Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance Annual Conference
5-6 July 2022
Welcome
The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance at King’s Business School will host its 2nd annual conference in London on 5 – 6 July 2022.
The Role of Central Banks in a Transforming World
The conference provides a platform for experts from across the globe to present and discuss new research that can help central banks deal with the fundamental shifts in the global economy and financial system that are occurring at this time. Such shifts include the immediate challenges of managing the pandemic and its aftermath, as well as a range of significant ongoing structural changes. These include climate change and the transition to net-zero, rapid developments in financial technology including the introduction of digital currencies, population ageing, and the prospect of technological advances transforming the economy as a whole.
Topics of Discussion
The Conference will focus on new directions in central bank research and policymaking covering a range of topics such as:
Central bank mandates, governance arrangements and policy frameworks to guide central bank asset purchases and liquidity support operations
Interactions between monetary, macroprudential and fiscal policies in a world of low interest rates and extreme shocks
The drivers and dynamics of inflation, and the role of expectations
Demographic change and its implications for asset prices and the macroeconomy
Climate change, the transition to net zero and its implications for the macroeconomy and financial system
Systemic risk in the shadow banking system and the appropriate regulatory response
Technological change in the financial system, including CBDC, and its implications for monetary policy and financial stability
Advances in data analytics for central banking.
Keynote Speakers
Huw Pill, Chief Economist and Executive Director for Monetary Analysis, Bank of England
Nellie Liang, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, US Treasury
Further speakers will be announced in due course.
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Call for Papers
The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance is making a call for papers to be presented at the 2022 Conference.
Registration
Registration for the Conference will open in April 2022. Sign-up to be the first to know when registration opens.
Young Economist Prize
The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance is making a call for papers to be presented at the 2022 Conference.
About the Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance
The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance is a research centre at King’s Business School, King’s College London dedicated to the study of central banks and the challenges they face in the global environment. It aims to develop cutting-edge research in all areas of central bank policymaking, ranging from monetary policy to financial stability and regulation.