Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024
Location: Gallup Great Hall
Doors Open & Networking: 8:00 a.m.
Programming: 9:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
While the global fight against inflation is starting to pay off, geopolitical risks seem to be escalating at a time when new economic norms are still unclear. What does that mean for the stability of the global financial system, which is undergoing its own changes? And what are the known unknowns that executives and policymakers are keeping a close eye on?
Speakers
Hosts
Agenda
Opening Remarks
Featuring: Justin B. Smith, Semafor Co-Founder & CEO
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Fireside Chat: Risks and Opportunities
A scan of global markets to root out lurking pitfalls and under-the-radar openings
Featuring: David Rubenstein, Co-Founder, Carlyle Group
In conversation with: Penny Pritzker, Former U.S. Commerce Secretary
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Fireside Chat: An Update from the Inflation Battlefield
Progress has been made on bringing down prices but several fights
remain
Featuring: John Williams, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
In conversation with: Gina Chon, Senior Editor, Semafor
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Fireside Chat: All Politics is Global
How geopolitical tensions are affecting regional economies
Featuring: Sim Tshabalala, CEO, Standard Bank
In conversation with: Gina Chon, Senior Editor, Semafor
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Fireside Chat: Voting with Their Capital
How companies are allocating investments given rising geopolitical
tensions
Featuring: John Waldron, President, Goldman Sachs
In conversation with: Liz Hoffman, Business and Finance Editor, Semafor
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Fireside Chat: Rising Labor Movements
Organized workers have been scoring wins. What does that mean
for policymakers?
Featuring: Julie Su, Acting U.S. Labor Secretary
In conversation with: Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief, Semafor
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Fireside Chat: Carrots and Sticks
How taxes and tax credits should be used to steer the U.S economy
Featuring: Sen. Ron Wyden (D) Oregon
In conversation with: Steve Clemons, Founding Editor-at-Large, Semafor
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Fireside Chat: China and Beyond
The economic headwinds in the world’s second-largest economy and its consequences
Featuring: Henry M. Paulson, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
In conversation with: Justin Smith, CEO and Co-Founder, Semafor
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Fireside Chat: Policing U.S. Financial Cops
Assessing financial watchdogs and their impact on the global economy
Featuring: Rep. Patrick McHenry, (R) North Carolina, Chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee
In conversation with: Liz Hoffman, Business and Finance Editor, Semafor
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Panel: Making the Grade
A Performance Review of Central Bank Chiefs and Finance Ministers
Featuring: Adam Posen, President, Peterson Institute, Kevin Warsh, Former Member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve, Karen Karniol-Tambour, Co-CIO, Bridgewater
In conversation with: Jon Hilsenrath, Author
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Fireside Chat: The State of Global Finance
How banks are dealing with higher for longer interest rates and what that means for financial stability
Featuring: Daniel Pinto, President, JPMorgan
In conversation with: Gina Chon, Senior Editor, Semafor
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Fireside Chat: Balancing Act
The state of the U.S. economy amid industrial policies and increasing competition with China
Featuring: Lael Brainard, White House National Economic Advisor
In conversation with: Phil Mattingly, Anchor and Chief Domestic Correspondent, CNN
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Closing Remarks and Program Adjournment
Featuring: Justin B. Smith, CEO & Co-Founder, Semafor