Conference Program
Date: November 21, 13:30-18:20
Venue: Hotel Krone Unterstrass, Schaffhauserstrasse 1, Zürich, CH 8006
13:35-13:40 Welcome
Harris Dellas, President, Karl Brunner Institute; Professor, University of Surrey
13:40-14:05 Keynote Speech
Martin Schlegel, Chairman of the Governing Board, SNB (slides)
14:05-14:30 Q&A
Lead Questions:
- Andreas Billmeier, Brevan Howard
- Daniel Huk, PGIM
- Beat Siegenthaler, Rokos Capital Management
- Giuseppe Vera, CitadelChristoph Bianchet, Suva
14:30-14:55 Coffee break
14:55-16:10 Panel 1: Economic uncertainty and the design and conduct of monetary policy
Chair, Yvan Lengwiler, Professor, University of Basel
Speakers:
- Otmar Issing, CFS, Former Member of Executive Board and Chief Economist, ECB
- Lorie Logan, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Athanasios Orphanides, Professor, MIT (slides)
- Attilio Zanetti, Alternate Member of the Governing Board, SNB (slides)
Lead Questions:
- Christoph Bianchet, Suva
- Reinout De-Bock, UBS
- Karsten Junius, J. Safra Sarasin
16:10-16:40 Coffee break
16:40-18:10 Panel 2: The future of the world’s leading currencies
Chair: Chair: Hans Gersbach, Professor, ETHZ, KOFF
Speakers:
- Luisa Lambertini, Professor, USI (slides)
- Carlos Lenz, Head of Economic Affairs, SNB (slides)
- Huw Pill, Chief Economist and Member of MPC, Bank of England
- Cedric Tille, Professor, HEID (slides)
Lead Questions:
- Gianluca Benigno, Professor, University of Lausanne
- Alvise Marino, UBS
- Bill Papadakis, Banque Lombard Odier & Cie
18:10-18:20 Concluding Remarks
Philippe Bacchetta, Professor, University of Lausanne, SFI
18:20-19:15 Apero