Public lectures

ICMB regularly organizes prestigious public lectures for the Geneva community. 

These lectures are held at the Maison de la paix (Geneva Graduate Institute), 2A, chemin Eugène-Rigot,  at 18:30. 

Unless otherwise specified, the lectures are given in English.

The entrance is free, no registration needed

Next public lectures

Tuesday 31 March 2026
TBC

Last public lectures

Tuesday 16 December 2025
Jean Pisani Ferry
Economiste
Professeur, Sciences Po, Paris
Bruegel et PIIE
La Politique économique de Macron: un bilan (presentation.pdf)

​Tuesday 18 November 2025
Marcel Fratzscher
President DIW, Berlin
Why Germany is struggling with the economic transformation (power point unavailable)

Tuesday 29 April 2025
Antoine Martin
Vice Chair
Swiss National Bank
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2011

  • October 25, Charles Bean: Central Banking Then And Now
  • May 17, Thomas Jordan: The «Too Big To Fail» Project In Switzerland
  • March 15, Patrick Honohan: Risk And The Sovereign 

 

2010

  • November 9, Mark Carney: Looking Back, Moving Forward: Canada And Global Financial Reform
  • March 23, George Alogoskoufis: The Euro Area, After The Crisis: What To Do?

 

2009

  • November 24, Jean-Pierre Roth: La Crise Financière S’ Eloigne: Leçons Pour L’Action Future Des Banques Centrales
  • October 7,  Tony Tan: The Great Crisis And Its Aftermath – Implications For Asia
  • April 28, Lorenzo Bini Smaghi: Conventional And Non-Conventional Monetary Policy
  • March 24, Jean Lemierre: Emerging Markets: Eastern Europe And The Global Crisis
  • March 10, Yu Yongding: China’s Response To The Global Crisis

 

2008

  • May 27, Doris Leuthard: What Does The Financial Sector Crisis Mean For Economic Policy?
  • March 4, Marcel Ospel: New Players, New Challenges? Recent And Upcoming Trends In International Financial Markets

 

2007

  • December 18, Philipp Hildebrand: The Challenge Of Sovereign Wealth Funds
  • June 19,  Arminio Fraga: Monetary Policy Anomalies
  • May 2, Jeffrey A. Frieden: Global Capitalism: It’s Fall And Rise In The Twentieth Century
  • February 1, Shamshad Akhtar: Lessons From Pakistan’s Banking Sector Reforms
  • January 23, Lawrence H. Summers: Reflections On The Management Of Growing Global Reserves

 

2006

  • May 9, Yaga Venugopal Reddy: Financial Sector Reforms In India

 

2005

  • November 22, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa: Central Banking In Retrospect
  • November 8, Thomas Huertas: Dealing With Distress In Financial Conglomerates
  • June 7, Axel Weber: European Financial Integration And Monetary Policy
  • April 5, György Surànyi: Euro: Opportunity And Challenge For The Transition Economy
  • March 23, Leszek Balcerowicz: Lessons Of Post-Communist Transition

 

2004

  • November 9, Joseph C.K. Yam: Asian Finance
  • May 18, Anne O. Krueger: Wilful Ignorance: The Struggle To Convince The Free Trade Sceptics
  • January 14, Ben S. Bernanke: Monetary Policy In A Low Interest Rate Environment

 

2003

  • November 15, Jean-Pierre Roth: Qu’Attendre De La Politique Monétaire?
  • June 17, Lucas Papademos: Monetary Policy: Objectives And Strategy

 

2002

  • August 8, Anne O. Krueger: Why Do We Need A Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism?
  • May 21, Michael Mussa: Argentina And The Fund: From Triumph To Tragedy
  • April 6, Andrew Large: Banking And Globalization
  • March 7, Frits Bolkestein: European Financial And Economic Integration, Ahead To The Barcelona Summit
  • January 8, Roger W. Fergusson, Jr: Why Central Banks Should Talk

 

2001

  • November 13, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa: The Euro In The International Monetary System
  • March 20, Christian Noyer: Premières Expériences Avec l’Euro
  • February 6, Jean Lemierre: Les Nouveaux Défis De La Transition A L’Est

 

2000

  • June 6, ​Kaspar Villiger: Défis pour la place financière Suisse
  • May 22, Michel Camdessus: Réflexions pour un meilleur usage des chances d’aujourd’hui
  • March 14, Philipp Hildebrand: Will markets replace governments?
  • February 8, Matti Vanhala: Policy: one size fits all?
  • January 24, Pierre de Weck: Resolving cross-border financial crises: what are the roles of the public sector, financial markets and financial institutions