Conference

The CFS, in partnership with the London School of Economics – European Institute and EuroForward, invites you to attend our upcoming conference.
As the international monetary system reorganizes around competing global currencies, the euro stands at a critical turning point. The European Central Bank has already taken strategic steps through liquidity agreements and capital market reforms. However, a crucial gap remains regarding the completion of the euro project within Europe itself.
This conference, chaired by Rainer Klump (CFS Director and Goethe University), bridges these two agendas, demonstrating how completing the monetary union across Europe’s remaining non-euro EU member states directly reinforces the euro’s external credibility and global standing.

Key Sessions & Highlights

• Keynote Insights: Presentations on strengthening the euro’s international role by Axel A. Weber (CFS President, former President of the Bundesbank and CEO of the UBS), Marek Belka (EuroForward President, Poland’s former Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister and President of the National Bank of Poland), Ludovic Subran (Allianz) and Kalin Anev Janse (ESM). Furthermore Massimiliano Castelli (UBS) speaks about the Dollar Dominance in Global Finance.
• Adoption, Enlargement & Irreversibility: High-level discussions featuring perspectives from Princeton University, LSE, the IMF, EBRD, and current/former central bank leaders on shifting cost/benefit assessments across Central and Eastern Europe.
• Liquidity & Institutional Dimensions: Expert panels on Fed, ECB, PBoC swap lines, trade invoicing, capital market union, and digital innovations (tokenization and the digital euro) with speakers from Banque de France, BNP Paribas, ECB, DGAP, AMRO/ASEAN3+.
• Closing Strategic Governors Panel: Moderated by Chris Giles (Financial Times), featuring central bank governors and senior officials from Austria, Slovakia, Romania (tbc.), Hungary, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and the UK.

Agenda >>

The confernence will be hosted at:
Campus Westend, Goethe University Frankfurt
Casino Building, 1. Floor, Room No. Cas. 1.801
Nina-Rubinstein-Weg 1, 60323 Frankfurt, Germany

Timeframe:
9:00 – 9:30 am. Registration and Coffee
9:30 – 5:15 pm. Conference

Participation is also offered via

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