French G7 Presidency 2019 - Bretton Woods: 75 years later - Thinking about the next 75
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French G7 Presidency 2019 - Bretton Woods: 75 years later - Thinking about the next 75
Under the French G7 Presidency, Banque de France and the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance are organizing a high-level conference on:
Bretton Woods: 75 years later – Thinking about the next 75
Tuesday 16 July 2019
Banque de France Conference Center
31 rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs
75001 Paris
The themes of the four sessions are:
- Reflecting on global economic turbulence and dealing with crises
- Reflecting on trade
- Promoting global public goods to foster inclusive and sustainable development
- An international monetary system for the 21st century
The working language of the conference will be English.
Program
8.30-9.00 | Registration and welcome coffee |
9.00-9.30 | Welcome address : François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor, Banque de France Jacques de Larosière, Former Managing Director, International Monetary Fund |
9.30-11:00 | Panel 1: Reflecting on global economic turbulence and dealing with crises |
Moderator | Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of Research, Bank for International Settlements |
Speakers | Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California at Berkeley Patrick Honohan, Former Governor, Central Bank of Ireland Helene Rey, Lord Bagri Professor of Economics, London Business School Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of Research, Bank for International Settlements Arvind Subramanian, Visiting Lecturer, Harvard University; Peterson Institute for International Economics; Former Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India |
11.00-11.20 | Coffee Break |
11.20-12.50 | Panel 2: Reflecting on trade |
Moderator | Martin Wolf, Associate Editor & Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times |
Introductory remarks | Alan Wolff, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization |
Speakers | Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University Keyu Jin, Associate Professor of Economics, London School of Economics Anne Krueger, Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins University Cecilia Malmström, European commissioner for trade |
12.50-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-14.30 | Keynote speech David Malpass, President, World Bank |
14.30-15.45 | Panel 3: Promoting global public goods to foster inclusive and sustainable development |
Moderator | François Bourguignon, Emeritus Professor, Paris School of Economics |
Speakers | Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva, Executive Director, Oxfam Mexico Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Former Finance Minister of Nigeria, Former Managing Director of the World Bank and co-Chair, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate |
15.45-16.15 | Coffee Break |
16.15-16.45 | Keynote speech |
16.45-18.00 | Panel 4: An international monetary system for the 21st century |
Moderator | Gillian Tett, Chairman Editorial Board and Editor-at-large, US, Financial Times |
Speakers | Carmen Reinhart, Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System, Harvard Kennedy School Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister, Singapore; Chairman of the Group of Thirty Jean-Claude Trichet, Former President, European Central Bank Ernesto Zedillo, Former President, Mexico; Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization |
18.00-18.30 | Concluding remarks : Michel Camdessus, Former Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Bruno Le Maire, Minister for the Economy and Finance, France
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Updated on: 12/03/2019 12:13