Central Banking Series: Helsinki
Date: Monday, June 6, 2016 - Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Helsinki, Finland
Non-member registrations include a one-year GIC membership.
Presentation Documents
Presentation Documents- Sustainable Value Creation in Practice - Vesa Alatalo
- Aspects of Investing in an Unusual Interest Rate Environment - Timo Viherkenttä
- AP4 – A Sustainable Investor - Mats Andersson
- Monetary Policy - Erkki Liikanen
- Perspectives on Quantitative Easing in the United States - Eric Rosengren
- Economic Outlook: A get out of jail free card for 2016 - Constance Hunter
- Perspectives on Quantitative Easing in the United States (speech text) - Eric Rosengren
- QE and the Euro Area Recovery - Patrick Honohan
Program Video
Program VideoEvent Detail
Central Banking Series: Helsinki
Featuring Erkki Liikanen, Governor of the Bank of Finland, Eric Rosengren, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Patrick Honohan, Former Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland.
View and download the GIC Central Banking Series: London & Helsinki flyer.
Monday, June 6th Full Day Public Conference in partnership with the Bank of Finland
Venue: House of the Estates
Address: Snellmaninkatu 9-11
8:30AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00AM Welcome
- Seppo Honkapohja, Board of Directors, Bank of Finland
- Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading and Investments and GIC Board Chair
9:15AM Session I: Central Bankers: QE in Europe and the US with Response Panel
- Eric Rosengren, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- Patrick Honohan, Former Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
- Sixten Korkman, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Economics, Aalto University
- Moderator: Seppo Honkapohja, Board of Directors, Bank of Finland
10:45AM Session II: Climate Change
- Mats Andersson, CEO, Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund
- Vesa Alatalo, CEO, SKF/Finland
- Moderator: Timo Tyrvainen, Senior Advisor, Aktia Bank
11:45AM Lunch
12:45PM Keynote Speech: Monetary Policy
- Erkki Liikanen, Governor of the Bank of Finland
1:30PM Session III: Financial/Investment Session
- Constance Hunter, Chief Economist, KPMG
- Timo Viherkenttä, CEO, Finnish State Pension Fund
- Moderator: Hubert Fromlet, Senior Professor, Linneaus University
3:00PM Conclusion
- Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading and Investments and GIC Board Chair
Tuesday, June 7th: Private Roundtable Discussion: Geopolitics (by invitation only)
Venue: Auditorium at the Bank of Finland
Address: Rauhankatu 19, Helsinki, Finland
Agenda
9:00AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:30AM Welcome and Outlook for China
- Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading and Investments and GIC Board Chair
10:15AM Session II: The Russian Economy
- Iikka Korhonen, Director, Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition
11:00AM Session III: Brexit/US Election/German Election
11:45AM Conclusion
Event Venues
June 6| Full Day Conference in partnership with the Bank of Finland
House of the Estates
Snellmaninkatu 9-11, 00170
Helsinki, Finland
June 7 | GIC Roundtable Discussion: Geopolitics
Auditorium at the Bank of Finland
Rauhankatu 19,
Helsinki, Finland
Suggested Hotels
Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel – 10 min walk to House of the Estates
Hotel Kämp – 9 min walk to House of the Estates
Original Sokos Hotel – 6 min walk to House of the Estates
Hotel Haven – 8 min walk to House of the Estates
Event Location
Speakers
Erkki Liikanen
Governor of the Bank of FinlandMr. Erkki Liikanen, MPolSc (Econ.), has been Governor of the Bank of Finland since 2004. He is currently serving his second 7-year term.
Eric Rosengren, Ph.D.
President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of BostonEric Rosengren is president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, one of 12 regional Federal Reserve banks. Eric is a participant in the Federal Open Market Committee, the monetary policymaking body of the United States. As CEO, Eric leads the Boston Fed’s work, which includes economic research and analysis, banking supervision and financial stability efforts, community economic development activities, and a wide range of payments, technology, and finance initiatives.
Patrick Honohan, Ph.D.
Former Governor of the Central Bank of IrelandPatrick Honohan was Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland and a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank from September 2009 to November 2015. He is an honorary professor of economics at Trinity College Dublin and a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Vesa Alatalo
Managing Director, SKF FinlandVesa Alatalo is managing director and country manager of SKF Finland and a member of the Nordic management team. Alatalo, 45, oversees the strategic direction of the Finnish operations with 170 employees in Espoo, Muurame and Oulu. SKF is a leading global technology provider operating in over 130 countries world-wide employing around 50 000 professionals. The SKF technology platforms include bearings and units, seals, mechatronics, services and lubrication systems.
Mats Andersson
CEO of the Fourth Swedish National Pension FundMats Andersson has been the CEO of the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) since 2006. AP4 is one of the buffer funds in the Swedish public pension system, whose role is to even out temporary punctuations during periods when pension contributions are not sufficient to cover pension disbursements. Since five years back, AP4 works […]
Michael Drury
Chief Economist, McVean Trading & InvestmentsMichael Drury is the chief economist for McVean Trading & Investments, LLC. He joined the firm in 1992, after serving for five years as senior economist with Allen Sinai at Shearson Lehman Brothers and its successor firms. Michael began his career in New York in 1982 as senior economist at A. Gary Shilling and Company. He received his B.S. in economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and did his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Constance Hunter
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Strategy & ESG, AIGConstance Hunter is executive vice president at AIG where she leads the company’s global strategy and ESG program. She is also a member of AIG’s Executive Leadership team.
Iikka Korhonen
Head of BOFIT Iikka Korhonen, Institute for Economies in Transition BOFITIikka Korhonen received his doctoral degree from Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, majoring in economics.
Sixten Korkman
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Economics, Aalto University School of BusinessSixten Korkman is presently associated with the Aalto institute. He made his doctoral degree in economics at the University of Helsinki in 1980. He has served a long career as a civil servant in the Bank of Finland, the Ministry of Finance, the OECD and the secretariat of the Council of Ministers in Brussels. He […]
Timo Tyrvainen
Chief Economist, Climate Leadership Coalition in FinlandSince 2017, PhD Timo Tyrväinen is the Chief Economist of Climate Leadership Coalition, Finland. He also chairs CLC´s Finance theme group.
Timo Viherkenttä
CEO, State Pension Fund of FinlandTimo Viherkenttä is the Chief Executive Officer of the 18 billion euro State Pension Fund of Finland (VER) as of 2015. He is a Doctor of Laws (University of Helsinki). He started his career as an academic at the University of Helsinki, and, inter alia, served as Professor of Tax Law. Later he held several positions at […]
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