NOVEMBER 18, 2023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY


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UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center for International Business and Policy will hold its 4th biennial Conference on Global Economic Issues: Deglobalization and Fragmentation, on Saturday, November 18, 2023.

The Clausen conference will host prominent economists, policymakers, and industry participants.  This year we welcome Pinelopi Goldberg, Elihu Professor of Economics and Professor of Management at Yale University, to give the keynote address.

Thank you for joining us for the 2023 Clausen Center Conference!

We hope you enjoy the conference photos and you can find the participant list here.

We look forward to seeing you again and best wishes for the new year!


PROGRAM

8:30-9:00am Registration & Breakfast
9:00-9:15am Opening Remarks

Benjamin E. Hermalin Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost,
University of California Berkeley

9:15-10:30am Session 1 – Energy, Trade and the Environment
Moderator: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas International Monetary Fund

Panelists:
Cullen S. Hendrix Peterson Institute for International Economics (View Session Slides)
Catherine Wolfram MIT Sloan School of Management
Joseph Shapiro University of California Berkeley (View Session Slides)

10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-12:30pm Session 2 – Semiconductors, export restrictions and CHIPs Act

Moderator: Matilde Bombardini University of California Berkeley

Panelists:
Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli University of California Berkeley and co-founder of Cadence and Synopsys (View Session Slides)
Chad P. Bown Peterson Institute for International Economics
Matthew S. Borman Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration – Bureau of Industry and Security
Ronnie Chatterji Duke University and former White House Coordinator for CHIPS Act Implementation at the National Economic Council (NEC)

12:30-1:45pm Lunch
1:45-3:15pm Session 3 – Financial issues related to de-dollarization and international capital flows

Moderator: Barry Eichengreen, University of California Berkeley

Panelists:
Patricia C. Mosser Columbia University
Gene Frieda 
London School of Economics
Matteo Maggiori 
Stanford Graduate School of Business

3:15-3:45pm Break
3:45-4:45pm Egon & Joan von Kaschnitz Keynote Lecture
“Globalization in Crisis”

Pinelopi Goldberg Elihu Professor of Economics and Professor of Management, Yale University (View Session Slides)

4:45-5:00pm Closing Remarks – Matilde Bombardini and Cecile Gaubert (Clausen Center Co-directors)
5:00-6:00pm Reception



Venue
All sessions will be held at:

Chou Hall
University of California Berkeley
Spieker Forum (6th Floor), Cheit Ln, Berkeley, CA 94720


Parking and Transportation

Parking
Parking Passes for participants can be reserved in advance.
Parking validation is available at Stadium Parking Lot.
Contact econevents@berkeley.edu to request a permit.

Transportation
Shuttle service will be provide to and from the conference venue for all those lodging at Le Meridien San Francisco hotel.

For additional transportation options, please visit Bart.gov or 511.org


Accommodation
Le Meridien San Francisco, 333 Battery Street, San Francisco

Reservations at Le Meridien are now closed.  If you require lodging, we recommend Hotel Shattuck Plaza and Residence Inn.

Conference participants are responsible for any lodging expenses.

Please contact econevents@berkeley.edu for more information about discount rates.


Contact

For questions regarding conference logistics, please contact econevent@berkeley.edu