Capitalism and the planet: an impossible marriage ?

BIOGRAPHY
Jean-Pierre Danthine is Professor at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – College of Management of Technology), Honorary Director of E4S and past President of the Paris School of Economics. He was a member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank from January 2010 to April 2012 and its vice-chairman from May 2012 until he retired on June 30, 2015. 

Before joining the Swiss National Bank, Jean-Pierre Danthine was Professor at the University of Lausanne and Managing Director of the Swiss Finance Institute. His publications have appeared in Econometrica, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Finance and other leading international journals.

PROGRAMME

18:00- 18:15 Welcome Address by Martin Vetterli, President of EPFL

18:15-18:45 Capitalism and the planet: an impossible marriage? by Jean-Pierre Danthine, Honorary Professor at EPFL

18:45-19:30 Forging an economy for tomorrow

Roundtable with: 

• Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the Swiss National Bank
• Isabelle Moret, Chief of the Department of Economy, Innovation, Employment and Heritage (DEIEP) of Canton de Vaud
• Marie-France Tschudin (TBC), President of the Innovative Medicines International Unit at Novartis
• David Bach, Professor at IMD (moderator)

19:35 Cocktail

20:00 End of the event

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