Program Summary of the 2025 CEBRA Annual Meeting

 

Please note:

Chatham House Rules apply to the Parallel Sessions.  All Panel Sessions will be on the record.

Meeting venues are the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) on Aug. 6 and Harvard Business School (HBS) on Aug. 7 and 8.

All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST). Please note this itinerary may be subject to minor changes.

TimeWed 6 Aug (FRBB)Thurs 7 Aug (HBS)Fri 8 Aug (HBS)
8:00 a.m. 

Registration (with light breakfast)

Registration (with light breakfast)
8:45 a.m. Welcome from HBS 
9:00 a.m. Parallel Session IParallel Session IV
11:00 a.m. BreakBreak
11:15 a.m.  Parallel Session V
11:30 a.m. Key Note: Alberto Cavallo (HBS Pricing Lab): "Price Research in a Digital Age" 
12:15 p.m. 

Panel 2: "AI and the Future of Analytics in Central Banking" organised by Raphael Auer (BISIH/CEBRA)  

Panelists: TBC

Moderator: TBC

 
12:30 p.m.Registration and Networking (light food provided)  
1:00 p.m. Lunch  
1:45 p.m.

Welcome

Raphael Auer (CEBRA President) and Egon Zakrajšek (Executive Vice President and the Director of the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)

 Lunch
2:00 p.m.
 
Parallel Session II 
2:00 p.m.

Panel 1 (Organized by FRBB)

Panelists: 
 - Trevor Reeve (Director, Division of Monetary Affairs at Federal Reserve Board)
 - Jing Yang (Managing Director of the Bank of Canada’s Economic and Financial Research)

  
3:30 p.m.Break Parallel Session VI
3:45 p.m.

Panel 2 (Organized by FRBB)

Panelists: 
 - Susan Collins (President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
 

  
4:00 p.m. Break 
4:15 p.m. Parallel Session III 
4:30 p.m.  Annual Meeting General Assembly
5:15 p.m.Reception Event (until 7:15 p.m.) Annual Meeting Ends
6:15 p.m. Buffet Dinner at HBS (until 8:00 p.m.)