Financial literacy has become an increasingly important topic for central banks, reflecting its growing relevance for financial stability and public trust. Recognising this, Banka Slovenije has for many years placed financial education among its priorities and is regarded as one of the leading institutions in Slovenia in promoting financial literacy through a broad range of programmes. This year, as part of the Masters of the Digital Future project, held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Nataša Pirc Musar, we have extended our financial literacy activities to an international level. We have invited governors of central banks to join the discussion and exchange views on the key challenges and future developments in the field of financial literacy.
We cordially invite you to the international roundtable discussion entitled From Financial Literacy to Financial Stability which will take place on Friday, 22 May 2026, from 13:30 to 15:00 in Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana.
The event will open with remarks by Annamaria Lusardi, Professor at Stanford University and one of the leading experts on financial literacy. Ms Lusardi will highlight current challenges and opportunities in the field.
Keynote speech will be followed by a discussion in which participants will address the evolving role of financial literacy in modern society. The roundtable will bring together representatives of all participating central banks within the Masters of the Digital Future debate project:
Primož Dolenc, Governor, Banka Slovenije
Peter Kažimír, Governor, Národná banka Slovenska
Madis Müller, Governor, Eesti Pank
Irena Radović, Governor, Central Bank of Montenegro
Boris Vujčić, Governor, Hrvatska narodna banka
Petar Chobanov, Deputy Governor, Bulgarian National Bank
Josef Meichenitsch, Board Member, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
The discussion will focus on questions such as:
Why is financial literacy more important today than ever before?
How do different countries approach the development of national strategies for financial literacy?
How can financial institutions and central banks contribute to spreading knowledge, educating the public, and building trust?
What is the impact of digitalization and artificial intelligence on understanding financial decisions?
We look forward to your participation in this event, which will, for the first time in such an international format, bring together the perspectives of several central banks on how to move from raising awareness to achieving a tangible increase in financial literacy.
The event will take place at Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana and will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation into Slovenian. A live video stream will be available for those unable to attend in person. Participation is free of charge, and registration via the online form is open until Wednesday, 13 May 2026.
Annamaria Lusardi is a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), and the Director of the Initiative for Financial Decision-Making, a collaboration between SIEPR, the Graduate School of Business (GSB), and the Economics Department at Stanford University. Previously, she was University Professor at The George Washington University and, before that, she was the Joel Z. and Susan Hyatt Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, where she started her academic career. She has also taught at Princeton University, the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and Booth School of Business, Columbia Business School and was a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School. From 2017 to 2023, she was the Director of the Italian Financial Education Committee in charge of designing and implementing a national strategy for financial literacy in Italy. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University and an honorary doctorate from the University of Vaasa in Finland.
Primož Dolenc is the Governor of Banka Slovenije, and the president of its Governing Board. He assumed the function in March 2026 for a term of six years, after being appointed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia.
He has been working at Banka Slovenije since 2016, for most of the time as a vice-governor and a member of the Governing Board. The National Assembly appointed him to this function in 2016, and again in 2022. For most of his term as vice-governor he also held the position of deputy-governor, and has headed Banka Slovenije for two periods in the absence of a governor.
He is a graduate of the University of Ljubljana’s School of Economics and Business, where he also completed his master’s and doctorate. He defended his doctoral dissertation on asset management and government debt in 2006. Since 2000 he has held advisory and managerial positions at several financial institutions. He was also a full professor and researcher at the University of Primorska, with responsibility for banking and finance.
Peter Kažimír has been the Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia since June 2019 and, in this capacity, a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. Prior to assuming the role of Governor at the central bank, he served as Finance Minister from 2012 to 2019. Before that, he held the position of State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance from 2006 to 2010. During his tenure as Finance Minister, in the latter half of 2016, as part of the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union, he officially represented the European Union and the Eurogroup at the G20 and G7 meetings.
Madis Müller is the Governor of Eesti Pank and a member of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council, which sets monetary policy for the euro area. Appointed in June 2019, he previously served as Eesti Pank’s Deputy Governor, held senior roles at the IFC and the World Bank, and advised Estonia’s Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. He holds finance degrees from George Washington University and Estonian Business School, and is both a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and FRM (Financial Risk Manager) charterholder.
Irena Radović, the first woman to lead Montenegro’s Central Bank since 2023, leads reforms in financial stability, EU regulatory alignment, and payment system modernization, including SEPA integration. Chairing the National Financial Stability Council, she advances Montenegro’s EU accession in nine negotiation chapters, and brings experience from diplomacy, academia, and development finance to central banking leadership.
Boris Vujčić has become Governor of the Croatian National Bank for a six-year term of office in July 2012 and was re-appointed for another six-year term of office in July 2018. On July 2024 he was re-appointed for his third term of office.
He has been a Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Vienna Initiative 2.0 since 2016, a member of the General Council of the ECB and a member of the General Board of the ESRB since 2013. Since 1 January 2023. Governor Vujčić is a member of the Governing Council of the ECB.
In March 2026 Mr Vujčić was appointed the Vice-President of the European Central Bank as of 1 June, 2026.
Mr Vujčić won recognitions as the best governor in Central and Eastern Europe by Emerging Markets magazine in 2018, as well as the best world governor by The Banker (Financial Times) in 2019, and in 2021, he was rewarded with the Lamfalussy Award for lifetime achievement in the field of finance.
Boris Vujčić holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Zagreb. He has been an associate professor at the Zagreb Faculty of Economics since 2003. At the Zagreb Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics, he has lectured as visiting professor since 2004.
Petar Chobanov is the Deputy Governor in charge of the Banking Department and a Member of the Governing Council of the Bulgarian National Bank elected by the 49th National Assembly on 26 July 2023 for a six-year term of office. Mr Chobanov holds a Master’s degree in Macroeconomics and a PhD in Finance, Money Circulation, Credit, and Insurance.
Since October 2023 Mr Chobanov has been a Member of the General Board of the European Systemic Risk Board; Since October 2024 - Member of the Single Resolution Board; Since October 2024 -Representative of the Bulgarian National Bank in the Economic and Financial Committee;
Since August 2025, he is a member of the High-Level Task Force on the Integrated Reporting Framework of the European System of Central Banks. Mr Chobanov has also been an Alternate Member of the High-Level Task Force on the Digital Euro (Digital euro HLTF) and a Member of the High-Level Task Force on Appia since January 2026.
Josef Meichenitsch is a member of the Governing Board of the Austrian Central Bank, responsible for payments, financial literacy and IT. He is a member of the ECB High-Level Task Force on the Digital Euro, chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Austrian Mint and member of the Supervisory Board of the Austrian Financial Market Authority. Before joining the Governing Board he held roles at the Austrian Central Bank, the Austrian Financial Market Authority and the Central Bank of Ireland. Josef is an economist by training.
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