Second Edition-Hamburg

Ocotober 29-30, 2019

The Age of Progress

program

TUESDAY OCTOBER 29

9:30-9:40

Opening Remarks

Marc UZAN

Marc UZAN

Executive Director

RBWC

Henning VÖPEL

Henning VÖPEL

Executive Director

HWWI

9:40-11:00

Session 1: World and Trade in Turmoil – The Disentanglement of the Global Economy

Nijathaworn BANDID

Nijathaworn BANDID

Chairman

Foundation for Public Policy and Good Governance 

Tao ZHANG

Tao ZHANG

Deputy Managing Director

IMF

Yaroslav LISSOVOLIK

Yaroslav LISSOVOLIK

Head of Research

SBerbank CIB

11:15-13:15

Session 2: The Great Debate – MMT and Central Banking

Jacob FRENKEL

Jacob FRENKEL

Chairman

JP Morgan Chase International

Moritz SCHULARICK

Moritz SCHULARICK

Professor of Economics

University of Bonn

Stephanie KELTON

Stephanie KELTON

Professor of Economics

Stony Brook

Vitor CONSTANCIO

Vitor CONSTANCIO

Dean

School of Management of Lisboa 

Lorenzo BINI SMAGHI

Lorenzo BINI SMAGHI

Chairman

Société Générale

Catherine L. MANN

Catherine L. MANN

Global Chief Economist

Citigroup

 

Denis BEAU

Denis BEAU

First Deputy Governor

Bank of France

14:30-15:10

Session 3: Public Investment and Growth: The Changing Economics of Deficit

Henning VÖPEL

Henning VÖPEL

Executive Director

HWWI

Jacob VON WEIZSÄCKER

Jacob VON WEIZSÄCKER

Chief Economist

Ministry of Finance, Germany

Pier Carlo PADOAN

Pier Carlo PADOAN

Member of Parliament

Italy

15:10-16:15

Session 4: The Silk Road Initiative: Risk Mitigation and Reconciling the Different ConnectivityFrameworks

Marc UZAN

Marc UZAN

Executive Director

RBWC

Shamshad AKHTAR

Shamshad AKHTAR

Former Head

UN ESCAP

Christoph TREBESCH

Christoph TREBESCH

Head of International Finance & Global Governance

KIEL Institute for the World Economy

Alessia BERARDI

Alessia BERARDI

Head of Emerging Market Economics

Amundi Asset Management

16:35-18:00

Session 5: Dialogue of Leaders: Can Multilateralism Survive? The Emergence of an Economic and Tech Iron Curtain

Petre ROMAN

Petre ROMAN

Professor

University Politechnica Bucharest

 

George KVIRIKASHVILI

George KVIRIKASHVILI

International Advisor

EBRD

Karin KNEISSL

Karin KNEISSL

Former Foreign Minister

Austria

Tan Sri Rastam MOHD ISA

Tan Sri Rastam MOHD ISA

Chairman and Chief Executive

ISIS Malaysia

Dongshen DI

Dongshen DI

Associate Dean and Professor of International Political Economics/World Economy

Renmin University of China

18:00 

Cocktail Reception

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30

8:50-9:00

Opening Remarks

Aurora WONG

Aurora WONG

Vice President

ZB group

9:00-10:15

Session 6: The Rise of the Digital Platform Economy: Social and Economic Consequences

Anna HOFFMAN

Anna HOFFMAN

Head of Research and Scolarship

ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Bucerius

Ian GOLDIN

Ian GOLDIN

Professor of Globalization and Development

Oxford University

Loubna BOUARFA

Loubna BOUARFA

CEO and Founder

OKRA Technologies

Masood AHMED

Masood AHMED

President

Center for Global Development

10:30-11:45

Session 7: Central Banking in a New Technological Era

Carsten MUMM

Carsten MUMM

Chief Economist

Donner & Reuschel

Boris VUJCIC

Boris VUJCIC

Governor

Central Bank of Croatia

Aniko SZOMBATI

Aniko SZOMBATI

Executive Director and Chief Digital Officer

Central Bank of Hungary

Aleksi GRYM

Aleksi GRYM

Head of Digitalization

Bank of Finland

Linda SCHILLING

Linda SCHILLING

Assistant Professor

Ecole Polytechnique CREST

11:45-12:40

Session 8: The Future of Money – The Emergence of Digital Money

Tim SIEVERS

Tim SIEVERS

CEO & Founder

Deposit Solutions

Ido SADEH MAN

Ido SADEH MAN

President

SAGA Foundation

Rhomaios RAM

Rhomaios RAM

CEO

Fnality International

Aurora WONG

Aurora WONG

Vice President

ZB group

 

14:00-15:15

Session 9: Energy, Economy, Environment: The Three E’s Paradigm for Sustainable Cities and Inclusive Growth

Dirck SUESS

Dirck SUESS

Director of the Economic Policy Department

Hamburg Chamber of Commerce

Raekwon CHUNG

Raekwon CHUNG

Professor Emeritus

Incheon National University

Jörg NOENNING

Jörg NOENNING

Professor for Digital City Science

Hafen City University

Jens KERSTAN

Jens KERSTAN

Minister of Environment and Energy

Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Jeffrey SACHS

Jeffrey SACHS

President

Earth Institute

15:45-16:30

Session 10: Introductory Keynote – Financing Sustainable Transition

Werner HOYER

Werner HOYER

President

European Investment Bank

Masood AHMED

Masood AHMED

President

Center for Global Development

15:45-16:30

Session 10 – Multilateral Development Bank Perspectives

Pierre HEILBRONN

Pierre HEILBRONN

Vice President Policy and Partnership

EBRD

Masood AHMED

Masood AHMED

President

Center for Global Development

16:35-17:35

Session 11: Governing the Digital Society – Big Data, AI, Blockchain and Democracy

Petre Roman

Petre Roman

Professor

University Politechnica Bucharest

Ching ZHU

Ching ZHU

CEO

Chain Board Inc.

Wolfgang KLEINWÄCHTER

Wolfgang KLEINWÄCHTER

Member

ICANN

Johannes CASPAR

Johannes CASPAR

Hamburg Commissioner

Data
Protection and Freedom of Information

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