Finance in the Digital Era 2018 | The World Bank | 18 June 2018 | World Bank Group, Preston Auditorium 1818 H St NW Washington, DC 20433 USA

The Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Practice and the Research Department jointly invite you to register for the Fifteenth Overview Course of Financial Sector Issues, to be held at Preston Auditorium from June 18th to 22nd, 2018.

The theme of the 2018 Overview Course of Financial Sector Issues will be Finance in the Digital Era. Throughout the week-long course, participants will be able to ask questions and engage in discussions with experts of the financial sector who will identify and analyze the critical issues and share lessons from various countries’ experiences. The course is intended for mid-level officials from central banks, ministries of finance, and financial regulatory agencies in developing countries, as well as staff involved in financial sector operations from international development organizations and the private sector.

Who should attend?
• Central Bank Officials
• Ministry of Finance Officials
• Ministry of the Economy Officials
• Government and Regulatory Officials
• Professionals in the Financial Sector
• Development Professionals
• Professionals in Dfis
• Academic Professionals

2018 Speakers

Usman Ahmed
Head of Global Public Policy, PayPal Inc

Allen Berger
Professor in Banking and Finance & Ph.D. Coordinator of the Finance Department, Darla Moore School of Business

Ata Bertay
Research Economist, World Bank's Development Research Group

Javier Bolzico
PhD in Economics, University of Cema

Miriam Bruhn
Senior Economist in the Finance and Private Sector Development Team, Development Research Group, Wbg

Greta Bull
Chief Executive Officer, Cgap

Jerry Caprio
Professor of Economics, Williams College

Mario Catalan
Senior Economist at the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

Kuntay Celik
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank Group

Jennifer Chien
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Wbg

Martin Cihak
Division Chief, International Monetary Fund

Alan Elizondo
Director General of Financial System Affairs, Banco de Mexico

Alfonso Garcia Mora
Director of the Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice, World Bank Group

Xavier Gine
Lead Economist in the Finance and Private Sector Development Team, Development Research Group, Wbg

Mario Guadamillas
Manager in the Finance, Wbg

Bailey Klinger
Former Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Chairman, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab

Tanya Konidaris
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Wbg

Annamaria Lusardi
Denit Trust Endowed Chair of Economics and Accountancy, George Washington University School of Business

Elaine MacEachern
Global Product Specialist for Secured Transactions and Collateral Registries, Wbg

Catherine Mann
Global Chief Economist, Citi

Maria Soledad Martinez Peria
Division Chief of the Macro-Financial Division of the Research Department, Imf

Yira Mascaro
Wbg

Samuel Maimbo
Head of the Financing for Development Unit and Senior Advisor in the office of the Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer, Wbg

Erlend Nier
Deputy Division Chief, Imf

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
Senior Director for the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice, World Bank Group

Douglas Pearce
Practice Manager for Financial Infrastructure & Access in the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice, World Bank Group

Friedermann Roy
Global Product Lead Housing Finance, Ifc Financial Institutions Group

Anthony Saunders
John M. Schiff Professor of Finance, Nyu Stern

Sergio Schmukler
Lead Economist, World Bank’s Development Research Group

Dorothe Singer
Economist in the Finance and Private Sector Research Team of the Development Research Group, World Bank

Fiona Stewart
Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Wbg

Arun Sundararajan
Professor and the Robert L. and Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow, Nyu Stern

Mahesh Uttamchandani
Practice Manager for Sme Access to Finance and Credit Infrastructures in the Finance and Markets Global Practice, World Bank Group

Staci Warden
Executive Director, Milken Institute

2018 Sponsors

ORGANIZERS:
• World Bank Group
• The World Bank