Overview

Program

Opening remarks, Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee

Opening speech, Anita Angelovska Bezhoska, Governor, National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia

Welcome speech, Stevo Pendarovski, President of the Republic of North Macedonia

Keynote Lecture, Alfred Kammer, Director of European Department, IMF

Panel I: THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF MACROECONOMIC POLICY

Chair: Ivailo Izvorski, Chief Economist for the Europe and Central Asia region, World Bank

Panelists:

Boštjan Vasle, Governor, Bank of Slovenia

Boris Vujčić, Governor, Croatian National Bank

Petra Gerlach, Alternate member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank

Steven Vanackere, Vice-Governor, National Bank of Belgium

Panel II: OPEN STRATEGIC AUTONOMY, FRAGMENTATION AND ITS MEANING FOR CENTRAL BANKING

Chair: Pоul Thomsen, Former Director of European Department at the IMF

Keynote lecture: Benoit Mojon, Head of Economic Analysis, Bank for International Settlements

Panelists:

Gediminas Simkus, Governor, Central Bank of Lithuania

Martin Galstyan, Governor, Central Bank of Armenia

Elina Ribakova, Senior fellow, Peterson Institute

Giovanni Callegari, Head of Economic and Risk Analysis, European Stability Mechanism

PANEL III: POLICY PANEL ON THE REGIONAL EU PERSPECTIVE IN THE NEW GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

Chair: Peter Sanfey, Deputy Director, Country Economics, Strategy and Policy, EBRD

Panelists:

Fatmir Besimi, Minister of Finance of the Republic of North Macedonia Gent Sejko, Governor, Bank of Albania

Paolo Pasimeni, Deputy Chief economist, DG Internal Market and Industry, European Commission

Julia Wörz, Head of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe Section, OeNB Ranka Miljenović, Executive Director, European Policy Center