Johns Hopkins Geoeconomics Conference: The Fragmenting Global Economy

Description

The 2025 Johns Hopkins Geoeconomics Conference brings together leading scholars and policymakers to explore topics centered on the theme of "The Fragmenting Global Economy."

Matteo Maggiori (Stanford University) will deliver keynote remarks, and Gillian Tett (Financial Times) will moderate a high-profile policy panel on geoeconomic fragmentation. In the panel discussion, leading academics and current and former policymakers will examine how far fragmentation has progressed, where it might stop, and how governments and businesses can mitigate the impact and adapt to its sudden acceleration.

Full schedule of events

2–3:30 p.m. Keynote Presentation: Geoeconomics

• Chair: Olivier Jeanne (Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts & Sciences)
• Keynote Speaker: Matteo Maggiori (Stanford University)

3:30–4 p.m. Coffee Break

4–6 p.m. Panel Discussion: Geoeconomic Fragmentation

Many factors, including the United States' new foreign policy, have accelerated the ongoing process of geoeconomic fragmentation and the partial reversal of decades of globalization. In this panel discussion, leading academics and current and former policymakers will examine how far fragmentation has progressed, where it might stop, and how governments and businesses can mitigate the impact and adapt to its sudden acceleration.

Moderator: Gillian Tett (Financial Times & King's College, Cambridge)

Panelists:

• Henry Farrell (Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies)
• Caroline Freund (University of California, San Diego)
• Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (International Monetary Fund)
• Jay Shambaugh (George Washington University)

6–7 p.m. Reception