Crisis in Global Economic Governance:
Which Way Forward?
April 23, 2025
BY INVITATION ONLY
Program still subject to further additions and possible changes
Wed., Apr. 23
Crisis in Global Economic Governance: Which Way Forward?



VENUE:
Sheppard Mullin LLC
2099 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 100
Registration and Breakfast
(8:00-8:30)
Welcome and Introduction
(8:30-8:40)
- Marc Uzan, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
- Matthias Jobelius, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
- Aude Darnal, Stimson Center
- Marieme Diop, AfriCatylist
Keynote: Multilateralism in a Populist Age
(8:40-9:30)
- Chair: Mattia Romani, Visiting Senior Fellow, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics
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“Lessons from the Bretton Woods at 80 initiative”: Mark Malloch Brown, Former Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations, Administrator of UNDP, UK Minister of State, Vice President of the World Bank and Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum, provides an update on this initiative in light of recent geopolitical changes
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“A Way Forward”: Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London, award winning economist, thought leader and author of many books including 2021’sMission Economy: a moonshot guide to changing capitalism, offers a vision for an innovation led future.
Coffee Break
(9:30-9:40)
What Kind of Crisis Are We In?
(9:40-10:40)
- Chair: Piroska Nagy Mohácsi, Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics
- Alexia Latortue, Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development
- Miles Kahler, Senior Fellow for Global Governance, Coiuncil on Foreign Relations
- Daouda Sembene, CEO, Africatalyst
- Armand Zorn, MP, Finance Committee, German Federal Parliament
- Nicola Giammarioli, Secretary General, European Stability Mechanism
- Gian Maria Milesi Ferretti, Senior Fellow, Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, The Brookings Institution
Coffee Break
(10:40-10:45)
Policy Responses and Implications for the Global South
(10:45-11:50)
- Reza Baqir, Managing Director and Global Practice Leader, Alvarez and Marsal
- Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Vice President, Global Fund for a New Economy
- Paola Subacchi, Chair in Sovereign Debt and Finance, Sciences Po
- Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Deepak Misra, CEO, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Wrap-up
(11:50-12:00)


