Programme

PROGRAMME 2025

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‘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

Welcome Speech
György Matolcsy, Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank

Lámfalussy Lecture
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, online

Keynote Speech
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Economics, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University

Keynote Address
Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary

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
Jean Boivin, Head of BlackRock Investment Institute
Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs at the Princeton University
Peter Kažimír, Governor of Národná banka Slovenska

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