CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC ISSUES 2025

by | Sep 8, 2025 | Conferences, Events

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: Andres Rodriguez-Clare, University of California, Berkeley

Panelists:
Justin Pierce Federal Reserve Board
Susan Helper Case Western Reserve University
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 EV Supply Chain

Panelists:
Keith Head UBC Sauder
Edward McGlone Peak Energy
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
Claremont Resort & Spa

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