Venue

Dupont Circle Hotel

1500 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036

LIVESTREAM TODAY (8:50-16:30)

WASHINGTON ECONOMIC FESTIVAL: GLOBAL MACRO SESSIONS

BY INVITATION ONLY (visit our website on the 24th to see the video livestream) 

Program subject to further additions and possible changes

Registration and Welcome Breakfast

(8:15-8:50)

Opening Remarks

(8:50-8:55)

• Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee

Session 1- The Economic Impact of Tariffs: The Return of the Beggar Thy Neighbor Policy?

(8:55-10:00)

• Chair: Jacob Frenkel, Chairman Emeritus G30, Former Governor Bank of Israel Former and Chief Economist, IMF 

Speakers:

• Harold James, Professor of History, Princeton University 
• Jennifer Hilman, Professor of Practice, Georgetown University Law School 
• Laura Alfaro, Professor, Harvard Business School 
• Ralph Ossa, Chief Economist, World Trade Organization 
• Chad Bown, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics 

Session 2- Monetary Policy in the Age of Supply Shocks

(10:05-11:20)

• Chair: Arend Kapteyn, Global Chief Economist, USB

Speakers:

• Javier Bianchi, Monetary Advisor, Federal Reserve of Minneapolis
• Kristin Forbes, Professor of Economics, MIT Business School  
• Axel Weber, President, Center for Financial Studies 
• Gediminas Simkus, Governor, Central Bank of Lithuania 

COFFEE BREAK

(11:20-11:35)

Session 3- The European Economy in a New Economic Landscape?

(11:35-12:00)

• Chair: Reinout De Bock, Strategist, UBS
• Olli Rehn, Governor, Central Bank of Finland

(12:00-12:15)

• A conversation with Federico Sturzenegger, Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation Argentina
• Chair: Matthew Cowley, UBS Global Network 

Session 4- Chief Economists’ Roundtable

(12:15-13:15)

• Chair: Jonathan Pingle, Chief US Economic, UBS 

Speakers:

• Albert Park, Chief Economist, ADB 
• Debora Revoltella, Chief Economist, EIB  
• Tao Wang, Chief Economist, UBS 

LUNCH

(13:15-14:30)

Session 5- A Reordering of Global Trade and Finance-The Future of the International Monetary and Payment Systems

(14:30-15:30)

• Chair: Matthew Cowley, UBS Global Network 

Speakers:

• Rashad Cassim, Deputy Governor, SARB 
• Julio Velarde Governor, Central Bank of Peru
• Barnabas Virag, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Hungary
• Dante Disparte, Head of Global Strategy, Circle 
• Morten Bech, Head Innovation Center, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Session 6- The US Economy and the Future of Global Finance: A High-Level Conversation

(15:45-16:30)

• Chair: Shahab Jalinoos, Chief FX Strategist, UBS
• Stephen Miran, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers

COKTAIL RECEPTION

(16:30-18:30)

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