IMF CONNECT

OVERVIEW

Over the past several decades, open markets and deepening economic integration have been crucial to global growth. In recent years, a shifting geopolitical and technological landscape has propelled the world into a new economic era. Rapid advances in digital financial technologies and AI present massive opportunities for economic transformation. Changing patterns in trade and capital flows may alter future drivers of global growth. As these global shifts are underway, the core mandates of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) are as important as ever. 

The IMF’s role in maintaining macro stability as a financial firefighter will be crucial as many countries face a high-debt environment and balance-of-payments pressures. The World Bank’s role investing in country projects that spur economic growth will help develop economies and new markets for increased trade. Both institutions can play a role in encouraging the adoption and fair regulation of emerging technologies like AI and digital assets to harness their benefits for more efficient cross-border payments, foreign exchange, and trade.

The BWC Spring Summit will bring together policymakers, leaders in innovation, and financial experts to explore a changing economic landscape and the IFI’s pivotal role in driving global economic growth by opening new markets, ensuring financial stability, and leveraging innovation.

If you are interested in attending, please email Blake Ledna, Program Manager for Strategic Partnerships at the Bretton Woods Committee.

SPEAKERS

• Ajay Banga, President, World Bank Group
• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• The Hon. French Hill, Chairman, House Financial Services Committee; U.S. Representative, Arkansas 2nd District
• Klaas Knot, President, De Nederlandsche Bank; Chair, Financial Stability Board
• Hester Peirce, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy & Operations, Circle
• William C. Dudley, Chair, Bretton Woods Committee; Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• William R. Rhodes, Vice Chair, Bretton Woods Committee; Former Chairman and CEO, Citibank
• John Lipsky, Vice Chair, Bretton Woods Committee; Former First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• Geoffrey Okamoto, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs