Welcoming Remarks

James A. Dorn, Vice President for Monetary Studies, Cato Institute

Keynote Address

Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Panel 1: The Populist Challenge to Fed Independence

Charles Goodhart, Emeritus Professor of Banking and Finance, London School of Economics
Rosa María Lastra, Sir John Lubbock Chair in Banking Law, Queen Mary University of London
Carola Binder, Assistant Professor of Economics, Haverford College
Christina Parajon Skinner, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Moderated by Allison Schrager, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

Break

Panel 2: Fiscal Dominance and the Return of Inflation

John H. Cochrane, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Fernando M. Martin, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Mark Sobel, U.S. Chairman, Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum
David Beckworth, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University

Moderated by Greg Ip, Chief Economics Correspondent, Wall Street Journal

Break

Luncheon Address: Populism and Central Banks

Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

Panel 3: An Expanded Fed Mandate?

Otmar Issing, President, Center for Financial Studies at Goethe University, Frankfurt, and former Chief Economist at the European Central Bank
Karen Petrou, Managing Partner, Federal Financial Analytics
Scott Sumner, Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy, Mercatus Center, George Mason University

Moderated by Jeanna Smialek, Federal Reserve and Economics Reporter, New York Times

Break

Panel 4: Helicopter Money and Fiscal QE

William Nelson, Executive Vice President and Chief Economist, Bank Policy Institute
Robert C. Hockett, Edward Cornell Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Frances Coppola, Columnist, CoinDesk
Kevin Dowd, Professor of Finance and Economics, Durham University Business School

Moderated by Edward Luce, US National Editor, Financial Times

Closing Remarks

George Selgin, Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute