DIALOGUE OF CONTINENTS 2021:
Overcoming the Unevenness of the Global Economy: A Sustainable and Comprehensive Connectivity Agenda
November 4, 2021 (Naples, Italy and online)
Partners
Overview
The chances for a swift and uniform rebound from the COVID-19 crisis have dimmed, and the world economy now faces sharply divergent growth prospects.During 2 days of sessions to be held in hybrid format we will draw on the views of a varied and high-level group of policymakers, experts, private sector leaders, development partners and other key stakeholders to explore the following questions:
What are the policy options to nurture the economic recovery using fiscal and monetary measures while keeping a close eye on safeguarding financial and price stability?
What is the long view for reinvigorating human capital, expanding access to digital connectivity, and investing in green infrastructure as a way to bolster growth?
What is the pathway for putting into action the EU’s principled approach to promoting a connectivity that is sustainable, comprehensive and rule-based?
How can global coordination be revived to help end the pandemic?
Program
DAY 1-THURSDAY NOVEMBER 25
UNEVENNESS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Opening Remarks (9:45-10:00 CET)
- Massimo Deandreis: General Manager, SRM (Economic Research Center related to Intesa Sanpaolo Group)
- Marc Uzan: Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
- Henning Vöpel: Director Center of European Policy Network
SESSION 1
The Supply Chain and Global Trade Disruptions
- Massimo Deandreis (Chair): General Manager, SRM
- Graham Slack: Chief Economist and Head of Strategic Intelligence iA.P. Møller-Maersk’s
- Emily Rees: Senior Fellow, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
- Ekaterina Kozyreva: President, IEC International
- Ferdinando Nelli Feroci: President, IAI (Italian Institute for International Affairs), Former Italian Ambassador to E.U and Former EC Commissioner presence Naples
SESSION 2
Uneven Recovery Patterns and the Continuing Economic and Social Impact of Covid 19
- Andrea De Petris (Chair): Scientific Director, Center of European Policy, Italy
- Phoebe Koundouri: Professor of Economics and Director RESSES Research
- Qiao Yide, President, Shanghai Research Development Foundation
- Yaroslav Lissovolik: Head of Research, Sberbank
- Marco Lombardi: Senior Economist, BIS
SESSION 3
Deepening and Enhancing European integration: A New Economic Policy Making Paradigm?
- Henning Vöpel (Chair): Director, Center of European Policy Network
- Antonella Mei-Pochtler: Head of Strategy, Unit Think, Austria
- Nicola Giammarioli: Secretary General and Member of the Management Board of the ESM
SESSION 4
Key Takeaways from the Cop26 and G20: A Modified Globalisation?
- Vasuki Sastry (Chair): Associate Fellow, Chatham House
- Harold James: Professor of History, Princeton University
- Masood Ahmed: President Center for Global Development
- Iván Kataryniuk: Head of European and Global Policies, Bank of Spain
- Nicolas Lamp: Associate Professor, Faculty of Law Queen’s University Kingston (author, Six Faces of Globlalisation)
DAY 2: Friday, November 26-GLOBAL TRANSITION AND PATHS
SESSION 5
The New Age of Connectivity and Innovation in Money
- Massimiliano Castelli (Chair): Managing Director UBS, Asset Management
- Piero Cipollone, Deputy Governor, Banca d’Italia
- Mehdi Manaa: Chief Executive Officer, BUNA
- Ousmene Mandeng: Senior Advisor, Accenture Blockchain Technology
SESSION 6
A Sustainable and Comprehensive (Transport, Energy, Digital) Connectivity Agenda: The Case for a Green Recovery
- Baurzhan Bektemirov (Chair): Chief Economist, AIFC
- Debora Revoltella: Chief Economist, European Investment Bank
- Mario Mattioli: President, Confitarma Italian Shipowners’
- George Kvirikashvili: International Advisor, EBRD and Former Prime Minister, Georgia
- Mario Holzner: Director, Vienna Institute for International Economics
SESSION 7
Connectivity with the Mediterranean: Reshaping the Regional Framework for Growth
- Petre Roman (Chair): Former Prime Minister, Romania
- Jihad Azour: Director, Central Asia and Middle East Department, IMF
- Yves Leterme: Former Prime Minister Belgium
- Ali Babacan: Former Deputy Prime Minister, Turkey
- Mehdi Jomaa: Former Prime Minister, Tunisia and Member Club of Madrid
SESSION 8
Managing the Global Common for a Resilient Global Economy
- Chair Jacob Frenkel (Chair): Chairman, Jacob Frenkel Zuckerman Institute for Global Economics
- Thomas Wieser: Senior Fellow, Bruegel
- Lord Mark Sedwill: G 7 Chair Task Force on Global Resilience
- Paolo Garonna: Secretary General, FeBaf
- Naoko Ishii: Director, Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo,Former CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility and Former Deputy Vice Minister of Finance, Japan