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Upcoming Events: 2019 Annual Meeting & The Future of the World Bank; Event Recaps: Transatlantic Trade & Emerging Markets; Views from the Members & More!
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U.S. Secretary of Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin to headline The Bretton Woods Committee 2019 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press
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Upcoming Events
2019 Annual Meeting
Honoring 75 Years: Forging the Future of Bretton Woods
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
2:00pm – 4:45pm
International Monetary Fund Headquarters 2
Washington, DC
Register
The Future of the World Bank Under the Next President
Thursday, April 11, 2019
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Center for Global Development
Washington, DC
Register
Technology and the Future of Business
Thursday, June 13, 2019
2:00pm – 5:00pm
KPMG Number Twenty
London, United Kingdom
Register
Please check our website regularly for updates on program dates, times, and locations.
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Recent Highlights
Transatlantic Trade Realities
On February 1, 2019, the Bretton Woods Committee in partnership with the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States hosted the Bretton Woods@75 Dialogue: Transatlantic Trade Realities. Featured speakers included Karen Donfried, President at the German Marshall Fund, Gary Litman, Vice President for Global Initiatives at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics helped kick-start the event with opening remarks. Jim Kolbe, Bretton Woods Committee Co-Chair and GMF Senior Fellow, moderated the dialogue. Read More.
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Bretton Woods@75 Dialogue: Transatlantic Trade Realities
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Regional Spotlight: Emerging Markets Outlook
On March 8, 2019, the Bretton Woods Committee hosted a virtual conference, Regional Spotlight: Emerging Markets Outlook. Featured speakers included Gita Gopinath, the Economic Counsellor and Research Department Director at the IMF, and Catherine Mann, the Global Chief Economist at Citigroup. Meg Lundsager, Public Policy Fellow at the Wilson Center and Bretton Woods Committee member, moderated the conversation. Read More.
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Watch a recording of the virtual conference, Regional Spotlight: Emerging Markets Outlook
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Views from the Members
In this section, individual members share their perspective on specific issues with the broader Committee membership. Views expressed below are from individual Members and do not reflect any viewpoint of the Bretton Woods Committee.
Bretton Woods@75 Blog Series:
Thanks to all of our Committee members who have shared their perspective on future issues impacting the Bretton Woods system, institutions and Committee via our Bretton Woods@75 blog. If you haven’t already contributed, it’s not too late! Submission deadline is April 15, 2019.
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Member Spotlight
The Bretton Woods Committee would like to congratulate the following members on their recent achievements!
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Buzz Aldrin, Former Astronaut and Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot, received the Explorer’s Club Award on the 50th Anniversary of the walk on the moon, presented by Prince Sultan bin Salman Al Saud.
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Welcome New Members!
- Mame Khary Diene, Bioessence
- Bill Dudley, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Erin Ennis, US-China Business Council
- Jordi Gual, Caixa Bank
- Adnan Kummer, Johns Hopkins University
- Nancy Lee, Center for Global Development
- Kenneth I. Levinson, Washington International Trade Association
- Jacob J. Lew, Lindsey Goldberg LLC & Co
- Michael F. Reber, Yorozu Corporation
- Brunello Rosa, Rosa & Roubini
- Ralph Segall, Segall Bryant & Hamill
- Andrew Simmons, Resilience Brokers, Ecological Sequestration Trust
- Mark Sobel, The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum
- Lee Stephens III, BNY Mellon
- Ronald G. Weiner, Perelson Weiner LLP
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For information regarding Gala Dinner sponsorship, please contact Randy Rodgers at rrodgers@brettonwoods.org
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