In co-­op­er­a­tion with the Cen­ter for In­ter­na­tional Mac­roe­co­nom­ics at North­west­ern Uni­versity, the Cent­ral Bank of Ice­land will con­vene the Reyk­javík Eco­nomic Con­fer­ence on 8-9 May 2025.

The Reyk­javík Eco­nomic Con­fer­ence brings to­gether dis­tin­guished aca­dem­ics and poli­cy­makers to en­gage in dis­cus­sions and the shar­ing of in­sights on mac­roe­co­nomic ana­lysis and policy chal­lenges and the evolving role of cent­ral banks in today's land­scape.

Selected events will be open to the public through a livestream.

Thursday 8 May

11:20-11:30 Key­note ad­dress: From Magma to Mas­ter­piece: For­ging the Fu­ture of Cross-Bor­der Pay­ments

Deputy Gov­ernor Chiara Scot­ti, Cent­ral Bank of Italy

Friday 9 May

08:30-08:40 Wel­come

Gov­ernor Ás­geir Jóns­son, Cent­ral Bank of Ice­land

08:40-09:10 Key­note ad­dress and Q&A: Title TBD

Gov­ernor An­drew Bailey, Bank of Eng­land

Q&A mod­er­ated by Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir, University of Iceland

09:55-10:25 Key­note ad­dress and Q&A: Title TBD

Gov­ernor Mi­chael S. Barr, Fed­eral Re­serve Board

Q&A mod­er­ated by Fran­cine Lac­qua, Bloomberg

10:45-11:15 Key­note ad­dress and Q&A: Title TBD

Gov­ernor Ad­ri­ana Ku­gler, Fed­eral Re­serve Board

Q&A mod­er­ated by Fran­cine Lac­qua, Bloomberg

12:30-13:00 Key­note ad­dress and Q&A: Un­cer­tainty and Ro­bust Mon­et­ary Policy

Pres­id­ent John C. Wil­li­ams, Fed­eral Re­serve Bank of New York

Q&A mod­er­ated by Fran­cine Lac­qua, Bloomberg

15:15- 16:00 Key­note ad­dress and Q&A: When Mice can Roar: How to move fast without break­ing things

Gov­ernor Ás­geir Jóns­son, Cent­ral Bank of Ice­land

Fol­lowed by fireside chat with Gauti Eggerts­son, Brown Uni­versity