Tues, Oct 22

BRETTON WOODS AT 80: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF REFORM

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION – From Analysis to Action: The Political Economy of IMF Reform

(8:30-12:00)

Chair:

• Masood Ahmed, Emeritus President, Center for Global Development

In Conversation with:

• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF

BY INVITATION ONLY

Venue: Center for Global Development

BY INVITATION ONLY

Wed, Oct. 23

BRETTON WOODS IN A NEW WORLD: A VIEW FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH

Registration and Welcome Breakfast

(10:00-10:30)

Session 1: Mitigating the Fragmentation of the Global Economy and the Future of Global Growth

(10:30-11:30)

Chair:

• Andreas Dombret, Global Senior Advisor, Oliver Wyman and Former Board Member, Deutsche Bundesbank

Speakers:

• Shekhar Aiyar, Assistant Director, Research Department, IMF

• Pietro Carlo Padoan, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Unicredit

• Isabelle Mateos y Lago, Global Chief Economist, BNP Paribas

• Henry Farrell, SNF Agora Professor of International Affairs, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Session 2: CBDC, Cross-Border Payment and the Future of Money in a Deglobalized World

(11:30-12:45)

Chair:

• Ugur Koyluoglu, Partner and Vice-Chairman, Financial Service Americas, Oliver Wyman

Speakers:

• Piero Cipollone Member of the Board, European Central Bank

• Andrea M. Maechler, Deputy General Manager, BIS 

• Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Global Policy, Circle

LUNCH

(12:45-13:30)

Session 3: Multilateral Development Banks and the IMF: Working as a System to fight Climate Change

(13:30-14:45)

Chair:

• Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, AIIB

Speakers:

• Ivan Tiago Machado Oliveira, Deputy Secretary for Sustainable Development Finance, Ministry of Finance, Brazil 

• Manuela Ferro, Vice President East Asia and Pacific, World Bank 

• Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, Council on Energy Environment and Water, India

• Prasad Ananthakrishnan, Unit Chief of Climate Finance Policy Unit, IMF

COFFEE BREAK

(14:45-15:00)

Session 4: The Sixth Roundtable on Sovereign Debt and the Impact on Development

(15:00-16:55)

Chair:

• Layna Mosley, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University and Director, Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab

Speakers:

• Mario Centeno Governor Central Bank of Portugal

• Matthew Martin, Executive Director, Development Finance International 

• Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

• Patrick Njoroge, Former Governor, Central Bank of Kenya 

• Guido Schmidt-Traub, Partner Systemiq

• Vera Songwe, Founder and Chair of Liquidity and Sustainability Facility and Non Resident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings

Closed Door Roundtable: Future Priorities for the G20 South Africa

(17:00-18:00)

Thurs, Oct. 24

GLOBAL MACRO ECONOMY IN THE WORLD

Registration and Welcome Breakfast

(8:00-9:00)

Session 1: Global Macro Economy in a New World

(9:00-10:30)

Chair:

• Arend Kapteyn, Global Chief Economist, UBS 

Speakers:

• Martins Kazaks, Governor, Central Bank of Latvia

• Jason Furman, Professor of Economics, Harvard University 

• Axel Weber, President, Center for Financial Studies

• Catherine Mann, Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England

Session 2: US Elections

(10:30-11:30)

Chair:

• Jonathan Pingle, Chief US Economist, UBS

Speakers:

• David Jolly, Former Congressman, Florida

• Mike Needham, Chair, American Compass and Former Chief of Staff to Senator Marco Rubio

• Charles Myers, Chair, Signum Advisers

Session 3: A Conversation with Paolo Gentiloni on European and Global Challenges

(11:40-12:30)

Chair:

• Reinout De Bock, Head of European Rates Strategy, UBS

Speaker

• Paolo Gentiloni, EU Commissioner, Economic and Monetary Affairs

LUNCH: Global Trade Transformation and Geo-Economic Fragmentation

(12:40-13:50)

Speakers:

• Debora Revoltella, Chief Economist, European Investment Bank

• Hoe Ee Khor, Chief Economist, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO)

• Rolf Strauch, Chief Economist, European Stability Mechanism

• Laura Alfaro, Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University

• Ralph Ossa, Chief Economist, WTO

Session 4: Emerging Market Resilience Under the New Global Financial Conditions- The Next Chapter

(14:00-15:00)

Chair:

• Massimiliano Castelli, Managing Director, UBS Asset Management

Speakers:

• Julio Velarde, Governor, Central Bank of Peru

• Olayemi Cardoso, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria

• Anusha Chari, Professor of Economics, University of North Carolina 

• Barnabás Virág, Deputy Governor, Magyar Nemzeti Bank

• Piroska Nagy Mohacsi, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science

COFFEE BREAK

(15:00-15:15)

Venue

Dupont Circle Hotel

1500 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036

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