No cash, no intermediaries? Different scenarios for a digital economy What happens when a culture of primarily cash-based and mediated financial transactions encounters the world of digital financial platforms that promise cashless and direct transactions? In a world abuzz with conversations about digital financial transactions, we explore how they work among different low-income social groups in a one-day workshop on November 11, 2016 at IIIT-Bangalore. The workshop comprises three panels spread over the day. It will bring together diverse voices on digital financial transactions, who have earlier engaged with these issues on separate stages, to discuss changes in the nature of financial transactions. Together, we will explore possible ways to rethink cash-less and intermediary-free economies, and examine how best to incorporate the values associated with cash and financial intermediaries into the world of digital financial transactions. Workshop Schedule (Tentative) 0900 - 0945 Registration 0945 -1000 Welcome 1000 -1130 Session I: Logging In Speakers: Jayshree Venkatesan (Independent Consultant), Pravin Agarwala (BetterPlace Safety Solutions), Anupam Varghese (Eko) & Indrani Medhi Thies (Microsoft Research India) 1130 - 1145 Coffee Break 1145 - 1315 Session II: Making Payment Speakers: Pawan Bakhshi (Gates Foundation, India), Sanjay Jain (IndiaStack & iSpirt), Anubhav Sharma (National Payments Corporation of India) & Tara Nair (Gujarat Institute of Development Research) 1315 - 1400 Lunch 1400 - 1530 Session III: Transaction Complete Speakers: Shruti Gonsalves (SEWA Grih Rin), Milan Mitra (Mckinsey Digital Labs), Elisa Oreglia (SOAS) & Janaki Srinivasan (IIIT-B) 1530 - 1600 Coffee Break 1600 - 1700 Session IV: Logging Out (Concluding Remarks) To RSVP, please register at: <https://goo.gl/forms/M1Xa4k4HMrsD5ESb2> https://goo.gl/forms/M1Xa4k4HMrsD5ESb2 For any clarifications, please write to <mailto:kavitha.narayanan@iiitb.ac.in> kavitha.narayanan@iiitb.ac.in Thanks and regards, Onkar Hoysala MS by Research, IIIT-B <http://citapp.iiitb.ac.in/> Centre for IT and Public Policy <http://iiitb.ac.in/> International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore (IIIT-B)