ECB Forum on Central Banking 2026 - Day 1

The ECB Forum on Central Banking – the Sintra Forum – is an annual event organised by the European Central Bank and is held in Sintra, Portugal. It brings together central bank governors, academics, financial market representatives, journalists and others to exchange views on current policy issues and discuss the Forum’s key topic from a longer-term perspective. Full programme can be found here: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/confe... High-quality images are available via the ECB's press photos collection: https://multimedia.ecb.europa.eu/web/... -- 3:06 Session 1 "Accelerating growth in Europe: innovation versus diffusion" Chair: Boris Vujčić, Vice-President, European Central Bank Paper: "Rewiring Europe’s productivity framework: aligning investment, innovation, and diffusion" Author: Bart Van Ark, Professor, University of Manchester Discussant: Monika Schnitzer, Professor, University of Munich 1:02:34 Session 2 "Regulatory cycles, stability risks and growth opportunities" Chair: Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank Paper: "The stringency and complexity of post crisis bank regulation" Author: Mariassunta Giannetti, Professor, Stockholm School of Economics (together with Cameron Ellis, Associate Professor, University of Iowa, and Chotibhak Jotikasthira, Professor, Southern Methodist University) Discussant: Enrico Perotti, Professor, University of Amsterdam 2:36:02 Young Economist Prize Introduction of the finalists – speed presentations on the stage 2:54:53 Panel 1 "Artificial intelligence and financial stability" Chair: Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, Bank of England Itay Goldstein, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Torsten Slok, Chief Economist, Apollo Global Management 5:50:58 A conversation about artificial intelligence Aaron Chatterji, Chief Economist, OpenAI, and Professor, Duke University Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank Closed captions are generated automatically by speech-recognition software. As a result, the transcript may contain errors, misspellings, or omissions. The broadcaster is not responsible for any inaccuracies. For the most accurate information, please refer to the original audio track.