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European Economic Policy Forum

Chairs

Hans-Helmut Kotz
Hans-Helmut Kotz
Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Dante Roscini
Dante Roscini
MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
 

This forum convenes leading academics, senior experts and policy makers to analyze current and emerging European economic policy issues and effective responses. The aim is to facilitate and deepen understanding of European and Eurozone economies and to generate ideas for confronting European economic policy challenges.


Sigmar Gabriel, Vice Chancellor of Germany, spoke to students at CES on October 23, 2014 as part of the European Economic Policy Forum.
A Conversation with Romano Prodi –Europe in the Changing Geopolitical Landscape European Economic Policy Forum — A Conversation with Romano Prodi –Europe in the Changing Geopolitical Landscape
March 4, 2024
4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Romano Prodi – Prime Minister, Republic of Italy (1996-98; 2006-08); President, European Commission (1999-2004)
  • Chair Dante Roscini – MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Global Discord: Europe, Big Loser or Big Winner? European Economic Policy Forum — Global Discord: Europe, Big Loser or Big Winner?
November 27, 2023
4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Sir Paul Tucker – Senior Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Deputy Governor, The Bank of England (2009-2013)
  • Karl Kaiser – Fellow, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Olivia White – Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Director, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI)
  • Mark Wu – Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair and Discussant Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Rigor or Flexibility: Conflict over EU Governance Architecture European Economic Policy Forum — Rigor or Flexibility: Conflict over EU Governance Architecture
November 7, 2023
4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Ignazio Angeloni – Member of the Supervisory Board, Single Supervisory Mechanism (2014-2019), European Central Bank; Professor, Robert Schuman Center, European University Institute in Florence; Senior Policy Fellow, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Jeffry Frieden – Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Department of Government, Harvard University, Harvard University
  • Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Twilight of the "German Model"? European Economic Policy Forum — Twilight of the "German Model"?
April 13, 2023
4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Mário José Gomes de Freitas Centeno – Governor, Banco de Portugal; Former Minister of Finance (2025 to 2020), Portuguese Republic; Former President of the Eurogroup (2018 to 2020)
  • Gabriel Felbermayr – Director, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO); University Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business
  • Dalia Marin – Professor of International Economics, TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich
  • Cornelia Woll – President and Professor of International Political Economy, Hertie School; Member of the Advisory Board of the Jacques Delors Centre, Hertie School
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Visit by European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness | The Future of Finance: The EU-US Relationship in Sustainable and Digital Finance European Economic Policy Forum & Harvard European Law Association — Visit by European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness | The Future of Finance: The EU-US Relationship in Sustainable and Digital Finance
April 12, 2023
12:15pm - 1:30pm
  • Mairead McGuinness – European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
  • Chair Howell Jackson – James S. Reid, Jr., Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
The European Central Bank’s Mandate: Providing for Affordable Cost of Living in Europe European Economic Policy Forum — The European Central Bank’s Mandate: Providing for Affordable Cost of Living in Europe
October 17, 2022
3:00pm - 4:30pm
  • Joachim Nagel – President, Deutsche Bundesbank; Member, Governing Council of the European Central Bank
  • Benjamin Friedman – William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Putin's War and the "German" Economic Model European Economic Policy Forum — Putin's War and the "German" Economic Model
May 3, 2022
12:00pm - 1:15pm
  • Jérôme Creel – Research Director, Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE), Sciences Po; Associate Professor of Economics, ESCP Business School, Paris
  • Dalia Marin – Professor of International Economics, TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich
  • Dirk Schumacher – Head of European macro research & Managing Director, Natixis Germany; Managing Director (1999-2016), Goldman Sachs
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
The Impact of Russian Sanctions European Economic Policy Forum & Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies — The Impact of Russian Sanctions
March 8, 2022
11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Sergey Aleksashenko – Member of the Board, Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom and the Free Russia Foundation
  • Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
  • Adam Smith – Partner, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, LLP; Senior Advisor to the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), United States Department of Treasury;, Director for Multilateral Affairs, National Security Council (2010-2015)
  • Moderated by Alexandra Vacroux – Executive Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
A European Journey Through Two Crises European Economic Policy Forum — A European Journey Through Two Crises
December 6, 2021
1:00pm - 2:15pm
  • Marco Buti – Head of Cabinet of Commissioner of Economy Paolo Gentiloni, European Commission; Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (2008-2019), European Commission
  • Jeffry Frieden – Chair of the Department of Government and Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Harvard University
  • Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell – Associate, Austrian Institute of Economic Research; Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank (2003-2011)
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Resilient Societies European Economic Policy Forum — Resilient Societies
November 16, 2021
12:30pm - 1:45pm
  • Markus Brunnermeier – Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Economics & Director of the Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University
  • Mekala Krishnan – Partner, McKinsey Global Institute
  • Sofia A. Perez – Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Fiscal Policy in the European Union: Are New Rules Needed? European Economic Policy Forum — Fiscal Policy in the European Union: Are New Rules Needed?
May 12, 2021
12:30pm - 1:45pm
  • Laurence Boone – Chief Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Elena Carletti – Full Professor of Finance, Bocconi University
  • Tuomas Saarenheimo – President, Eurogroup Working Group
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
The New Italian Government: A Last Chance for Italy and Europe? European Economic Policy Forum — The New Italian Government: A Last Chance for Italy and Europe?
April 20, 2021
12:15pm - 1:30pm
  • Francesco Giavazzi – Senior Professor of Economics, Università Bocconi
  • Thomas Mayer – Founding Director, Flossbach von Storch Research Institute; Honorary Professor, University of Witten-Herdecke
  • Lucrezia Reichlin – Full Professor of Economics, London Business School
  • Chair Dante Roscini – MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Lessons from Europe's Financial Assistance to Greece European Economic Policy Forum — Lessons from Europe's Financial Assistance to Greece
November 18, 2020
12:15pm - 1:15pm
  • Joaquín Almunia – Independent High-Level Evaluator, European Stability Mechanism (ESM); European Commissioner for Competition (2010-2014)
  • Miranda Xafa – Senior Fellow, Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI); Member of the Executive Board, International Monetary Fund (2004-2009)
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University
What’s the EU for? Thinking about EU-level Public Goods in a Post-COVID World European Economic Policy Forum — What’s the EU for? Thinking about EU-level Public Goods in a Post-COVID World
November 12, 2020
12:15pm - 1:30pm
  • Marco Buti – Head of Cabinet, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Taxation
  • Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Daniela Schwarzer – Pierre Keller Visiting Professor of Public Policy & Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Executive Director for Europe and Eurasia, Open Society Foundations
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University
Deglobalization, Disrupted Education, and Debt: Economic Policy Challenges Following the Pandemic European Economic Policy Forum — Deglobalization, Disrupted Education, and Debt: Economic Policy Challenges Following the Pandemic
October 19, 2020
12:15pm - 1:30pm
  • Jens Weidmann – President, Deutsche Bundesbank; Member of the Governing Council, European Central Bank (ECB)
  • Beatrice Weder di Mauro – President, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
  • Benjamin Friedman – William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University
CANCELLED - The European Central Bank Between the Financial Crisis and Populisms European Economic Policy Forum — CANCELLED - The European Central Bank Between the Financial Crisis and Populisms
March 25, 2020
4:30pm - 6:00pm
  • Sebastian Diessner – Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute
  • Corrado Macchiarelli – Principal Economist, UK National Institute of Economic and Social Research; Visiting Scholar 2018-2019, CES, Harvard University
  • Claudia Wiesner – Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair, Fulda University of Applied Sciences; Visiting Scholar 2018-2019, CES, Harvard University
  • Sofia A. Perez – Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Sir Paul Tucker – Senior Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Deputy Governor, The Bank of England (2009-2013)
  • Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
  • Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
How Much Union Is Needed in Euro Area Finance? European Economic Policy Forum — How Much Union Is Needed in Euro Area Finance?
November 6, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm
  • Lorenzo Bini Smaghi – Chairman, Société Générale; Member of the Executive Board (2005-2011), European Central Bank
  • Stefan Collignon – Professor of Political Economy, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies; International Chief Economist, Centro Europa Ricerche (CER); John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2019, CES, Harvard University
  • Megan Greene – Former Global Chief Economist, ManuLife Investment Management; Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Initiative for Europe: Two Years Since Macron's Sorbonne Address European Economic Policy Forum — Initiative for Europe: Two Years Since Macron's Sorbonne Address
October 30, 2019
12:30pm - 2:00pm
  • Carsten Brzeski – Chief German Economist, ING Bank; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2019, CES, Harvard University
  • Michaela Wiegel – Correspondent, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  • Chair Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies & CES Resident Faculty, Harvard Faculty
Europe’s Travails: Forging a French-German Response in an Era of Transatlantic Disequilibrium European Economic Policy Forum — Europe’s Travails: Forging a French-German Response in an Era of Transatlantic Disequilibrium
October 22, 2019
4:30pm - 5:45pm
  • Henrik Enderlein – President and Professor of Political Economy, Hertie School
  • Jean Pisani-Ferry – Senior Professor of Economics and Public Management, Hertie School; Senior Fellow, Bruegel
  • Jeffrey Frankel – James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Vivien A. Schmidt – Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; CES Local Affiliate, Harvard University
  • Moderated by Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics, Harvard University; CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University
Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century Economic European Policy Forum — Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century
April 30, 2019
4:30pm - 6:00pm
  • Torben Iversen – Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
  • David Soskice – Professor of Political Science and Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies & CES Resident Faculty, Harvard University
  • Cathie Jo Martin – Professor of Political Science, Boston University
  • Chair Daniel Ziblatt – Eaton Professor of the Science of Government & CES Acting Director, Harvard University
Europe’s Travails: Is Deeper Integration the Answer? European Economic Policy Forum — Europe’s Travails: Is Deeper Integration the Answer?
November 30, 2018
2:30pm - 4:00pm
  • Ashoka Mody – Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor in International Economic Policy, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
  • Sofia A. Perez – Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston University & CES Local Affiliate, Harvard University;
  • George Alogoskoufis – Karamanlis Chair of Hellenic and European Studies, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Minister of Economy and Finance of Greece (2004-2009)
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012) and Dante Roscini – MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
The Euro at 20: What's Still Needed to Thrive in a Changing Global Landscape? European Economic Policy Forum — The Euro at 20: What's Still Needed to Thrive in a Changing Global Landscape?
October 30, 2018
4:30pm - 6:00pm
  • Marco Buti – Head of Cabinet of Commissioner of Economy Paolo Gentiloni, European Commission; Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (2008-2019), European Commission
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Unelected Power: A Book Presentation and Discussion with Sir Paul Tucker Worldwide Week at Harvard | European Economic Policy Forum — Unelected Power: A Book Presentation and Discussion with Sir Paul Tucker
October 24, 2018
3:30pm - 5:00pm
  • Sir Paul Tucker – Senior Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Deputy Governor, The Bank of England (2009-2013)
  • Alberto Alesina – Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, CES, Harvard University
  • Eric Beerbohm – Professor of Government, Harvard University
  • Kathleen McNamara – Professor of Government and Foreign Service; Co-Director of the Global Political Economy Project, Georgetown University
  • Daphna Renan – Peter B. Munroe and Mary J. Munroe Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
  • Chair and Discussant Lawrence H. Summers – Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University; President Emeritus, Harvard University
Workshop: E.U.-U.S.A. – A shriveling Wertegemeinschaft? European Economic Policy Forum — Workshop: E.U.-U.S.A. – A shriveling Wertegemeinschaft?
October 15, 2018
12:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012) and Dante Roscini – MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Portugal’s Economic Recovery: From Sick Man to Poster Boy European Economic Policy Forum — Portugal’s Economic Recovery: From Sick Man to Poster Boy
April 18, 2018
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Is it Still not Politics, Stupid? The Eurozone’s Balancing Act Between Cyclical Growth and Structural Reforms European Economic Policy Forum — Is it Still not Politics, Stupid? The Eurozone’s Balancing Act Between Cyclical Growth and Structural Reforms
March 1, 2018
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Carsten Brzeski – Chief Economist, Germany and Austria, ING
  • Chair Peter A. Hall – Professor of Government and CES Resident Faculty, Harvard University
The Deepening of the EMU and its Impact on Varieties of Capitalism in Europe European Economic Policy Forum — The Deepening of the EMU and its Impact on Varieties of Capitalism in Europe
February 14, 2018
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Moreno Bertoldi – Minister Counselor, Economic and Financial Affairs, Delegation of the European Union to the United States
  • Peter A. Hall – Professor of Government and CES Resident Faculty, Harvard University
  • Chair José Manuel Martinez Sierra – Jean Monnet ad Personam Professor in EU Law and Government, Real Colegio Complutense and CES Local Affiliate, Harvard University
Economic and Monetary Union After the EU Election Cycle: The Way Forward European Economic Policy Forum — Economic and Monetary Union After the EU Election Cycle: The Way Forward
October 31, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Marco Buti – Head of Cabinet of Commissioner of Economy Paolo Gentiloni, European Commission; Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (2008-2019), European Commission
  • Peter A. Hall – Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, CES
Stumbling from Crisis to Crisis: the EU, the Eurozone and Brexit European Economic Policy Forum — Stumbling from Crisis to Crisis: the EU, the Eurozone and Brexit
October 19, 2017
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Martin Wolf – Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012) and Dante Roscini – MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Financial Markets Union - Towards Ever Deeper Integration? European Economic Policy Forum — Financial Markets Union - Towards Ever Deeper Integration?
October 16, 2017
9:00am - 10:30am
  • Ignazio Angeloni – Member of the Supervisory Board, Single Supervisory Mechanism, European Central Bank
  • Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics, Harvard University; Resident Faculty, CES, Harvard University
  • Barbara Novick – Vice Chairman, BlackRock
  • Moderated by Christopher Smart – Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Special Assistant to the US President for International Economics (2013-2015); Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Europe and Eurasia (2009-2013)
A Conversation with Romano Prodi European Economic Policy Forum — A Conversation with Romano Prodi
October 4, 2017
4:15pm - 5:15pm
  • Romano Prodi – Prime Minister, Republic of Italy (1996-98; 2006-08); President, European Commission (1999-2004)
  • Chair Dante Roscini – MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University and Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Workshop: Incompatible Economic Philosophies: German Ordo vs. U.S. Pragmatism European Economic Policy Forum — Workshop: Incompatible Economic Philosophies: German Ordo vs. U.S. Pragmatism
April 24, 2017
2:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Richard Cooper – Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University
  • Lars Feld – Chair for Economic Policy and Constitutional Economics, Freiburg University; Member of the Advisory Council, German Council of Economic Experts; President, Walter Eucken Institut
  • Jeffrey Frankel – James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Benjamin Friedman – William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
  • Harold James – Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies; Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University; Director, Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, Princeton University
  • Oliver Landmann – Chair of Economic Theory, Freiburg University
  • Charles Maier – Leverett Saltonstall Research Professor of History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Director (1994-2001), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Christopher Smart – Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Special Assistant to the US President for International Economics (2013-2015); Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Europe and Eurasia (2009-2013)
  • Philipp Steinberg – Head of Economic Policy, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2015-2016, CES, Harvard University
  • Jeromin Zettelmeyer – Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012) and Dante Roscini – MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
European Banks – Not Yet Safe or Sound European Economic Policy Forum — European Banks – Not Yet Safe or Sound
November 30, 2016
2:15pm - 4:00pm
  • Thomas Gehrig – Chair in Finance, Department of Finance, University of Vienna; Faculty Member, Vienna Graduate School of Finance
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Sound Fiscal Policies, Less Monetary Stimulus: The German Proposal to Tackle Europe's Challenges European Economic Policy Forum — Sound Fiscal Policies, Less Monetary Stimulus: The German Proposal to Tackle Europe's Challenges
November 10, 2016
4:15pm - 5:45pm
  • Christoph Schmidt – Chairman, German Council of Economic Experts
  • Jochen Andritzky – Secretary General, German Council of Economic Experts
  • Jeffrey Frankel – James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Christopher Smart – Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Special Assistant to the US President for International Economics (2013-2015); Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Europe and Eurasia (2009-2013)
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Game Over: The Inside Story of the Greek Crisis European Economic Policy Forum — Game Over: The Inside Story of the Greek Crisis
October 20, 2016
2:15pm - 4:00pm
  • George Papaconstantinou – Minister of Finance, Greece (2009-2011); Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Greece (2011-2012)
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
​ECB and the Fed – An Ocean Apart?​ European Economic Policy Forum — ​ECB and the Fed – An Ocean Apart?​
October 12, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Yves Mersch – Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Europe – On Achieving an Appropriate Economic Policy Stance European Economic Policy Forum — Europe – On Achieving an Appropriate Economic Policy Stance
October 4, 2016
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Dante Roscini – MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
  • Servaas Deroose – Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General Economics and Financial Affairs (ECFIN), European Commission
  • Thomas Wieser – President, Euro Working Group and Economic and Financial Committee, Council of the European Union
  • Benjamin Friedman – William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
An Attempt to Explain the German Approach to the Greek and Euro Crises Obsessed with Austerity? — An Attempt to Explain the German Approach to the Greek and Euro Crises
October 21, 2015
2:15pm - 4:00pm
  • Philipp Steinberg – Head of Economic Policy, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow 2015-2016, CES, Harvard University
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Big Data’s Challenges and Opportunities for Labor Big Data’s Challenges and Opportunities for Labor
October 14, 2015
4:15pm - 6:00pm
  • Jörg Asmussen – Permanent State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Germany
  • Chair Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
Currency Politics – European Style Currency Politics – European Style
April 1, 2015
4:15pm - 5:45pm
  • Alberto Alesina – Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, CES, Harvard University
  • Hans-Helmut Kotz – Visiting Professor of Economics & Resident Faculty, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
  • Jeffry Frieden – Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Department of Government, Harvard University, Harvard University
  • Richard Cooper – Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University
  • Jeffrey Frankel – James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School
Inflated Threats: The Eurozone Crisis and the Challenges Going Forward Inflated Threats: The Eurozone Crisis and the Challenges Going Forward
November 17, 2014
5:15pm - 7:00pm
  • Wolfgang Münchau – Associate Editor, The Financial Times; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow 2014, CES, Harvard University
A Transatlantic Agenda for Sustainable Progress: A lecture by Sigmar Gabriel, Vice Chancellor & Minister for Economic Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany A Transatlantic Agenda for Sustainable Progress: A lecture by Sigmar Gabriel, Vice Chancellor & Minister for Economic Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany
October 23, 2014
12:00pm - 1:15pm
  • Sigmar Gabriel – Chairman, Atlantik-Brücke; Member of the Bundestag & Vice Chancellor (2013-2018), Federal Republic of Germany; Senior Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow (2018), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Preventing Europe's Next Debt Crisis: Europe’s New Financial Script Book Preventing Europe's Next Debt Crisis: Europe’s New Financial Script Book
September 24, 2014
12:15pm - 1:45pm
  • Thomas Wieser – President, Euro Working Group and Economic and Financial Committee, Council of the European Union
Europe's Monetary Union: Making It Prosperous and Resilient Europe's Monetary Union: Making It Prosperous and Resilient
November 25, 2013
5:15pm - 7:00pm
  • Jens Weidmann – President, Deutsche Bundesbank; Member of the Governing Council, European Central Bank (ECB)
  • Chair Benjamin Friedman – William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University

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