Washington, DC Economic Festival (part 2)

October 23, 2024

BY INVITATION ONLY

Program still subject to further additions and possible changes

Wed, Oct. 23

BRETTON WOODS IN A NEW WORLD: A VIEW FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH

Registration and Welcome Breakfast

(10:00-10:30)

 

Session 1: Mitigating the Fragmentation of the Global Economy and the Future of Global Growth

(10:30-11:30)

Chair:
  • Andreas Dombret, Global Senior Advisor, Oliver Wyman and Former Board Member, Deutsche Bundesbank
Speakers:
  • Shekhar Aiyar, Assistant Director, Research Department, IMF
  • Pietro Carlo Padoan, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Unicredit
  • Isabelle Mateos y Lago, Global Chief Economist, BNP Paribas
  • Henry Farrell, SNF Agora Professor of International Affairs, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

 

Session 2: CBDC, Cross-Border Payment and the Future of Money in a Deglobalized World

(11:30-12:45)

Chair:
  • Ugur Koyluoglu, Partner and Vice-Chairman, Financial Service Americas, Oliver Wyman
Speakers:
  • Piero Cipollone Member of the Board, European Central Bank
  • Serey Chea, Governor, Central Bank of Cambodia
  • Andrea M. Maechler, Deputy General Manager, BIS 
  • Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Global Policy, Circle

 

LUNCH

(12:45-13:30)

Session 3: Multilateral Development Banks and the IMF: Working as a System to fight Climate Change

(13:30-14:45)

Chair:
  • Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, AIIB
Speakers:
  • Danny Alexander, Vice President for Policy and strategy, AIIB
  • Ivan Tiago Machado Oliveira, Deputy Secretary for Sustainable Development Finance, Ministry of Finance, Brazil 
  • Manuela Ferro, Vice President East Asia and Pacific, World Bank 
  • Arunabha Ghosh, CEOCouncil on Energy Environment and Water, India
  • Prasad Ananthakrishnan, Unit Chief of Climate Finance Policy Unit, IMF

COFFEE BREAK

(14:45-15:00)

Session 4: The Sixth Roundtable on Sovereign Debt and the Impact on Development

(15:00-16:55)

Chair:
  • Layna Mosley, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University and Director, Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab
Speakers:
    • Mario Centeno Governor Central Bank of Portugal
    • Matthew Martin, Executive Director, Development Finance International 
    • Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
    • Patrick Njoroge, Former Governor, Central Bank of Kenya 
    • Guido Schmidt-Traub, Partner Systemiq
    • Vera Songwe, Founder and Chair of Liquidity and Sustainability Facility and Non Resident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings

    Closed Door Roundtable: Future Priorities for the G20 South Africa

    (17:00-18:00)

     

    Venue

    Dupont Circle Hotel

    1500 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036

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