NOVEMBER 22, 2025 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
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UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center for International Business and Policy will hold its 5th biennial Conference on Global Economic Issues on Saturday, November 22, 2025. Details for the conference will be coming soon. Please bookmark this page and check back for further information. The Clausen conference will host prominent economists, policymakers, and industry participants. This year we welcome Gordon Hanson, the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, to give the keynote address.
PROGRAM
| 8:30-9:00am | Registration & Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:15am | Opening Remarks |
| 9:15-10:30am | Session 1 – Tariffs and U.S. Manufacturing Employment Moderator: Matilde Bombardini, University of California, Berkeley Panelists: Justin Pierce, Federal Reserve Board Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University Andres Rodriguez-Clare, University of California, Berkeley |
| 10:30-11:00am | Break |
| 11:00-12:30pm | Session 2 – Argentina’s Macroeconomic Reforms Moderator: Maury Obstfeld, University of California, Berkeley Panelists: Luis Cubeddu, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund Fernando Alvarez, University of Chicago Juan Pablo Nicolini, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis José Luis Daza, Deputy Minister of Economy, Republic of Argentina |
| 12:30-1:45pm | Lunch |
| 1:45-3:15pm | Session 3 – Policy Levers along the Battery and EV Supply Chain Moderator: Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley Panelists: Keith Head, UBC Sauder Edward McGlone, Peak Energy Keith Norman, Lyten |
| 3:15-3:45pm | Break |
| 3:45-4:45pm | Egon & Joan von Kaschnitz Keynote Lecture Gordon Hanson, Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School |
| 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 the Claremont Hotel.
Accommodation
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