Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance Annual Conference 2023

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The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance at King’s Business School will host its 3rd annual conference in London on 6 & 7 July 2023.

The conference provides a platform for experts from across the globe to present and discuss new research that can help central banks deal with the challenges facing the global economy and financial system.

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers and one of the panels for this year’s conference:

Keynote speakers

6 July: Johannes Stroebel, Professor of Finance at Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University

7 July: Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Senior Adviser for Research & Policy at the Federal Reserve Board.

Expand your network by meeting top policymakers and researchers. Learn more about central bank mandates, regulatory implications of cryptocurrencies, digital assets, inflation and much more.

Day 1 Schedule

08.15	Registration

08.50	Welcome remarks
09.00	Monetary policy and households
10.20	Coffee
10.40	Policy communication

12.00	Lunch

13.00	Monetary policy transmission
14.20	Coffee
14.40	Climate finance
16.00	Keynote (Johannes Stroebel)

17.00	Young Economist Prize ceremony

17.15	Canape reception and poster session

Day 2 Schedule

08.15	Registration

09.00	Interest rates
11.00	Coffee
11.20	Financial markets

12.40	Lunch

13.40	Panel: Crypto Regulatory Priorities
14.40	Coffee
15.00	Banking and credit
16.20	Keynote (Annette Vissing-Jorgensen)

17.20	Goodbye/thanks

Panel: ‘Crypto and decentralised finance: Regulatory priorities’

Chaired by Frances Coppola, Economist, author and blogger

Leonardo Gambacorta, Head of the Innovation and the Digital Economy unit at the Bank for International Settlements

Christine Parlour, Sylvan C. Coleman Chair of Finance and Accounting at Haas Business School, UC Berkeley

David Birch, 15Mb Ltd, author, advisor and commentator on digital financial services

Sheldon Mills, Executive Director, Consumers and Competition at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

About the Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance

The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance is a research centre dedicated to the study of central banks and the challenges they face in the global environment. It aims to develop cutting-edge research in all areas of central bank policymaking, ranging from monetary policy to financial stability and regulation.