Events
Marrakesh Economic Festival
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The current times of uncertainty, of economic disruptions, of environmental emergency but also of geopolitics crisis has led to a fragmented and changing world in which the dynamics we have known for several years has now drastically changed becoming “more fragmented, more tensed, more on the edge and more under stress”.
World leaders may not agree on much these days – but many of them share the sentiment that the world is entering a critical decade in the contest for the future international order. Over the last three decades, businesses and governments around the world operated under the assumption that economic and financial globalization will continue apace. As the international order has come under strain in recent years, however, the concept of deglobalization – the delinking of trade and investment so– has increasingly gained traction with households, companies, and governments. National security and geopolitics are supplanting economics in shaping national and international interactions. Central bankers around the world are called upon to deal with the repercussions of strategic economic relations on macroeconomic variables, inflation dynamics, monetary policy, financial stability and market infrastructures.
We suggest using the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in October 2023, to be able to host a rich variety of programming with the goal of creating the spirit of a unique new Festival in which to host different parts of the program. Sessions and book talks will be organized during the week of the annual meetings. The session themes are listed hereafter.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023 |
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08:00 - 08:45 |
Registration and Welcome Coffee |
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08:45 - 09:00 |
Opening Remarks Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee (RBWC) |
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09:15 - 10:00 |
Session 2: A High-level Conversation Chair: Arend Kapteyn, Global Chief Economist, UBS Speakers: Michelle Bowman, Governor, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System Klaas Knot, Governor, De Nederlandsche Bank, Chair of the Financial Stability Board |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Coffee Break |
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10:15 - 11:15 |
Session 3: TBC |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Session 4: Structural Change in The Global Economy and Its Meaning for Emerging Markets Chair: Massimiliano Castelli, Head of Strategy, Global Sovereign Markets, UBS Asset Management Speakers: Rashad Cassim, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of South Africa Julio Velarde, Governor, Central Bank of Peru Leonardo Villar, Governor, Central Bank of Colombia Min Zhu, Vice Chairman, Centre for International Economic Exchanges (CIIE) |
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12:30 - 14:15 |
Buffet Lunch |
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14:30 - 16:00 |
Session 5: Derisking the Global Financial and Trade System Chair: Abdelaaziz Ait Ali, Head of Economic Research, Policy Center for the New South Speakers: Paola Subbachi, Professor of International Economics and Chair, Advisory Board, Global Policy Institute, Queen Mary University Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General World Trade Organization Shahin Vallée, Senior Fellow, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP) Isabel Vansteekiste, Director General of the International and European Relations, European Central Bank (ECB) |
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16:00 - 16:20 |
Coffee Break |
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16:20 - 17:35 |
Session 6: A Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Historical Context of Technological Change Chair: TBC Speakers: Stefan Buijsman, Assistant Professor, Technische Universiteit Delft Sandra Watcher, Professor of Technology and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute (OII) |
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Thursday, October 12, 2023 |
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09:15 - 10:00 |
Registration and Welcome Coffee |
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10:00 - 11:45 |
Session 7: The New Trilemma of Macroeconomic Policy: Future Policy Responses Chair: Arend Kapteyn, Global Chief Economist, UBS Speakers: Robert Holzman, Governor, Central Bank of Austria Huw Pill, Chief Economist, Bank of England Chiara Scotti, Senior Vice-President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Axel Weber, President, Center for Financial Studies |
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11:45 - 12:00 |
Coffee Break |
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12:00 - 13:15 |
Session 8: Europe: Competitiveness, Macroeconomic Challenges and Global Competition Chair: Debora Revoltella, Chief Economist, European Investment Bank (EIB) Speakers: Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner, Economic Affairs, European Commission (EC) Erik Nielsen, Group Chief Economic Advisor, UniCredit Boštjan Vasle, Governor Central Bank of Slovenia |
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13:15 - 14:30 |
Buffet Lunch |
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14:45 - 16:15 |
Session 9: New Payment Infrastructures Chair: Andrew Torre, Regional President for Central Europe, Middle East and Africa, Visa Speakers: Andreas Dombret, Global Senior Advisor, Oliver Wyman Mamo Mihretu, Central Bank of Ethiopia |
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16:15 - 16:30 |
Coffee Break |
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16:30 - 18:00 |
Session 10: Central Bank Digital Currencies in Practice Chair: Ousmène Mandeng, Advisor, Accenture Speakers: John Rolle, Governor, Central Bank of Bahamas Wolfram Seidemann, CEO at Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology Leong Sing Chiong, Deputy Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore Cecilia Skingsley, Head of the Innovation Hub, Bank for International Settlments (BIS) |
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Friday, October 13, 2023 |
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13:00 - 14:00 |
Opening Lunch |
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Session 11: Financing for Development: What Comes next |
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14:00 - 15:15 |
Climate Finance Chair: Masood Ahmed, President, Center for Global Development (CGD) Speakers: Mattia Romani, Partner, Systemic Mark Suzman, President, Center for Financial Studies (CFS) |
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15:15 - 15:40 |
Coffee Break |
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15:40 - 17:00 |
Development Finance Chair: TBD Speakers: Niels Annen, Parliament State Secretary, Ministry of Economic Cooperation, Germany Avinash Persaud, Advisor, Prime Minister of Barbados Daouda Sembene, CEO, Africa Catalyst Rama Yade, Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council |
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19:00 - 21:00 |
Dinner Lecture – Restaurant Marocain Lecturer: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor of Economics, Columbia University |
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Sunday, October 15, 2023 |
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08:30 - 09:00 |
Welcome Coffee |
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11:00 - 13:00 |
Session 12: Sovereign Debt Distress in the Global South Special Roundtable: Sara Burke, Senior Policy Analyst, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, New York Guillaume Chabert, Deputy Director, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Maia Colodenco, Consultant Ishac Diwan, Director of Research, Finance for Development Lab (FDL) Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President, Policy Center for the New South Martin Guzmán, Director, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University Jeff Hall, Advocacy Director, Open Society Foundations (OSF) Martin Kessler, Executive Director, Finance for Development Lab Anne-Laure Kiechel, Founder and CEO, Global Sovereign Advisory (GSA) Theo Maret, Advisor, Senior Research Analyst, Global Sovereign Advisory (GSA) Brad Setser, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor of Economics, Columbia University Paola Subbachi, Professor of International Economics and Chair, Advisory Board, Global Policy Institute, Queen Mary University Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee (RBWC) Anahi Wiedenbrüg, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Economy, Argentina Deborah Zandstra, Partner in Capital Markets, Clifford Chance LLP |
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13:00 - 15:00 |
Closing Lunch |
