The events hosted by the Group of Thirty are invitation-only forums in which very senior members of the banking, financial, and regulatory community come together to discuss issues of common concern in settings conducive to exchanges of views and positions.
Events
G30 members and invited guests at the 81st plenary meeting of the Group in Madrid, hosted by Banco de España
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, Introduces the 2019 G30 Occasional Lecture
Janet Yellen, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, speaks at the 2017 International Banking Seminar
G30 members and invited guests at the 77th plenary meeting of the Group in London, hosted by the Bank of England
Spring Lectures
Spring Lectures are hosted by the Group of Thirty and focus on current topics in international economics and finance. The Lectures takes place to coincide with the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. It is open to the press and on the record.
G30 Spring Lecture 2025
G30 Spring Lecture 2025
April 25, 2025
International Monetary Fund
“Central Banking at a Crossroads”
Kevin Warsh
Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University
G30 Spring Lecture 2024
G30 Spring Lecture 2024
April 19, 2024
International Monetary Fund
“Can We Have Pro-Worker AI?”
Daron Acemoglu
Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
G30 Spring Lecture 2023
G30 Spring Lecture 2023
April 14, 2023
International Monetary Fund
“Getting to Goldilocks: Lessons From the Last Two Economic Crises”
Jason Furman
Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy , Harvard University
G30 Occasional Lecture 2019
G30 Occasional Lecture 2019
April 10, 2019
International Monetary Fund
"Is This the Beginning of the End of Central Bank Independence?"
Kenneth Rogoff
Professor of Economics and Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University
G30 Occasional Lecture 2017
G30 Occasional Lecture 2017
April 20, 2017
International Monetary Fund
"Populist Insurrections: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Reactions"
Raghuram Rajan
Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
International Banking Seminars
The Group of Thirty hosts an annual International Banking Seminar. The seminar takes place to coincide with the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Each year the Seminar brings together the world's central bank governors, Chairs and CEOs of the financial sector, and a select few academics to debate financial and systemic issues of global importance to the banking community. The International Banking Seminar is open to the press and widely covered by international media.
International Banking Seminar 2025
International Banking Seminar 2025
October 18, 2025
Hosted by Ilan Goldfajn
Inter-American Development Bank
The 2025 International Banking Seminar consisted of an opening intervention from Jordan Schwartz, Executive Vice-President of the Inter-American Development Bank and two sessions:
Global Economic Outlook featuring Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank; Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England; and moderator Axel Weber, President of the Center for Financial Studies at Goethe University in Frankfurt.
Emerging Global Architecture featuring Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization; Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation of Egypt; Klaas Knot, Founder of KK Economic Advisory and Former President of De Nederlandsche Bank; Maurice Obstfeld, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics; and moderator Laura Alfaro, Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank.
To watch a recording of the 2025 International Banking Seminar, please click here.
International Banking Seminar 2024
International Banking Seminar 2024
October 26, 2024
Hosted by Ilan Goldfajn
Inter-American Development Bank
The 2024 International Banking Seminar consisted of an opening intervention from Ilan Goldfajn, President of the Inter-American Development Bank and three sessions:
Global Economic Outlook featuring Klaas Knot, President of De Nederlandsche Bank; Jin Liqun, President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; and Jason Furman, Professor of Economics at Harvard Kennedy School.
Economic Prospects in the New International Economy featuring Ilan Goldfajn, President of the Inter-American Development Bank; Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank; and Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour, Governor of the Bank Negara Malaysia.
The Future of Money and Payments featuring Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India; Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England; and Agustin Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements.
To watch a recording of the 2024 International Banking Seminar, please click here.
International Banking Seminar 2023
International Banking Seminar 2023
October 14, 2023
Hosted by Abdellatif Jouahri
Bank-Al-Maghrib
The 2023 International Banking Seminar consisted of an opening intervention from Abdellatif Jouahri, Governor of Bank-Al-Maghrib, and two sessions:
Global Economic and Monetary Challenges featuring Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank; Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England; and Axel Weber, President of the Center for Financial Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt.
Finance, Debt Burdens, and the Just Transition featuring Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank; and Mark Carney, Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance of the United Nations.
To watch a recording of the 2023 International Banking Seminar, please click here.
International Banking Seminar 2022
International Banking Seminar 2022
October 15, 2022
Hosted by Kristalina Georgieva
International Monetary Fund
The 2022 International Banking Seminar consisted of an opening intervention from Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, and two sessions:
Policy Responses in a Pandemic- and Conflict-Impacted World featuring Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan; Klaas Knot, President of De Nederladsche Bank; Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England; and Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Addressing the Debt Overhang and Securing Recovery featuring François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of Banque de France; Roberto Campos Neto, Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil; and Martín Guzmán, Former Minister of Economy of Argentina.
To watch a recording of the 2022 International Banking Seminar, please click here.
International Banking Seminar 2021
International Banking Seminar 2021
October 17, 2021
Virtual Seminar
The 2021 International Banking Seminar consisted of two sessions:
The Global Economy: Managing Uncertainty featuring Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Yi Gang, Governor of the People’s Bank of China; Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements; and Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England.
Financing the Commons: Climate and Pandemic Security featuring Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, India; Mark Carney, Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, United Nations; Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at The London School of Economics and Political Science; and Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University.
To watch a recording of the 2021 International Banking Seminar, please click here.
International Banking Seminar 2020
International Banking Seminar 2020
October 18, 2020
Virtual Seminar
The 2020 International Banking Seminar consisted of two sessions:
Rebuilding and Sustaining Growth featuring Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank; Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan; Yi Gang, Governor of the People’s Bank of China; and Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England.
The Emerging World: Achieving Recovery with Debt Sustainability featuring Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University; Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, Ghana; and Alejandro Díaz de León, Governor of the Bank of Mexico.
To watch a recording of the 2020 International Banking Seminar, please click here.
International Banking Seminar 2019
International Banking Seminar 2019
October 20, 2019
Hosted by Luis Alberto Moreno
Inter-American Development Bank
The 2019 International Banking Seminar consisted of three sessions:
Priorities for Emerging Nations in a New Global Environment featuring Roberto Campos Neto, Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil; Veerathai Santiprabhob, Governor of the Bank of Thailand; and Patrick Njoroge, Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.
The Advanced Economies: Economic Challenges for the Medium Term featuring Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan; Klaas Knot, President of De Nederlandsche Bank; and Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University.
Cryptocurrencies and the Future featuring David Marcus, Head of Calibra, Facebook; Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements; and Darrell Duffie, Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance at Stanford University.
To watch a recording of the 2019 International Banking Seminar, please click here.
Plenary Meetings
The Group of Thirty meets in plenary session twice a year. Below is a list of the most recent plenary sessions and their hosts and locations.
93rd Plenary Session
93rd Plenary Session
June 05, 2025–June 07, 2025
Hosted by Joachim Nagel
Deutsche Bundesbank
Thursday, June 5
Dinner speaker: Mario Draghi
Friday, June 6
Economic Strains and New Demands Panelists: Joachim Nagel, Lesetja Kganyago, Zhou Xiaochuan, William C. Dudley
Will this be a New Era for Investment? Panelists: Nadia Calviño*, Jörg Kukies*, Mohamed El-Erian
Rebuilding the International Trading Architecture Panelists: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Keyu Jin*, Ernesto Zedillo
Dinner speaker: Lars Klingbeil, Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor, Germany*
Saturday, June 7
Rising Populism and Strategies to Address It Panelists: Sergei Guriev*, Andrés Velasco*, Moritz Schularick
Money, Fintech & Payments Panelists: Agustin Carstens, Matthias Voelkel*, Klaas Knot, Ken Rogoff
* Denotes invited speaker
92nd Plenary Session
92nd Plenary Session
December 05, 2024–December 07, 2024
Hosted by John C. Williams
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Thursday, December 5
Dinner speaker: Robert Kagan – Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution*
Friday, December 6
Economic Outlook and Policy Challenges Panelists: Gita Gopinath; Yi Gang; Jean-Claude Trichet; Lawrence H. Summers
Supply Side: Recovery or Relapse? Panelists: Andrew Bailey; Hélène Rey
Building Resilience In An Era of Strategic Competition Panelists: Tharman Shanmugaratnam; Laurence Boone; Raghuram G. Rajan
Regulation in the Era of Private Credit and Public Risks Panelists: Jane Fraser*; Tidjane Thiam; Justin Muzinich*
Dinner speaker: Colm Kelleher – Chairman, UBS*
Saturday, December 7
Artificial Intelligence: Risks and Opportunities in Finance Panelists: Jim Esposito*; Andrew W. Lo*; Gail Kelly
Climate Policy as Macro Policy Panelists: Jean Pisani-Ferry*; Ellen Hughes-Cromwick*; Maria Ramos
* Denotes invited speaker
91st Plenary Session
91st Plenary Session
June 20, 2024–June 22, 2024
Hosted by Fabio Panetta
Banca d'Italia
Thursday, June 20
Dinner speaker: Roberto Cingolani*, CEO and General Manager of Leonardo
Friday, June 21
Inflation and Monetary Policy in the Post Pandemic Economy Panelists: Joachim Nagel; Zhou Xiaochuan; Mohamed El-Erian; Kenneth Rogoff
Carbon Pricing and Offsets Panelists: Adair Turner; Thomas Buberl*
The Future of Fiscal Policy Panelists: Tharman Shanmugaratnam; Jason Furman; Charles Wyplosz*
Financing the Future – Public and Private Pathways Panelists: Paschal Donohoe*, Lesetja Kganyago*, Agustin Carstens
Dinner speaker: Giorgia Meloni*, Prime Minister of Italy
Saturday, June 22
Completing the European Union Panelists: Paolo Gentiloni*, Beatrice Weder di Mauro*, Gianmarco Ottaviano*, Helene Rey
The New Dynamics of Global Economic Integration Panelists: Enrico Letta*, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Ernesto Zedillo
* Denotes invited speaker
90th Plenary Session
90th Plenary Session
November 30, 2023–December 02, 2023
Hosted by John C. Williams
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Thursday, November 30
Dinner speaker: Chris Miller, Author of Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology*
Friday, December 1
Fiscal and Monetary Policy Challenges: A Longer View Panelists: Nadia Calviño *; Yi Gang; Andrew Bailey; Kevin Warsh; Lawrence H. Summers
Central Banking Frameworks Panelists: Axel A. Weber; Markus Brunnermeier*; Raghuram Rajan
Political Economy Panelists: Jacob Frenkel; Leszek Balcerowicz; Domingo Cavallo; Gerd Häusler
Dinner speaker: Graham Allison - Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard University*
Saturday, December 2
Addressing the 2023 Bank Failures Panelists: William C. Dudley; Stijn Claessens*
Economic Implications of AI: Progress and Challenges One Year After ChatGPT Panelists: Erik Brynjolfsson*; Daron Acemoglu
* Denotes invited speaker
89th Plenary Session
89th Plenary Session
June 15, 2023–June 17, 2023
Hosted by Klaas Knot
De Nederlandsche Bank
Thursday, June 15
Dinner speaker: Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Former Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization*
Friday, June 16
The Macroeconomic Outlook: Growth, Inflation, and Risks Panelists: Joachim Nagel*; Zhou Xiaochuan; Gita Gopinath; William C. Dudley
Current Lessons for Financial Stability Panelists: Klaas Knot; Timothy F. Geithner; Agustín Carstens
Industrial Policies: Accelerating Green Reindustrialization Panelists: Paul Krugman; Adair Turner
Corporate Governance - New Tensions and Stresses Panelists: Gail Kelly; Philipp Hildebrand; Tom de Swaan*
Dinner speaker: Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank*
Saturday, June 17
Reform of International Institutions Panelists: Lawrence H. Summers; Axel A. Weber; Christian Noyer
The Future of Economic Integration: The Dangers of Decoupling Panelists: Nadia Calviño*; Charlene Chu*; Raghuram Rajan
* Denotes invited speaker
88th Plenary Session
88th Plenary Session
December 01, 2022–December 03, 2022
Hosted by John C. Williams
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Friday, December 2
Dealing with the Confluence of Inflation, Growth, and Financial Stability Challenges Panelists: Raghuram Rajan; Jean-Claude Trichet; Masaaki Shirakawa; Paul Krugman; Ernesto Zedillo
The Long Term Fiscal Challenge of Financing Global Public Goods Panelists: Helene Rey; Jason Furman
What New Framework for US-China Economic Relations Panelists: Henry A. Kissinger*, Keyu Jin*, Niall Ferguson*, Weijian Shan*, Lawrence H. Summers
Dinner speaker: Robert Gates*, Former United States Secretary of Defense (2006-2011)
Saturday, December 3
Financial Regulation to Achieve Net Zero Panelists: Jane Fraser*; Annette Nazareth*; Axel A. Weber; Mark Carney
Latin America: Rebuilding and Repositioning Panelists: Andres Velasco*; Guillermo Ortiz; Arminio Fraga
* Denotes invited speaker