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Park, Cynyoung, Executive Director, The SEACEN Center

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Tekalign, Eyob — Governor, National Bank of Ethiopia

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Harischandra, P. K. G. — Assistant Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka; Secretary to the Monetary Policy Board

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Francisco, Manuela — World Bank Group Global Director, Fiscal Policy and Growth

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Ahmed, Masood

President Emeritus, Center for Global Development

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Aiyar, Shekhar

Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER

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Azour, Jihad

Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

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Barrett, Steven

Professor of Economics, HKU

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Bowman, Michelle W.

Vice Chair for Supervision, Federal Reserve; Chair, FSB Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation

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Breeden, Sara

Deputy Governor, Bank of England

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Castelli, Massimiliano

Head, Global Sovereign Markets Strategy and Advice, UBS AssetManagement

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Cichocka, Beata

Lead Author, CGD China & Multilaterals Research

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Dombret, Andreas

Advisor, Oliver Wyman

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El Aweini, Mahmoud

Secretary General, Ministry of Finance of the Sultanate of Oman

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Forbes, Kristin

Professor of Economics, MIT

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Francisco, Manuela

World Bank Group Global Director, Fiscal Policy and Growth

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Giraldo, Carlos

Chief Economist FLAR

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Gupta, Poonam

Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

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Harischandra, P. K. G.

Assistant Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka; Secretary to the Monetary Policy Board

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Jung, Byungsik

Deputy Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

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Kai, Li

Chair Professor of Finance, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

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Kapteyn, Arend

Global Chief Economist, UBS

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Kelimbetov, Kairat

Member of the Board of Directors, Freedom Holding Corp.; Former Governor, National Bank of Kazakhstan

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Kessler, Martin

Professor of Economics, FDL

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Knot, Klaas

Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

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Kocher, Martin

Governor, Austrian National Bank

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Kose, Ayhan

Deputy Chief Economist, World Bank

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Maechler, Andrea M.

Deputy General Manager, BIS

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Mateos Y Lagos, Isabelle

Chief Economist, BNP Paribas

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McCormack, Andrew

President, Nexus

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Miao, Yanliang

Senior Managing Director, China International Capital Corporation

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Mitchell, Ian

Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development

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Nakavachara, Voraprapa

Associate Professor of Economics, Chulalongkorn University

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Park, Cynyoung

Executive Director, The SEACEN Center

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Pettis, Michael

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Pill, Huw

Chief Economist and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England

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Pingle, Jonathan

US Chief Economist, UBS

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Quah, Danny

Professor, National University of Singapore

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Reiner, Martin

Executive Director, National Bank of Slovakia

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Revoltella, Debora

Senior Fellow, Bruegel

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Rey, Helène

Economic Advisor, BIS

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Roubini, Nouriel

Emeritus Professor of Economics, NYU

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Samson, Paul

President, CIGI

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Schularick, Moritz

President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

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Setser, Brad

Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

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Šimkus, Gediminas

Chairman of the Board, Bank of Lithuania; Member, ECB Governing Council

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Sitharaman, Nirmala

Finance Minister, India

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Strauch, Rolf

Chief Economist and Management Board Member, European Stability Mechanism (ESM)

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Tekalign, Eyob

Governor, National Bank of Ethiopia

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Ulatov, Sergey

EFSD Chief Economist

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Uzan, Marc

Executive Director and Founder, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee (RBWC)

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Vallée, Shahin

Senior Fellow, DGAP

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Vinokurov, Evgeny

Chief Economist, EDB

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Wang, Tao

Senior Adviser, UBS

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Weber, Axel

President, Center for Financial Studies

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Weh, Dominik

Partner, Oliver Wyman

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Wolf, Martin

Economics Editor, The Financial Times

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Wu, Jason

Assistant Director Global Market Analysis, IMF

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Zhu, Min

Former Deputy Managing Director, IMF

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Zigman, Ante

Governor, Central Bank of Croatia

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Speakers

Ahmed, Masood

President Emeritus, Center for Global Development

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Aiyar, Shekhar

President, ICRIER

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Azour, Jihad

Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

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Barrett, Steven

Professor of Economics, HKU

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Bowman, Michelle W.

Vice Chair for Supervision, Federal Reserve; Chair, FSB Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation

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Breeden, Sara

Deputy Governor, Bank of England

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Castelli, Massimiliano

Head, Global Sovereign Markets Strategy and Advice, UBS AssetManagement

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Cichocka, Beata

Lead Author, CGD China & Multilaterals Research

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Dombret, Andreas

Advisor, Oliver Wyman

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El Aweini, Mahmoud

Secretary General, Ministry of Finance of the Sultanate of Oman

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Forbes, Kristin

Professor of Economics, MIT

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Giraldo, Carlos

Chief Economist FLAR

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Gupta, Poonam

Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

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Jung, Byungsik

Deputy Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

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Kai, Li

Chair Professor of Finance, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

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Kapteyn, Arend

Global Chief Economist, UBS

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Kelimbetov, Kairat

Member of the Board of Directors, Freedom Holding Corp.; Former Governor, National Bank of Kazakhstan

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Kessler, Martin

Professor of Economics, FDL

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Knot, Klaas

Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

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Kocher, Martin

Governor, Austrian National Bank

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Kose, Ayhan

Deputy Chief Economist, World Bank

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Maechler, Andrea M.

Deputy General Manager, BIS

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Mateos Y Lagos, Isabelle

Chief Economist, BNP Paribas

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McCormack, Andrew

President, Nexus

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Miao, Yanliang

Senior Managing Director, China International Capital Corporation

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Mitchell, Ian

Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development

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Nakavachara, Voraprapa

Associate Professor of Economics, Chulalongkorn University

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Pettis, Michael

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Pill, Huw

Chief Economist and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England

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Pingle, Jonathan

US Chief Economist, UBS

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Quah, Danny

Professor, National University of Singapore

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Reiner, Martin

Executive Director, National Bank of Slovakia

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Revoltella, Debora

Senior Fellow, Bruegel

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Roubini, Nouriel

Emeritus Professor of Economics, NYU

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Samson, Paul

President, CIGI

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Schularick, Moritz

President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

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Setser, Brad

Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

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Šimkus, Gediminas

Chairman of the Board, Bank of Lithuania; Member, ECB Governing Council

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Sitharaman, Nirmala

Finance Minister, India

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Strauch, Rolf

Chief Economist and Management Board Member, European Stability Mechanism (ESM)

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Ulatov, Sergey

EFSD Chief Economist

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Uzan, Marc

Executive Director and Founder, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee (RBWC)

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Vallée, Shahin

Senior Fellow, DGAP

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Vinokurov, Evgeny

Chief Economist, EDB

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Wang, Tao

Senior Adviser, UBS

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Weber, Axel

President, Center for Financial Studies

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Weh, Dominik

Partner, Oliver Wyman

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Wolf, Martin

Economics Editor, The Financial Times

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Wu, Jason

Assistant Director Global Market Analysis, IMF

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Zhu, Min

Former Deputy Managing Director, IMF

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Zigman, Ante

Governor, Central Bank of Croatia

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Speakers

Ahmed, Masood

President Emeritus, Center for Global Development

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Aiyar, Shekhar

President, ICRIER

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Azour, Jihad

Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

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Barrett, Steven

Professor of Economics, HKU

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Bowman, Michelle W.

Vice Chair for Supervision, Federal Reserve; Chair, FSB Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation

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Breeden, Sara

Deputy Governor, Bank of England

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Castelli, Massimiliano

Head, Global Sovereign Markets Strategy and Advice, UBS AssetManagement

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Cichocka, Beata

Lead Author, CGD China & Multilaterals Research

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Dombret, Andreas

Advisor, Oliver Wyman

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El Aweini, Mahmoud

Secretary General, Ministry of Finance of the Sultanate of Oman

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Forbes, Kristin

Professor of Economics, MIT

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Giraldo, Carlos

Chief Economist FLAR

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Gupta, Poonam

Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

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Jung, Byungsik

Deputy Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

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Kai, Li

Chair Professor of Finance, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University

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Kapteyn, Arend

Global Chief Economist, UBS

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Kelimbetov, Kairat

Member of the Board of Directors, Freedom Holding Corp.; Former Governor, National Bank of Kazakhstan

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Kessler, Martin

Professor of Economics, FDL

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Knot, Klaas

Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

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Kocher, Martin

Governor, Austrian National Bank

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Kose, Ayhan

Deputy Chief Economist, World Bank

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Maechler, Andrea M.

Deputy General Manager, BIS

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Mateos Y Lagos, Isabelle

Chief Economist, BNP Paribas

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McCormack, Andrew

President, Nexus

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Miao, Yanliang

Senior Managing Director, China International Capital Corporation

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Mitchell, Ian

Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development

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Nakavachara, Voraprapa

Associate Professor of Economics, Chulalongkorn University

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Pettis, Michael

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Pill, Huw

Chief Economist and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England

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Pingle, Jonathan

US Chief Economist, UBS

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Quah, Danny

Professor, National University of Singapore

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Reiner, Martin

Executive Director, National Bank of Slovakia

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Revoltella, Debora

Senior Fellow, Bruegel

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Roubini, Nouriel

Emeritus Professor of Economics, NYU

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Samson, Paul

President, CIGI

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Schularick, Moritz

President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

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Setser, Brad

Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

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Šimkus, Gediminas

Chairman of the Board, Bank of Lithuania; Member, ECB Governing Council

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Sitharaman, Nirmala

Finance Minister, India

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Strauch, Rolf

Chief Economist and Management Board Member, European Stability Mechanism (ESM)

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Ulatov, Sergey

EFSD Chief Economist

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Uzan, Marc

Executive Director and Founder, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee (RBWC)

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Vallée, Shahin

Senior Fellow, DGAP

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Vinokurov, Evgeny

Chief Economist, EDB

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Wang, Tao

Senior Adviser, UBS

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Weber, Axel

President, Center for Financial Studies

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Weh, Dominik

Partner, Oliver Wyman

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Wolf, Martin

Economics Editor, The Financial Times

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Wu, Jason

Assistant Director Global Market Analysis, IMF

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Zhu, Min

Former Deputy Managing Director, IMF

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Zigman, Ante

Governor, Central Bank of Croatia

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Speakers

Alturki, Fahad M.

Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)

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Azour, Jihad

Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

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Baig, Taimur

Chief Economist, DBS Bank

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Belka, Marek

Former Prime Minister of Poland

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Berger, Helge

Assistant Director, European Department, IMF

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Boone, Laurence

Chief Economist, Santander

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Bowman, Michelle W.

Vice Chair for Supervision, Federal Reserve; Chair, FSB Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation

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Brodjonegoro, Dean Bambang

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Castelli, Massimiliano

Head, Global Sovereign Markets Strategy and Advice, UBS AssetManagement

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Changchun, Mu

Director, Digital Monetary Institute, PBOC

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Disparte, Dante

Chief Strategy Officer, Circle

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Disyatat, Piti

Deputy Governor, Bank of Thailand

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Donald, Frances

Chief Economist, RBC

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Dr. de Mel, Nishan

Verité Research

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Eichengreen, Barry

Professor, UC Berkeley

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El Aweini, Mahmoud

Secretary General, Ministry of Finance of the Sultanate of Oman

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Forbes, Kristin

Professor of Economics, MIT

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Galípolo, Gabriel

Governor, Banco Central do Brasil

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Gopinath, Gita

Professor of Economics, Harvard University

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Gruenwald, Paul

Global Chief Economist, S&P Global Ratings

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Gupta, Poonam

Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

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He, Dong

Chief Economist, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO)

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Irgaliev, Aset

Chairman, Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Ishmetov, Timur

Chairman, Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan

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Javorcik, Beata

Chief Economist, EBRD

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Kapteyn, Arend

Global Chief Economist, UBS

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Karahan, Fatih

Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye

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Knot, Klaas

Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

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Kocher, Martin

Governor, Austrian National Bank

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Kose, Ayhan

Deputy Chief Economist, World Bank

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Kuchkarov, Jamshid

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Republic of Uzbekistan

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McCormack, Andrew

President, Nexus

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Miao, Yanliang

Senior Managing Director, China International Capital Corporation

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Moulin, Emmanuel

Governor, Banque de France

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Pangestu, Mari

Advisor to the President of Indonesia

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Pereira, Alvaro

Governor, Banco de Portugal; Former Chief Economist, OECD

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Pill, Huw

Chief Economist and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England

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Pingle, Jonathan

US Chief Economist, UBS

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Posen, Adam

President, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

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Quah, Danny

Professor, National University of Singapore

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Revoltella, Debora

Senior Fellow, Bruegel

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Setser, Brad

Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

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Šimkus, Gediminas

Chairman of the Board, Bank of Lithuania; Member, ECB Governing Council

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Strauch, Rolf

Chief Economist and Management Board Member, European Stability Mechanism (ESM)

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Suzuki, Kazuto

Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo

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Takiyev, Madi

Minister of Finance, Republic of Kazakhstan

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Ubide, Angel

Head of Economic Research for Fixed Income, Citadel

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Ulatov, Sergey

EFSD Chief Economist

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Uzan, Marc

Executive Director and Founder, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee (RBWC)

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Vallée, Shahin

Senior Fellow, DGAP

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Vamvakidis, Athanasios

Monetary & Capital Markets Department, IMF

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Vasiliev, Gennady

Partnerships Director, EFSD

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Vinokurov, Evgeny

Chief Economist, EDB

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Wang, Tao

Senior Adviser, UBS

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Weber, Axel

President, Center for Financial Studies

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Weh, Dominik

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Yetsenga, Richard

Chief Economist and Head of Research, ANZ

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Yi, Lu

Chair Professor Tsinghua PBCSF Chair

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Zhu, Min

Former Deputy Managing Director, IMF

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Debt Governance 2.0

Program Outline with Speakers

08:00–08:10 | Welcome and Objectives

IISD, SDF, IBP and Energy for Growth Hub — welcome and objectives.

08:10–08:30 | Framing Debt Governance 1.0 and 2.0

IISD — analytical framing and introduction of the relationship between investment needs, financing structures and public risk.

08:30–09:50 | Session 1 — From Investment Need to the Materialization of Risk

Moderator: Public Debt Is Public (confirmed).

Dr. Nishan de Mel, Verité Research (confirmed) — Sri Lanka energy-sector case.

Country representative from Chad, Ghana or Zambia (tbd) — second country case.

Energy for Growth Hub, African Legal Support Facility or another sectoral or transactionexpert (tbd) — focused response.

At least one case will concern investment and risk allocation in the energy sector. A contrastingsecond case will help distinguish sector-specific features from recurring issues in PPPs,commodity-linked financing and other structures outside conventional sovereign borrowing.

09:50–10:10 | Coffee Break

10:10–11:30 | Session 2 — Dynamic Risk Management for Sustainable and Accountable Investment

Moderator: International Budget Partnership (confirmed).

IMF Legal Department (tbd) — sovereign debt and fiscal-risk perspective.

Philippines Department of Budget and Management (tbd) — operational coordinationwithin government.

World Bank (tbd) — fiscal-risk management and institutional arrangements, potentiallydrawing on Colombia’s PPP experience.

Elsie Addo Awadzi (confirmed) — central-bank, regulatory and public-bank perspectives.

INTOSAI or a supreme audit institution (tbd) — oversight, disclosure and accountability.

No more than three focused respondents will make opening interventions, leaving most of thesession for moderated discussion

11:30–12:00 | Synthesis and Next Steps

Co-organizers — synthesis of decision points, gaps in existing frameworks and prioritiesfor further work.

Note: The agenda and speaker participation are subject to change.

AI and Quantum Computing

Program

08:00–10:55 | Leadership Roundtable — AI and Quantum Computing: “Two Clocks, One Mandate”

SECTION I. SCALING AI DELIBERATELY

08:00–08:10 | Welcome & Mandate Framing

Opening remarks and framing around two technology clocks and one institutional mandate.

Establish the discussion as candid, practical and non-commercial

08:10–08:25 | AI Evidence & Provocation

The farsightedness paradox, the dual role of AI, and a focused set of central-bank use cases and riskscenarios.

Core question: where can AI create trusted policy, productivity or resilience value?

08:25–08:45 | AI Participant Impulses

Four short reflections on what would need to be true for AI to move from experimentation to trustedinstitutional scale.

08:45–09:25 | Moderated Roundtable I — Scaling AI Safely

Where is the strongest value, and what should be centralised, federated or shared?

How can institutions govern risk without preventing adoption?

How should supervisory expectations change as AI becomes embedded across finance?

SECTION II. PREPARING FOR THE QUANTUM TRANSITION

09:25–09:40  | Quantum Evidence & Provocation

The timing paradox, the immediate role of post-quantum cryptography and crypto-agility, and whatcurrent experiments do — and do not — demonstrate.

09:40–09:55 | Quantum Participant Impulses

Three reflections on which no-regret decision is most urgent and which apparent opportunity centralbanks should resist for now.

SECTION III. A COMMON INSTITUTIONAL AGENDA

09:55–10:40 | Moderated Roundtable II — A Common Institutional Agenda

Governance, talent, delivery capacity and strategic dependencies across both technologies.

Cross-border coordination, shared standards, pilots and scenario exercises.

A practical 12–24 month action agenda for central banks and regulators.

10:40–10:55 | Closing Reflections & Next Steps

Moderator synthesis, one-minute participant reflections and potential follow-up work after Bangkok.

Note: The agenda and speaker participation are subject to change.

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