Coface Country Risk Conference

If you're interested in world economic trends, don’t miss Coface’s 24th Country Risk Conference

Tuesday 4 February 2020
Carrousel du Louvre
Open to the public, Coface's annual Country Risk Conference brings together the knowledge and insight of French and international experts from the worlds of business, finance, politics and economic research. Over the course of a full day, they decipher and debate the issues shaping global economics and geopolitics, as well as some of the major challenges facing tomorrow's world.

Coface's ambition is to make economic expertise available to companies so that they are better able to manage risks on their domestic and international markets as part of their on-going investment and commercial development strategies.

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Coface Country Risk Conference 2020

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Agenda

Tuesday 4 February 2020

08:00 AM
Welcome coffee
09:00 AM
Introduction
Xavier Durand, Chief Executive Officer, Coface
09:30 AM
Keynote Speech
10:00 AM
Round table: The United States - still a superpower after the 2020 presidential election?
 
Throughout US history, there have been alternating periods of interventionism and isolationism towards the rest of the world. Does the current period resemble certain episodes from the past? Can the current American foreign policy be described as isolationist? What are the global political and economic consequences of this new foreign policy? Will tensions with Iran continue? If re-elected this year, will President Donald Trump follow the same foreign policy during his second term? Or, if Trump is not re-elected, could American relations with China and Europe improve? What differences could we expect from a Democratic president? Should we expect major changes to trade policy?
10:50 AM
Break
11:30 AM
Presentation by the Coface Economic Research Department, Julien Marcilly, Chief Economist, Coface
12:00 PM
Round table: Chinese consumers: the new pivot of global growth?
 
How have the needs and behaviours of Chinese consumers changed in recent years? Are they getting closer and closer to those of "millennials" in the West? Are they now as well-equipped as European and American consumers? Does the Chinese consumer have the lead in the digital domain? Will the middle class continue to grow rapidly in the coming years? Will new Chinese consumer standards apply to the rest of the world? How are Chinese citizens perceiving the "social score" system?
01:00 PM
Lunch
02:30 PM
Presentation by the Coface Economic Research Department, Julien Marcilly, Chief Economist, Coface
 
03:10 PM
Round table: Water Wars: will they happen?
 
The economic and political consequences of climate change are as diverse as they are numerous; the growing difficulties of water access among them. Which countries are included in the "thirst line"? How does this new situation favour social protests? Does it affect major global geopolitical balances? Can some of the current geopolitical tensions be explained by the need for access to water? Should we be worried about water-related wars in the future?
04:00 PM
Conclusion
04:30 PM
End of conference

Practical info

Venue

Carrousel du Louvre
99, rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris

How to get there

By public transport
METRO line 1, Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre station
RER line A, Châtelet station
BUS, numbers 21 27 39 48 67 68 69 72 81 95
stops: "Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre", "Palais Royal - Comédie Française" or "Musée du Louvre"
 
By car
Parking Louvre
1 Rue de Marengo
75001 Paris
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Coface Country Risk Conference replays 2018 & 2019

As a leader in the credit insurance industry with over 70 years' experience, Coface's experts work at the heart of the economy, close to local realities: every day, Coface helps 50,000 customers around the world build successful, growing and dynamic businesses.

Coface's core economic research covers country risk, business environment and sector analyses, published regularly throughout the year.

With the aim of sharing this expertise, the Coface Country Risk Conference has been giving a voice to specialists from the worlds of business, finance, civil society and economic research for more than twenty years.  

Replay 2018 & 2019 conference highlights

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