UK WEN Annual Networking Event 1 April 2025

Event Programme

8:30 – 9:00     Arrival and registration 

9:00 – 9:15     Welcome and opening remarks

• Karen Ward, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• Imran Rasul, Professor of Economics, University College London and RES President Elect

9:15 – 10:00     Keynote speech: UK monetary policy/macro conjuncture’

• Megan Greene, External member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England

10:00 – 10:15     Update on UK WEN: Progress and future plans

• Prof Almudena Sevilla CBE, Professor of Economic and Social Policy, LSE and Chair, UK WEN

10:15 – 10:45   Coffee break 

10:45 – 11:45  The Glass Cliff: Why Women in Power are Undermined – And How to Fight Back

• Sophie Williams, author of ‘The Glass Cliff’ 

11:45 – 12:30 Panel discussion: Transforming Promotion Practices to Support Women Economists

• Liz Bennington, Deputy Director North, Department for Business and Trade 
• Sharon Bell, European Strategist, Goldman Sachs
• Prof Sarah Smith OBE, Professor of Economics, University of Bristol
  • Chair: Misa Tanaka, Head of Research, Bank of England

12:30 – 12:40 Closing remarks

• Tera Allas CBE,Senior Economic Advisor, McKinsey & Company, and
  Ambassador for UK WEN
  

12:40 – 13:30 Networking lunch (optional)