11th Annual Paul Woolley Centre Conference

The Eleventh Annual Conference took place at the LSE on 7-8 June 2018.

Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State

Speaker: Paul Tucker (Harvard Kennedy School Fellow, Chair of the Systemic Risk Council)

EVENT CANCELLED: Brexit, Western Balkans and the Future of Europe

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

EVENT CANCELLED: China’s Great Wall of Debt and the Fragilities of China’s Economy

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Financial crises: predictability, causes and consequences

Organisers: Jon Danielsson (SRC, LSE), Marcela Valenzuela (University of Chile), Ilknur Zer (Federal Reserve Board)

China's Financial System: risks and IMF's recommendations

Ratna Sahay, Deputy Director (International Monetary Fund), discusses the results of the 2017 Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) on China.

Artificial Intelligence and Systemic Risk - Public Lecture

Panellists: Ken Benoit (Department of Methodology, LSE), Jon Danielsson (SRC, LSE) and Eva Micheler (LSE Law)

A stairway to heaven? The promises and limits of global cooperation

Speaker: Dr Andreas Dombret, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank

China's Guaranteed Bubble and How to Diffuse It

Speaker: Ning Zhu

Reflections on Financial Regulation: How Might it Change?

Speaker: Peter Andrews (former Chief Economist, Financial Conduct Authority)

The Chinese Paradigm of Financial Reform, Policy, and Regulation

Speaker: Hao Zhou, Unigroup Chair Professor and Associate Dean of the PBC School of Finance

How Global Currencies Work

Speaker: Barry Eichengreen
Chair: Charles Goodhart

The Greek Crisis, structural reforms, and Eurozone convergance

Speakers: Costas Meghir (Yale University), Christopher Pissarides (LSE), Dimitri Vayanos (LSE), Nikolaos Vettas (Athens University)

Financing Development on how the World Bank and other development institutions are meeting global needs

Speaker: Kristalina Georgieva (World Bank)

Multilateralism under Attack? UK, USA and the others

Speaker: Adam Posen (Peterson Institute for International Economics)

The Interplay of Markets and Politics - Public Lecture

Speaker: Axel A. Weber (Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS Group AG)