Rolf Strauch at Bangkok Economic Festival 2026 "Economic Prospects, Geoeconomics and Artificial Intelligence: Regional Perspectives and Reflections at the End of the IMF Annual Meetings"
Agenda
This invitation-only roundtable will take stock of the key economic and policy priorities emerging from the IMF Annual Meetings across major regions of the world. It brings together policymakers, business leaders and chief economists to exchange regional perspectives on the economic outlook and the changing geoeconomic environment.
The discussion will explore how the global race for artificial intelligence is reshaping growth prospects, financial markets, competitiveness and geopolitical alliances, and what these shifts imply for regional policy frameworks. Participants will consider the opportunities and risks created by AI-driven choices, with particular attention to macroeconomic outcomes, capital allocation and the evolving architecture of international economic cooperation.
Chair: Debora Revoltella, Senior Fellow, Bruegel
Participants:
- Rolf Strauch, Chief Economist and Management Board Member, European Stability Mechanism
- Carlos Giraldo, Chief Economist FLAR
- Isabelle Mateos Y Lagos, Chief Economist, BNP Paribas
- Tao Wang, Advisor, UBS
- Jason Wu, Assistant Director Global Market Analysis, IMF
- Nouriel Roubini, Emeritus Professor of Economics, NYU
- Arnab Das, Founder Geo logica Strategies
- Ayhan Kose, Deputy Chief Economist, World Bank
- Dong He, Chief Economist, AMRO
- Marcelo Estevao, Chief Economist, IIF
- Sergei Ulatov, Chief Economist, EFSD