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Conference on Global Economic Issues 2017
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UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center for International Business and Policy will hold its biennial Conference on Global Economic Issues on Saturday, November 18, 2017.
Confirmed speakers include Ilan Goldfajn, President of the Banco Central do Brazil who will give the Egon and Joan von Kaschnitz keynote lecture, John Williams, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Minister of the Economy, Mexico, as well as Andres Rodriguez-Clare and Gabriel Zucman, from UC Berkeley.
This invitation-only event will examine the challenges faced by emerging countries, especially Latin America, the future of globalization for emerging and advanced economies, the policy challenges posed by rising income and wealth inequality and its causes, and the challenges to the conduct of monetary policy in a world of low natural real interest rates.
The conference will host prominent economists, policymakers, and industry participants for what promises to be a lively and stimulating event.
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WE ENCOURAGE TO REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 15, 2017
| 9:00am – 9:30am | Registration & Breakfast |
| 9:30am – 9:45am | Opening Remarks
Dean Rich Lyons, UC Berkeley |
| 9:45am – 11:00am | Session 1: Low Interest Rates
Moderator: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Clausen Center Director Panel: |
| 11:00am – 11:15am | Break |
| 11:15am – 12:30pm | Session 2: Income inequality
Moderator: Lillian Cheung, Executive Director, Hong Kong Monetary Authority Panel: |
| 12:30pm – 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | Session 3: The Future of Globalization
Moderator: Andrew Rose, UC Berkeley Panel: |
| 3:30pm – 3:45pm | Break |
| 3:45pm – 5:00pm | Egon & Joan von Kaschnitz Lecture
Keynote: with comments by |
| 5:00pm – 7:00pm | Post-Conference Reception |
Back To TopAll sessions and reception will be held at:
David Brower Center, Berkeley
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Parking
Parking Passes for participants can be reserved in advance. Contact econevents@berkeley.edu to request a permit.
Visitor Parking Map
Transportation
For additional transportation options, please visit Bart.gov or 511.org
Hyatt Regency, 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco
Accommodation will be provided for out-of-town attendees. Please indicate if lodging is desired when completing your registration form and a reservation will be made on your behalf. We strongly recommend that all attendees register by September 30, 2017.
Conference transportation is provided from the Hyatt Regency Hotel to UC Berkeley, David Brower Center on Saturday November 18. Boarding begins at 8:15am. Please note; the bus departs from the Market Street side of the hotel (the other side of the main lobby entrance) at 8:30am. Contact econevents@berkeley.edu with any inquiries.
NOTE: Berkeley lodging also available upon request.
For questions or comments please contact:
Clausen Event Staff, econevent@berkeley.edu
Event Planner
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, pog@berkeley.edu
Conference Host
Macro/Growth/International Reading Group
Each semester a member of the Clausen Center leads a group of PhD student in an in-depth examination of recent academic papers on macroeconomics and international finance. Graduate students summarize the paper examined and the discussion covers theoretical underpinnings, relation to the broader literature, empirical evidence, and policy relevance of the topic under study.
Department of Economics International Trade and Finance Seminar (Econ 281)
International Trends in Financing Innovation and Entrepreneurship
hosted by Lee Fleming and Gustavo Manso
The aim of workshop is to bring together leading scholars who study the financing of innovation and entrepreneurship in a variety of countries. It will explore various institutional, legal, and financial sector developments that affect the creation of entrepreneurial firms and technological innovation, their rate of success, the dynamism of incumbent firms, and their different contributions to economic development. The conference will also focus on understanding the role of entrepreneurs, emergent phenomena such as crowdfunding and FinTech, institutional investors, and financial markets in the governance of entrepreneurial firms; it will highlight differences across countries as a way to identify salient dynamics. The conference is made possible through the generous support of the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy. See program here.
The Euro Crisis: A Look Back and a Look Forward
Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at the UC Berkeley will provide a retrospective on the euro crisis — which aspects were a surprise and which were predictable — and sketch a viable way forward for the Eurozone.