As part of the 15th Workshop on Exchange Rates, Mr Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, will give a keynote speech at Banka Slovenije. In his address, Mr Lane will discuss the current economic outlook for the euro area and its interaction with global economic developments. We will touch upon the key challenges shaping monetary and financial stability, including the effects of changing interest rate environments, global trade dynamics, and structural transformations in the European economy.
The keynote speech “The Euro Area and the Global Economy” will take place on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, from 11:30 to 12:30 in the Great Hall of Banka Slovenije (Slovenska cesta 35).
The event will be opened with the welcome address by Acting Governor of Banka Slovenije, Mr Primož Dolenc.
Attendance is free of charge, with a direct video broadcast available. The event will be held in English, with a Slovene translation enabled for the in-person attendees only.
Online registration will be open until Friday, 28 November 2025 via form below.
We look forward to welcoming you to the event.
Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
Philip R. Lane joined the European Central Bank as a Member of the Executive Board in 2019. He is responsible for the Directorate General Economics and the Directorate General Monetary Policy. Before joining the ECB, he was the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland.He has also chaired the Advisory Scientific Committee and the Advisory Technical Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board and was Whately Professor of Political Economy at Trinity College Dublin. He is also a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research.A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, he was awarded a PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1995 and was Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Columbia University from 1995 to 1997, before returning to Dublin. In 2001 he was the inaugural recipient of the Bernácer Prize for outstanding contributions to European monetary economics.