Clark Center European Economic Experts Conference 2026

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Session 01: European Bureaucracy and Innovation Constraints
13:00-14:15

• Luis Garicano (London School of Economics) 
• Kalina Manova (University College London) 
• Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College Business School)
• John Vickers (University of Oxford) 

Session 02: Rule of Law and Populism
14:30-15:45

• Sergei Guriev (London Business School) 
• Gerald Knaus (European Stability Initiative) 
• Elias Papaioannou (London Business School)

Session 03: Stablecoin
16:00-17:15

• Franklin Allen (Imperial College London)
• Richard Portes (London Business School)
• Lucrezia Reichlin (London Business School)
• Gillian Tett (King's College Cambridge) 

Friday, October 9, 2026

Keynote:
8:30–9:30am

• Jon Cunliffe 

Session 04: Climate and Energy
9:30–10:45am

• Christian Leuz (University of Chicago Booth School of Business) 
• Karen Pittel (ifo Center for Energy, Climate, and Resources)
• Mar Reguant (Northwestern University)
• Vijay Vaitheeswaran (Council on Foreign Relations) 

Session 05: Defense Investments
11:00-12:15 pm

• Paolo Surico (London Business School)
• Ron Smith (Birkbeck University of London)
• John Van Reenen (London School of Economics)