2017 NABE International Symposium Special Event co-Hosted by:
Mario Monti, former Prime Minister of Italy, addresses 2017 International Symposium attendees
The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) and the Banca d'Italia will cohost a global economic symposium at the Banca d'Italia headquarters in Rome, Italy, May 4-5, 2017. The goal of the Symposium is to strengthen linkages and networks between leading business economists in the United States and their colleagues across the Atlantic through a dialogue and roundtable that will foster debate and the exchange of frank views on economic issues of common concern.
This is the third global symposium to be co-hosted by NABE; the first was conducted May 2015 in Munich, Germany, in conjunction with the Deutsche Bundesbank, and the second was conducted May 2016 in Paris, France, in conjunction with the OECD.
NOTE: This event is open to NABE Members and invited guests only. To request an invitation, email [email protected].
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Arrival, Registration, Light Lunch 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Welcome Stuart Mackintosh, CBE, 2016-17 NABE President; Executive Director, Group of Thirty Salvatore Rossi, Senior Deputy Governor, Banca d'Italia 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM Session 1: Global Outlook Manuel Balmaseda, CBE, Chief Economist, CEMEX John Calverley, Chief Economist, Calverley Economic Advisors Ltd. William A. Strauss, CBE, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Moderator: Mine Yücel, CBE, 2016-17 NABE Vice President, Senior Vice President and Research Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2:20 PM - 3:30 PM Session 2: Is Monetary Policy Still the Only Game in Town? Outlook for Fiscal Policy and Structural Reform Stefan Kooths, Head of the Forecasting Center, Kiel Institute for the World Economy Paolo Onofri, Founder and President, Prometeia Associazione Juan Luis Vega, Head of Monetary Policy Division, Banco de España Moderator: George Kahn, CBE, Vice President and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Coffee Break 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM Session 3: Potential for Digitization and Technology Jacques Bughin, Director and Senior Partner, McKinsey Global Institute Mark Cliffe, Chief Economist, ING Group Moderator: Martin Fleming, VP, Chief Economist and Chief Analytics Officer, IBM Corp. 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Session 4: Financial Regulation: Too Far or Not Far Enough? Fatima Pires, Head of Financial Regulation Division, European Central Bank John Silvia, CBE, Chief Economist, Wells Fargo Moderator: Alessio De Vincenzo, Head of the Macroprudential Analysis Division, Banca d'Italia
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Guided Tour of Palazzo Koch, Banca d'Italia 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Reception/Dinner with Keynote Speaker Palazzo Koch, Banca d'Italia Reflections on International Integration - in Europe and Beyond Mario Monti, Former Prime Minister of Italy; Senator for Life Introduction: Fabio Panetta, Deputy Governor, Banca d'Italia
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Arrival and Coffee 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Session 5: Reforming the European Economic Governance: An Italian View Fabrizio Saccomanni, Former Senior Deputy Governor, Banca d'Italia, and Former Minister of the Economy and Finance; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics Introduction: Luigi Federico Signorini, Deputy Governor, Banca d'Italia 9:30 AM - 10:40 AM Session 6: Future of the European Union Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Professor, Paris School of Economics Marco Buti, Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission Moderator: Klaus Masuch, Principal Adviser, European Central Bank 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Coffee Break 11:00 AM - 12:10 PM Session 7: The Puzzle of Diminishing Trade: Cyclical or Secular? Marco Annunziata, Chief Economist, GE Susan Lund, Director of Research, McKinsey Global Institute Graham Slack, Chief Economist, A.P. Møller Maersk Moderator: Massimo Sbracia, Manager - Directorate General for Economics, Statistics and Research, Banca d'Italia 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM Luncheon 1:10 PM - 2:20 PM Session 8: How to Reverse Low Everything (Growth, Inflation, Interest Rates)? Jorge Sicilia, Chief Economist, BBVA Chris Varvares, CBE, Senior Managing Director and Co-Founder, Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC Moderator: Marco Magnani, Deputy Director General for Economics, Statistics and Research, Banca d'Italia
A limited number of rooms at the special rate of €240 (single occupancy) and €260 (double occupancy) have been reserved at the Mood Hotels - Rome Glam Hotel, Rome Times Hotel, and Rome Life Hotel. All hotels are close to one another and within walking distance from the Banca d'Italia (map). To make a reservation, please complete the hotel reservation form and return to [email protected] no later than March 15, 2017. After this date, availability and rates will be on request. No phone reservations. Rome Glam Hotel via Nazionale 82 Rome Times Hotel via Milano 42 Rome Life Hotel via Palermo 10/12