IMF World Bank Meetings. A Week of Digital Sessions
Day 1
Monday, 12 October 2020
The Economics of Pandemics: The Role of Data
10.00 – 11.00 London , 11.00 – 12.00 Paris, 17.00-18.00 Beijing
Bruno Tissot, Head, BIS Statistics, and Head of the Secretariat of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics
Karel Musil ,Director of the Macroeconomic Forecasting Division, Czech national Bank
Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalization and Development, University of Oxford
Javier Perez, Director General ,International Economics and Euro Area Department, Bank of Spain
Hayk Avetisyan, Head, Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of Armenia
Ousmene Mandeng, Senior Advisor, Accenture (moderator)
Day 2
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Macro-Economic Policy in Transition:
Perspectives from Advanced and Emerging Countries
16.00 – 17.15 London ,17.00 – 18.15 Paris, 11.00 – 12.15 New York,
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
Massimiliano Castelli, Managing Director, UBS Asset Management (chair)
Day 3
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
CBDC + Private Sector = A Recipe for Innovation?
15.30 – 15.15 London, 16.30 – 16.15 Paris, 10.30 – 11.15 New York
Perianne Boring, Founder and President, Chamber of Digital Commerce (welcome)
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
John Velissarios, Global Managing Director, Accenture (moderator)
The Future of Money Reimagined for Financial Inclusion
16.15 – 18.00 London , 17.15 – 19.00 Paris, 11.15 – 12.00 New York
Steven Becker, President and COO, Maker Foundation
Anikó Szombati, Chief Digital Officer, Central Bank of Hungary
Purwa Khera, Economist, IMF
Denelle Dixon, Executive Director, Stellar Development Foundation
Harish Natarajan, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank (moderator)
Day 4
Thursday, 15 October 2020
Fiscal Policy Panel
13.15 – 14.00 London, 14. 15 – 15.00 Paris, 8.15 – 9. 00 New York
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
Beat Siegenthaler, Global Macro Advisor, UBS Investment Bank (chair)
Day 5
FRIDAY, 16 October 2020
A Conversation about the US election
13.00– 13.45 London, 14.00 – 14.45 Paris, 8.00 – 8.45 New York
Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
Tony Fratto, Partner and Founder, Hamilton Place Strategies
Macro-Economic Policy in Transition
14.30 – 16.00 London, 15.30 – 17.00 Paris, 9.30 – 11.00 New York
James Bullard, President, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Masazumi Wakatabe, Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan
Beat Siegenthaler, Global Macro Advisor, UBS Investment Bank (chair)
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