- ECB Forum on Central Banking 2019
20 Years of European Economic and Monetary Union
Sintra, Portugal, 17-19 June 2019
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Programme
All times are local.
- 18:00
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Opening reception and dinner
Opening remarks
Mario Draghi, President, European Central Bank
Dinner hosted by the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
Dinner speech
Olivier Blanchard, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Tuesday, 18 June
Young economists’ competition
Posters produced by young economists presenting their research will be on display throughout the Forum.
Participants are invited to talk to the students individually about their research and to rate the posters using the electronic facility provided. Participants’ ratings will serve as input for the selection of the best paper, which will be awarded a prize at the end of the Forum.
Find out more- 9:00
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Introductory speech
Mario Draghi, President, European Central Bank
- 9:30
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Session 1 - The first 20 years of EMU
Chair: Luis De Guindos, Vice-President, European Central Bank
Paper 1 - Real convergence in the EMU
Jean Imbs, Professor, Paris School of Economics and New York University, Abu Dhabi, with Laurent Pauwels, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
Discussant: Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Professor, University of Maryland
- 10:30
- Coffee break and young economists’ poster session
- 11:00
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Presentation The single monetary policy: 20 years of experience
Peter Praet, Former Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- 11:30
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Panel - The first 20 years of EMU
Chair: Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- Laurence Boone, Chief Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Markus Brunnermeier, Professor, Princeton University
- Peter Praet, Former Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- Ricardo Reis, Professor, London School of Economics
- 13:00
- Lunch
- 15:00
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Policy panel
Moderator: Claire Jones, Frankfurt Bureau Chief, Financial Times
- Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England
- Mario Draghi, President, European Central Bank
- Stanley Fischer, Former Vice Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Group photo
- 18:30
- Reception and dinner
- 9:30
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Speech
Jean-Claude Juncker, President, European Commission
- 10:00
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Session 2 - The future of EMU
Chair: Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Paper 2 - Superstar firms and spatial agglomeration: An exploration of effects in Europe
Laura Alfaro, Professor, Harvard University, with Maggie X. Chen, Professor, George Washington University and Harald Fadinger, Professor, University of Mannheim
Discussant: Gianmarco Ottaviano, Professor, Bocconi University
- 11:00
- Coffee break and young economists’ poster session
- 11:30
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Paper 3 - Demographic changes, migration and economic growth in the euro area
Axel Börsch-Supan, Director, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, with Duarte Nuno Leite and Johannes Rausch, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
Discussant: Anna Maria Mayda, Associate Professor, Georgetown University
- 13:00
- Lunch
- 14:00
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Panel - The future of EMU
Chair: Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- Marcel Fratzscher, President, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
- Gita Gopinath, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department, International Monetary Fund
- Martin Hellwig, Director (em.), Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
- Hélène Rey, Lord Bagri Professor of Economics, London Business School
Award ceremony – Young economists’ competition
- 15:30
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Closing remarks
Mario Draghi, President, European Central Bank
- 19:30
- Reception and dinner hosted by the Banco de Portugal
This programme may be subject to change without notice.
General information
Penha Longa Hotel
Estrada da Lagoa Azul, Linhó
Sintra, Portugal
Conference room Penha Longa Palace – Coroa I
+351 21 924 9000
Fax: +351 21 924 9007
[email protected]
A shuttle service from Lisbon airport to the Penha Longa Hotel is offered for participants – further information and the departure schedule will be available from the Forum’s information desk at the airport.
For more information refer to the FAQ page.
Business attire for the dinner on Monday, 17 June
Smart casual attire for all other events
English