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, President, McLaughlin & Morgan, Inc., Founder of the Irish American Business Chamber, 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
• William Molloy, Director of Financial Operations, Central Bank of Ireland
• Moderator: Stephen Sexauer, Chief Investment Officer, San Diego County Employee Retirement Association

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
• Joe Callahan, Founder and Chairman, Ciright
• 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 Coalition
• 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