels. A select few will also be shared on the conference website, and highlighted for the thousands of regulators, technologists and thought leaders in the DC Fintech Week community.
- The Evolving Role of Central Banks as Market Infrastructure
- Trust, Identity, and Verification Layers in Digital Finance
- Agentic Commerce: Payments, Supervision, and Accountability
- Climate Risk, Resilience, and Innovation in Financial Technology
- Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work, Credit, and Market Access
- Community and Small-Bank Finance: Tokenization, AI, and the Path to Innovation
- Tokenization of Real-World Assets: Adoption, Liquidity, and Market Structure
- Prediction Markets and Event Contracts: Design, Regulation, and Social Value
- Consolidation, Competition, and Market Concentration in Fintech
- Smart Contracts and Programmable Finance: Law, Design, and Enforcement
- Interoperability across Payment Systems, Open Banking, and Digital Identity
We have a preference for short pieces that can be digested by a broad audience, and those that introduce novel or meaningful ideas in helpful ways.
Please submit your papers by August 30, 2026 11:59pm Eastern Time. Papers should be unpublished or published in no more than the last year. Note that acceptance for the conference does not preclude later publication in academic journals or book volumes.
With thanks to our Research Partner, PayPal, our Knowledge Partners, Global Digital Finance, Vanderbilt Law School, and Singapore Management University, Centre for Commercial Law in Asia, and our regulatory co-host, the Bank for International Settlements.
