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Central Banking Series: Dublin

Date: Monday, May 15, 2023 - Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Dublin, Ireland

$800.00$1,000.00

Register today to join GIC in Dublin in May for the next installment of our International Central Banking Series.

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Central Banking Series: Dublin

Register today! GIC invites you to join us at the Central Bank of Ireland on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, to explore Central Bank Digital Currency, digitalization policies, trade interdependencies, policy implications of climate change, and more. We will be joined for keynote remarks by Gabriel Makhlouf, the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland and Loretta J. Mester, Ph.D., President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Included with registration, GIC Members are invited to attend a Private Members’ Roundtable Discussion on Monday, May 15, 2023 at the Iveagh House at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

 

Agenda

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

8:00 a.m. | Registration and Coffee

9:00 a.m. | Welcome

  • William McLaughlin, McLaughlin & Morgan, Inc. and Member of GIC Board of Directors

9:15 a.m. | Morning Central Banker Keynote Address

  • Gabriel Makhlouf, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland
  • Moderator: Kathleen Stephansen, Vice Chair of the GIC College of Central Bankers

10:00 a.m. | Session I: Central Bank Digital Currency (Fed/ECB)

  • Dave Altig, Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • Moderator: William Kennedy, GIC Board Chair and CEO, RiskBridge Advisors, LLC

10:45 a.m. | Break

11:00 a.m. | Session II: Digitalization Policies

  • Leland Miller, CEO, China Beige Book and Member of GIC Board of Directors
  • Moderator: Kevin Dooley Kent, Member, Clark Hill Law and Board Member, Irish American Business Chamber & Network

11:45 a.m. | Networking Lunch

1:15 p.m. | Afternoon Central Banker Keynote Address

  • Loretta J. Mester, Ph.D. President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
  • Moderator: Kathleen Stephansen, Vice Chair of the GIC College of Central Bankers

2:00 p.m. | Session III: Trade Interdependencies in the Balance (IRA, Brexit, and Energy)

  • Patrick Honohan, Former Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland and GIC College of Central Bankers Fellow
  • Moderator: Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading and Member of GIC Board of Directors

2:45 p.m. | Break

 3:00: p.m. | Session IV: Policy Implications of Climate Change

  • Sharon Donnery, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
  • Timo Tyrvainen, Chief Economist, Climate Leadership Council
  • Lawrence Vesey, Partner, Sia Partners 
  • Moderator: George Tsetsekos, Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus at Drexel’s LeBow College of Business and Member of GIC Board of Directors

 3:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks

Event Location

Date: Monday, May 15, 2023 - Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Dublin, Ireland

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Speakers

Gabriel Makhlouf

Gabriel Makhlouf

Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland

Gabriel Makhlouf took up his position as Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland on 1 September 2019. He chairs the Central Bank Commission, is a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, a member of the European Systemic Risk Board, and is Ireland's Alternate Governor at the International Monetary Fund.

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Loretta J. Mester, Ph.D.

Loretta J. Mester, Ph.D.

President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Loretta J. Mester is president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. In that role, she participates in the formulation of U.S. monetary policy and oversees more than 1,000 employees based at the Bank’s Cleveland office and Branch offices in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh who conduct economic research, supervise banking institutions, promote community development, and provide payment services to depository institutions and the U.S. Treasury. Mester represents the Fourth District on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

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Patrick Honohan, Ph.D.

Patrick Honohan, Ph.D.

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland

Patrick Honohan was Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland and a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank from September 2009 to November 2015.  He is an honorary professor of economics at Trinity College Dublin and a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. 

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David E. Altig, Ph.D.

David E. Altig, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Dr. David E. Altig is executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. In addition to advising the Bank president on monetary policy and related matters, Dr. Altig oversees the Bank's regional executives and the Bank's research department.

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Sharon Donnery

Sharon Donnery

Deputy Governor, Financial Regulation, Central Bank of Ireland

Sharon Donnery was appointed Deputy Governor, Financial Regulation on 1 July 2022. She is an ex-officio Member of the Central Bank Commission and is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB).

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Kevin Dooley Kent

Kevin Dooley Kent

Member, Clark Hill Law and Board Member, Irish American Business Chamber & Network

Kevin Kent prides himself on deftly guiding his clients through litigation, disputes, and regulatory actions while also working closely with them to identify and minimize future risk exposure.

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Michael Drury

Michael Drury

Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments

Michael Drury is the chief economist for McVean Trading & Investments, LLC. He joined the firm in 1992, after serving for five years as senior economist with Allen Sinai at Shearson Lehman Brothers and its successor firms. Michael began his career in New York in 1982 as senior economist at A. Gary Shilling and Company. He received his B.S. in economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and did his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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William Kennedy

William Kennedy

GIC Board Chair and CEO, RiskBridge Advisors, LLC

William Kennedy is the co-founder, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of RiskBridge Advisors, an independent, full-service investment office serving insurers, endowments and foundations, and individual investors. He is responsible for RiskBridge’s business and investment activities and has over 30 years of capital market research and investment experience.

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William McLaughlin

William McLaughlin

President, McLaughlin & Morgan, Inc. and Founder, Irish American Business Chamber & Network

William (Bill) McLaughlin is president of McLaughlin & Morgan, Inc., a growth strategies company that assists American firms entering Europe via Ireland, and/or Irish companies entering the U.S.

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Leland R. Miller

Leland R. Miller

Chief Executive Officer, China Beige Book International

Leland is the co-founder and CEO of China Beige Book, the world’s leading data analytics and economic-forecasting firm focused on China, as well as operator of the largest proprietary data-collection network ever developed to track a closed economy.

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Kathleen Stephansen

Kathleen Stephansen

GIC Chair Emerita, Senior Economist for Haver Analytics and Trustee of EQAT Trust Funds

Kathleen Stephansen is GIC Chair Emerita, Senior Economist for Haver Analytics and Trustee of EQAT Trust Funds. She is the former Chief Economist of Huawei Technologies, Chief Economist of the American International Group (AIG) and AIG Asset Management’s Senior Strategist and Global Head of Sovereign Research. Prior to joining AIG in 2010, Kathleen was Chief Economist at Aladdin Capital Holdings, Credit Suisse’s Head of Global Economic Research, and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corporation’s co-head of Fixed Income economic research and Chief International Economist.

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George Tsetsekos, Ph.D.

George Tsetsekos, Ph.D.

Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus Drexel’s LeBow College of Business

Dr. George Tsetsekos, serves as the Francis professor of Finance and Director of the Risk Management Center at the LeBow College of Business. He served as Dean of LeBow (2002-2012) and under his transformative leadership the college achieved national rankings and quality milestones in research and teaching.

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Timo Tyrvainen

Timo Tyrvainen

Chief Economist, Climate Leadership Coalition in Finland

Timo Tyrvainen is the Chief Economist, Climate Leadership Coalition in Finland and is a former Senior Advisor with Aktia Bank. In 1998-2014 he was the Chief Economist of Aktia. In 1975-98, he worked with Bank of Finland.

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Lawrence Vesey

Lawrence Vesey

Partner, Sia Partners

Lawrence has over 30 years of consulting experience, working across a range of industries including Financial Services, Regulatory Compliance, Life Sciences, Agribusiness, Transport & Utilities.

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Partners

Central Bank of Ireland
Irish American Business Chamber & Network

Sponsors

Sia Partners