IMF/World Bank Week
The Economics of Pandemics: The Role of Data
October 12, 2020
Bruno Tissot, Head, BIS Statistics
Karel Musil, Director,Macroeconomic Forecasting Division, Czech national Bank
Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalization and Development, University of Oxford
Javier Perez, Director, International Economics and Euro Area Dept. Bank of Spain
Adkins Zheng, Chairman and Chief algorithm Officer, TCSA
Hayk Avetisyan, Head, Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of Armenia
Moderator: Ousmene Mandeng, Senior Advisor, Accenture
Macro Economic Policy in Transition: Perspectives from Advanced and Emerging Countries
October 13, 2020
Pablo Hernández de Cos, Governor, Bank of Spain
Alejandro Diaz De Leon, Governor, Banco de Mexico
Julio Velarde, Governor, Central Reserve Bank of Peru
Fernanda Nechio, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Brazil
Rashad Cassim, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of South Africa
Chair: Massimiliano Castelli, Managing Director, UBS Asset Management
CBDC + Private Sector = A Recipe for Innovation?
October 14.2020
Perianne Boring, Founder and President, Chamber of Digital Commerce
Michael Spitz, CEO, Main Incubator, Commerzbank
Tim Grant, Head of Business, SDX
Wee Kee Toh, Deputy Director in the FinTech and Innovation Group (FTIG), Monetary Authority of Singapore
Timothy Lane, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada
Caroline Pham, Deputy Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Citi
Moderator: John Velissarios, Global Managing Director, Accenture
The Future of Money Reimagined for Financial Inclusion
October 14, 2020
Steven Becker, President and COO, Maker Foundation
Anikó Szombati, Chief Digital Officer, Central Bank of Hungary
Denelle Dixon, Executive Director, Stellar Development Foundation
Moderator: Harish Natarajan, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank
Fiscal Policy Panel
October 15, 2020
Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy, European Commission
Jason Furman, Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Professor of the Practice in the Department of Economics, Harvard University
Chair: Beat Siegenthaler, Global Macro Advisor, UBS Investment Bank
A Conversation about the US Election
October 16, 2020
Tony Fratto, Partner and Founder, Hamilton Place Strategies
Monetary Policy in Transition
October 16, 2020
James Bullard, President, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Masazumi Wakatabe, Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan
Mario Centeno, Governor, Central Bank of Portugal
Felipe Larrain, Former Finance Minister, Chile and Professor of Economics, UCL
Chair: Beat Siegenthaler, Global Macro Advisor, UBS Investment Bank
Coping with Covid 19 in the Caucasus and Central Asia
October 29, 2020
Jack Farchy, Bloomberg Reporter
Baur Bektemirov, Chief Economist, AIFC
Jihad Azour, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
Martin Galstyan, Chairman, Central Bank of Armenia
Aziza Umarova, CEO, SmartGov Consulting