Central Banking Series: Madrid

GIC is returning to Madrid this November for our 2018 International Central Banking Series at Fundación Rafael de Pino. This year will mark GIC’s fourth conference in partnership with the Fundación Rafael de Pino and BBVA. We are delighted to announce Raphael W. Bostic, the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, as the event’s keynote speaker. The public conference will take place on Thursday, November 15 accompanied by a Private Roundtable Discussion on Friday, November 16. In addition, member delegates will be invited to the Welcome Dinner on November 14 at the Palacio de Cibeles.

Agenda

Conference Part I
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Fundación Rafael del Pino – Hall I

10:30 a.m. | Registration and Coffee

10:45 a.m. | Welcome

• Vicente J. Montes Gan, Chief Executive Officer, Rafael del Pino Fundación
• Don Rissmiller, Chief Economist Strategas Research Partners and GIC Chairman

11:00 a.m. | Session I: New Risks in a New Geopolitical Framework: Saving the Liberal Trading System and the Open Global Economy

Trade

• Arancha González, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre

Geopolitical

• Manuel Muñiz, Dean & Rafael del Pino Professor of Practice of Global Leadership, IE School of International Relations, and Senior Associate at Harvard Kennedy School

12:15 p.m. | Session II: Economic Outlook

• Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments – Outlook on China
• Chris Gannatti, Head of Research, WisdomTree – Outlook on the US
• Óscar Arce, Director General for Economics, Statistics and Research, Banco de España – Outlook on the EU
• Moderator: Kathleen Stephansen, Advisor to the Boston Consulting Group Henderson Institute Center for Macroeconomics and GIC Vice Chair of Programs

1:30 p.m. | Lunch

3:00 p.m. | Session III From the Eyes of the Central Banks

• Daniel Sullivan, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Massimo Rostagno, Director General, Monetary Policy, ECB

4:00 p.m. | Session IV Innovation & Digitalization

• Ignacio Fuentes, Head of Operations at MIT Quest for Intelligence
• Karim Lesina, Senior Vice President, International External & Regulatory Affairs, AT&T Services Inc.

5:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks

Conference Part II
Time: 7:00 – 8:45 p.m.
Venue: Fundación Rafael del Pino- Auditorium

6:45 p.m. | Registration

7:00 p.m. | Welcome

• Vicente J. Montes Gan, Chief Executive Officer, Rafael del Pino Fundación
• Don Rissmiller, Chief Economist Strategas Research Partners and GIC Chairman
• Jorge Sicilia, Chief Economist, BBVA

7:15 p.m. | Monetary Policy in a New Economic and Geopolitical Environment

• Raphael Bostic, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Moderator: Jaime Caruana, former General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements

8:45 p.m. | Conclusion