5th Conference 'Trade, value chains and financial linkages in the global economy' - Call for papers

3 August 2026

Banca d'Italia and the European Central Bank are organizing the fifth edition of the conference 'Trade, value chains and financial linkages in the global economy', which will take place in Rome on 29-30 October 2026. The conference brings together leading scholars from academia and policy institutions to discuss recent developments in international trade, global production networks and financial linkages, as well as their macroeconomic implications. The papers presented at the last edition are available here.

Against the backdrop of major shifts in trade policy, geopolitical disruptions affecting trade routes and energy markets, and the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the conference will focus, inter alia, on: trade and industrial policies and their effects; the reconfiguration of global production networks and access to critical supplies; firm-to-firm linkages, multinational enterprises and firms' resilience and competitive strategies; trade finance and other trade–financial linkages; digital trade, services, international data flows and AI; and the causes and consequences of global imbalances.

The keynote lectures will be delivered by Felix Tintelnot (Duke University) and Paola Conconi (University of Oxford).

The Scientific Committee comprises Maria Grazia Attinasi (European Central Bank), Alessandro Borin (Banca d'Italia), Claire Giordano (Banca d'Italia), Michele Mancini (Banca d'Italia) and Daria Taglioni (World Bank). The Organizing Committee comprises Alessandro Borin, Claire Giordano, Debora Grando, Michele Mancini and Giovanna Poggi (Banca d'Italia).

Completed papers should be submitted by 11 September 2026 to trade.workshop@bancaditalia.it . Acceptance decisions will be communicated by 21 September 2026. For further information, please contact the same email address.

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