Programme
PrintPROGRAMME 2025
‘The Age of Geoeconomics: Evolution of Central Banking’
Budapest, Hungary
MONDAY, 27 JANUARY 2025
08:00 – 09:00
Registration and welcome coffee
Venue: Magyar Nemzeti Bank Headquarters
Lámfalussy Conference Centre
(H-1013 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 55.)
09:00 – 10:00
OPENING CEREMONY
10:00 – 10:20
Coffee break
10:20 – 11:30
PANEL DISCUSSION I.
‘Geopolitical Tensions: The Decade of New Risks for Monetary Policy’
Moderator: Barnabás Virág, Deputy Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank
- Sylvester Eijffinger, Professor of Financial Economics at Tilburg University; Visiting professor of Economics at Harvard University
- Marcello Estevão, Chief Economist of Institute of International Finance (IIF)
- Jacob A Frenkel, Chairman Emeritus of the G30, Former Governor of the Bank of Israel
- John Lipsky, Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
11:30 – 11:50
Coffee break
11:50 – 13:00
PANEL DISCUSSION II.
’Interaction between Fiscal and Monetary Policy’
Moderator: Dániel Palotai, Alternate Executive Director of the IMF
- Alan J Auerbach, Professor of Economics and Law at the University of California, Berkeley
- Peter Kažimír, Governor of Národná banka Slovenska
- Boštjan Vasle, Governor of Banka Slovenije
13:00 – 15:00
Buffet lunch
15:00 – 16:30
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION OF PREVIOUS LÁMFALUSSY AWARDEES
‘Alexandre Lamfalussy’s Legacy in the 21st Century’
Moderator: György Szapáry, Chief Advisor to the Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank
- Robert Holzmann, Governor of Oesterreichische Nationalbank
- Jacques de Larosière, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, former Governor of the Banque de France, online
- Andréa M Maechler, Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
- Ivo Maes, Robert Triffin Chair, Université Catholique de Louvain, Former Senior Advisor of the National Bank of Belgium
- Ewald Nowotny, President of Austrian Society for European Politics, former Governor of Oesterreichische Nationalbank
- Boris Vujčić, Governor of the Croatian National Bank
16:30 – 16:40
Closing remarks