Plenary session

In 2023, the following spoke at the plenary session
Ing. Jiří Rusnok

Jiří Rusnok was born on October 16, 1960 in Ostrava. In 1984, he completed his studies at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Economics in Prague. He started his professional career in 1984 in the Department of Long-Term Outlook at the State Planning Commission. He later worked at the Federal Ministry for Strategic Planning as Head of the Social Strategy Department and was briefly employed at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Between 1992 and 1998, he worked as an advisor and head of the socio-economic department of the Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions. From August 1998 he held the position of Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, from April 2001 to July 2002 he was the Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic and from July 2002 to March 2003 he was the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic. From May 2003 to June 2013, he worked in the management of the insurance department of the branch of the financial group ING for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Between 2005 and 2012, he served as president of the Association of Pension Funds of the Czech Republic. At the same time, he served as chairman of the board and general manager of ING PF, a.s. In the years 2006–2009, he was the chairman of the Committee for the Financial Market, an advisory body of the CNB Banking Board. From 2009 to 2013, he was the president of the Council for Public Oversight of Audit. In 2010–2013, he was a member of the Government’s National Economic Council (NERV). From June 25, 2013 to January 29, 2014, he served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. 

Jiří Rusnok was a member of the bank board from March 1, 2014, and from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2022, he served as the governor of the CNB. During his time at the head of the central bank, he received the international awards Central Bank Governor for Central and Eastern Europe 2017 and Central Bank Governor in Europe 2018 for the smooth termination of the exchange rate commitment, including its thorough preparation and effective communication, and the subsequent return to conventional monetary policy. He advocated transparent communication of the central bank, for which the CNB was awarded the International Central Banking Transparency Award 2022 under his leadership. Since February 2023, he has been an advisor to the board of directors of the Allianz group in the Czech Republic. 

prof. Max Gillman 

Max Gillman is F. A. Hayek Professor of Economic History at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. His research includes monetary economics, energy markets, macroeconomics, growth, human capital, public finance, asset pricing, and economic development. Current research includes modelling the real short term Treasury interest rate as compared to historical data, explaining real business cycles using human capital investment and endogenous growth, finding the of money and inflation shocks on oil prices, and the study of inflation, money, and banking policy in historical overview. Gillman serves as Associate Editor of Economic Modelling. He is currently a senior fellow at the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, previously Professor at Cardiff Business School and at Central European University, visiting scholar at the Bank of Finland and New York University, visiting professor/researcher at Central European University, University of Chicago, Loughborough University, Monash University, University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales, Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis, Atlanta and Minneapolis.  

His books include The Spectre of Price Inflation (Columbia University Press, 2023, US); Principles of Macroeconomics: An Evolutionary Approach (Kendall Hunt 2017), Advanced Modern Macroeconomics: Analysis and Application (Pearson 2011), Inflation Theory in Economics (Routledge 2009), and he is editor of: Robert E. Lucas, Jr., Collected Papers on Monetary Theory (Harvard University Press, 2013). 

His research is published in: Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Finance, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Economic Journal, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Economica, Economic Inquiry, Economic Modelling, Journal of Economic Methodology, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Macroeconomics, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Economic Surveys, The Economics of Transition, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Empirical Economics, Economic Affairs, Bulletin of Economic Research, Contemporary Economic Policy, The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Manchester School.  

Conference Program (preliminary)

TUESDAY, September 3, 2024

15:00–16:30
Registration of participants

16:30
Opening Ceremony: prof. Christiana Kliková

17:00–19:00
PLENARY SESSION

19:30
Dinner

21:00
Social evening

WEDNESDAY, September 4, 2024

07:30–9:00
Breakfast

09:00–10:30
Parallel sessions

10:30–10:45
Coffee Break

10:45–12:00
Parallel sessions

12:00–13:00
Lunch

13:30–15:30
Parallel sessions

15:30–15:45
Coffee Break

16:00–18:00

Time for relaxation

(Possible changes according to the weather, you can use the wellness, swimming pool, sauna, driving range)

19:00
Closing ceremony, banquet, social evening with music

THURSDAY, September 5, 2024

07:30–9:00
Breakfast

10:00
Check-out

Program of parallel sessions