1st Ibero-American Central Bank Conference

The Banco de España and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) jointly organised on 12 April 2021 the 1st Meeting of Ibero-American Central Banks to debate their response to the COVID-19 crisis . The meeting was part of a series of events prior to the 28th Ibero-American Summit of Heads o f State and Government (Andorra, 21 April 021).

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Speakers

12 April

- 16:00h - 16:10h
- Opening remarks:
  - Pablo Hernández de Cos (Banco de España)
  - Rebeca Grynspan (Ibero-American General Secretariat)
- 16:10h - 17:40h
- Panel 1: Monetary policy against the background of the pandemic: new instruments, lessons learned and future risks.
  Moderator: Pablo Hernández de Cos, Governor of the Banco de España
  
  Panellists:
  - Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements
  - Alejandro Díaz de León, Governor of the Central Bank of Mexico
  - Liliana Rojas-Suárez, Chair of the Latin-American Committee for Financial Affairs and Director of the Centre for Global Development
  - Leonardo Villar, Governor of the Central Bank of Colombia
- 18:00h - 19:40h
- Panel 2: The response by international institutions to the COVID-19 crisis.
  Moderator: Rebeca Grynspan, Ibero-American Secretary-General
  
  Panellists:
  - Roberto Campos Neto, President of the Central Bank of Brazil
  - Mário Centeno, Governor of the Bank of Portugal
  - Miguel Ángel Pesce, President of the Central Bank of Argentina
  - Carmen Reinhart, Chief Economist of the World Bank
- 19:30h - 19:40h
- Closing remarks

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