The Price 
of War
Understanding
Conflict Economics
in a Volatile World

2 November 2023

One Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AA


Agenda


09:00
Registration
09:45
Opening Remarks from:

Susan Walton, CERGE-EI Foundation Board Member | Professor Jan Svejnar, Founder of CERGE-EI | Marie Chatardová, Czech Ambassador to the United Kingdom | Burkhard Dallosch, Chair, CERGE-EI Foundation

10:00
Conflict and Geopolitics: Understanding Tomorrow’s Risks

Moderated by Iain Martin, Reaction and The Times

Professor Peter Frankopan, University of Oxford | Anna Rosenberg, Amundi Asset Management | Dame Melinda Simmons DCMG, Former Ambassador of the UK to Ukraine | Professor Jan Svejnar, Columbia University and CERGE-EI

11:00
In Conversation with Dr. Rebecca Nadin: Is China Winning in the Global South?

Panel sponsored by ODI

Dr. Rebecca Nadin, ODI

11:45
Investing and Doing Business in a Volatile World: The Impact of Conflicts

Moderated by Alan Brown, Artemis Fund Managers | Panel sponsored by DekaBank

Dr. Matthias Danne, DekaBank | Professor Beata Javorcik, EBRD | Dan Mikulskis, People’s Partnership | Keith Wade, Schroders

12:30
Break for lunch
13:30
In conversation - General David Petraeus, KKR

Interviewed by Iain Martin

14:10
Keynote address - Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman: The Problem of Ending Wars
15:00
The Ukrainian Economy: Technology, Innovation, and Investment

Moderated by Maggie Pagano, Reaction | Panel Sponsored by WNIS Enterprise Fund

Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley | Andy Baynes, Global Talent | Dmytro Natalukha, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

15:45
US 2024: Election in a Time of War

Moderated by Justin Webb, BBC

Ambassador Lew Lukens, Signum Global Advisors | Greg Swenson, Republicans Overseas UK | Tim Montgomerie, Political Commentator

16:30
Crisis in the Middle East: The View from Jerusalem

Yossi Klein Halevi, Shalom Hartman Institute

16:50
Concluding Remarks

Tony Claudino, President & CEO, CERGE-EI Foundation | Susan Walton, CERGE-EI Foundation Board Member

17:00
Reception - The Library, One Great George Street