## 2026 Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture

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### Event status
- The Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture scheduled for June 24, 2026, featuring Governor Kazuo Ueda of the Bank of Japan, is postponed until further notice.
- Further information regarding the event will be shared in due course.

### Speaker: Kazuo Ueda, Governor, Bank of Japan
- Appointed Governor of the Bank of Japan in April 2023.
- Born in September 1951.
- Education:
  - Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, University of Tokyo (1974).
  - Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1980).
- Academic and professional career:
  - Assistant professor, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia (1980).
  - Associate professor, Osaka University (1982).
  - Professor, University of Tokyo, specializing in macroeconomics and financial theory (1993).
  - Member, Bank of Japan's Policy Board (1998 to 2005); led discussions on the introduction of forward guidance under the Bank's zero interest rate policy.
  - Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo (2005); served as dean from 2005 to 2007.
  - Professor, Kyoritsu Women's University (2017).
  - Awarded the title of Professor Emeritus from the University of Tokyo in 2017 and from Kyoritsu Women's University in 2023.

### About Michel Camdessus
- Michel Camdessus assumed office as the seventh Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in January 1987, and served until February 2000.
- Longest-serving Managing Director of the IMF to date.
- Prior roles:
  - Director of the Treasury (1982).
  - Chairman of the Paris Club (1978 to 1984).
  - Chairman of the Monetary Committee of the European Economic Community (1982 to 1984).
  - Deputy Governor of the Banque de France.
  - Governor of the Banque de France from November 1984 until appointment as Managing Director of the IMF.
- Current roles:
  - Honorary Governor of the Banque de France.
  - Member of the Africa Progress Panel, a group of 10 distinguished individuals who advocate at the highest levels for equitable and sustainable development in Africa.

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