Materials for the symposium, during which participants discuss economic issues, implications and policy options, will be posted below as sessions begin.

To learn about the symposium's history, read In Late August.

All agenda items are listed in Mountain Time.

Agenda

Aug. 21, 2025

6:00 p.m.

Opening Reception and Dinner
Jeffrey Schmid
 | Host President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Aug. 22, 2025

8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Friday Session

Janice C. Eberly
| Chair Professor, Northwestern University
8:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Jerome Powell
| Keynote Chair, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
8:30 a.m.

Demographic Trends in Global Labor Markets

Claudia Goldin
| Author Professor, Harvard University
Chad Jones
| Discussant Professor, Stanford University
9:05 a.m.

General Discussion

9:55 a.m.

Macroeconomic Consequences of Declining Labor Mobility

Linda Tesar
| Author Professor, University of Michigan
Steven J. Davis
| Discussant Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Hoover Institution at Stanford University
10:30 a.m.

General Discussion

10:55 a.m.

Panel: Technology and the Labor Market

Lawrence Katz
| Panelist Professor, Harvard University
Ufuk Akcigit
| Panelist Professor, University of Chicago
Laura Veldkamp
| Panelist Professor, Columbia University
11:55 a.m.

General Discussion

1:00 p.m.

Luncheon Address

Ruth Porat
| Speaker President and Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet and Google

Aug. 23, 2025

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Saturday Session

Maurice Obstfeld
| Chair Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
8:00 a.m.

Balancing Labor Markets and Inflation

Emi Nakamura
| Author Professor, University of California-Berkeley
Jordi Galí
| Discussant Senior Researcher and Professor, Center for Research in International Economics, Pompeu Fabra University
8:35 a.m.

General Discussion

9:00 a.m.

Labor Markets and Fiscal Sustainability

Ludwig Straub
| Author Professor, Harvard University
Karen Dynan
| Discussant Professor, Harvard University
10:00 a.m.

General Discussion

10:25 a.m.

Panel: The Policy Implications of Labor Market Transition

Andrew Bailey
| Panelist Governor, Bank of England
Christine Lagarde
| Panelist President, European Central Bank
Kazuo Ueda
| Panelist Governor, Bank of Japan
11:25 a.m.

General Discussion