IMF SEMINAR EVENT
DATE: October 11, 2017
DAY: Wednesday
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
LOCATION: IMF HQ1 Atrium
Overview
The New Economy Forum will focus on the future of work from three areas. First, the technological innovations that will bring about changes in our workplaces and labor markets. Second, the socioeconomic impact of technological innovation. Lastly, the skills and education necessary to adapt to change and how to design policies that respond to change while ensuring sustainable and inclusive prosperity.
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New Economy Forum Future of Work
New Economy Forum Future of Work
Panelists
Moderator: Christine Lagarde
Since November 2019, Christine Lagarde has been the President of the European Central Bank. Between 2011 and 2019, she served as the eleventh Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prior to that, she served as the French Economic Finance Minister from 2007 to 2011 after having been the Trade Secretary from 2005 to 2007. A lawyer by background, she practiced for 20 years with the international law firm Baker McKenzie, of which she became global chairperson in 1999. She was the first woman to serve in all of these positions.
In 2020, Lagarde was ranked the second most influential woman in the world by Forbes and has been named by TIME as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Christine Lagarde was named Officier in the Légion d'honneur in April 2012 and Commandeur dans l’ordre national du mérite in May 2021.