This special session is organised to mark the end of Jean-Claude Trichet’s mandate as chair of Bruegel. The session will give an opportunity for a conversation between Jean-Claude Trichet and other leaders that have shaped monetary policy in the past decade. They will look at the past, the present and how monetary policy is likely to develop in the aftermath of COVI-19.

• Welcome: Guntram Wolff, Director, Bruegel

• Chair: Erkki Liikanen, Former Governor, Bank of Finland

• Jean-Claude Trichet, Chairperson, Bruegel Board

• Janet Yellen, Distinguished Fellow, Brookings Institution and Former Chairwoman, United States Federal Reserve

• Zhou Xiaochuan, Vice chairman, Boao forum and Former Governor, People’s Bank of China