80 Years After Bretton Woods: Relaunching Multilateralism through Regional Monetary Unions?

International Conference

80 Years After Bretton Woods: Relaunching Multilateralism through Regional Monetary Unions?

Lisbon, 6-7 May 2024


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Day 1:  Part 1  -  Part 2

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PROGRAMME

MONDAY | 6 MAY 2024
> Museu do Dinheiro, Largo de S. Julião, Lisboa

14:30
Opening remarks

Luís Máximo dos Santos, Vice-Governor, Banco de Portugal
José Luís Cardoso, President, Academy of Sciences of Lisbon 

15:00
Introduction

Bernard Snoy, Chairman, Robert Triffin International Association

15:10 Session 1 | Debate

80 Years after Bretton Woods: Roundtable on Challenges to Multilateralism and the Prospects for Regional Monetary Cooperation

Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, Governor, Banque Centrale des États d’ Afrique de l’Ouest
Renato G. Flores Jr., Director, International Intelligence Unit, Fundação Getulio Vargas
Ricardo Mourinho Félix, Head of Directorate of International Relations and Cooperation, Banco de Portugal
Luiz Pereira da Silva, Former Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (preregistered video)

Moderation: Clara Raposo, Vice-Governor, Banco de Portugal

16:30
Coffee Break

17:00 Session 2 | Debate

80 Years after Bretton Woods: In the face of Geo-economic Fragmentation, do Regional Monetary Unions provide an Answer?

Hervé Carré, Former Director-General, Eurostat
Anoop Singh, Former Director, Asia & Pacific Department of the International Monetary Fund
José-Antonio Ocampo, Professor, Columbia University (vídeo conference)
Andrew Sheng, Chief Adviser, China Banking Regulatory Commission (preregistered video)

Moderation: António Martins da Cruz, President, Portugal Section, European League for Economic Cooperation

20:00

Dinner

Keynote speech: Mário Centeno, Governor, Banco de Portugal


TUESDAY | 7 MAY 2024
> Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, Rua da Academia das Ciências, 19, Lisboa

9:15 Welcome remarks

José Luís Cardoso, President, Academy of Sciences of Lisbon

9:25 Session 3 | Debate

The State of Regional Economic and Monetary Cooperation in Africa: lessons from the past and issues for the future

Zenaida Cassamá, National Director for Guinea-Bissau, Banque Centrale des États d’ Afrique de l’Ouest
Óscar Évora Santos, Governor, Banco de Cabo Verde
Osvaldo João, Former Secretary of State for Treasury and Finance, Angola
Maria Eugénia Mata, Professor, NOVA School of Business and Economics

Moderation: Jorge Braga Macedo, Treasurer, Academy of Sciences of Lisbon

10:45 Coffee Break

11:15 Session 4 | Debate

The State of Regional Economic and Monetary Cooperation in America and Asia: lessons from the past and issues for the future

Christian Ghymers, Vice-Chairman, Robert Triffin International Association
Rodolfo Lavrador, Executive International Business Director, Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau
Manuel Clarote Lapão, Development Cooperation Director, Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries
Jorge Braga de Macedo, Treasurer, Academy of Sciences of Lisbon

Moderation: Maria Eugénia Mata, Professor, NOVA School of Business and Economics

12:45 Working Lunch

14:00 Introduction

Maria Luís Albuquerque, Member of the Supervisory Boards, Morgan Stanley (video conference)

The impact of geopolitics on fiscal policy
Vítor Gaspar, Director Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund

14:30 Session 5 | Debate

Where do we go from here? 80 years after Bretton Woods, what kind of regional initiatives could contribute to a more stable and equitable international monetary system? If Robert Triffin were alive, what kind of initiative would he promote at the regional and global level?

Fabio Masini, Professor, University Roma 3, and Secretary-General, Robert Triffin International Association
Jorge Braga de Macedo, Treasurer, Academy of Sciences of Lisbon
Hung Tran, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council’s Geo-Economics Center
Ousmène Jacques Mandeng, Senior Advisor Global Blockchain Technology, Accenture
Marc Uzan, Founder and Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee

Moderation: António Martins da Costa, President, American Chamber of Commerce of Lisbon

 

16:00 Concluding Remarks

Bernard Snoy, Chairman, Robert Triffin International Association


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