November 14, 2018/IMF
November 19-20, 2018
IMF HQ2, 1900 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC
The Sixth IMF Statistical Forum will be held during November 19-20, 2018 focusing on “Measuring Economic Welfare in the Digital Age: What and How?” This year’s forum will be an open event with online registration through the forum’s website. This year’s keynote speaker will be Jim Balsillie, Chair of Centre for International Governance and former chairman and co-CEO of Research in Motion (Blackberry). The keynote will be followed by a one-on-one discussion with the IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. The Forum will also bring together distinguished speakers including academics, policymakers, statisticians, representatives of the private sector and, national and international organizations.
More information on the Forum is available at http://www.imf.org/statsforum. Please also follow us using #StatsForum.
Key topics covered in this year’s Forum include:
- The need for indicators of Economic Welfare Beyond GDP;
- Value of Unpriced Software and Data;
- How to Measure Economic Welfare and its Growth;
- Welfare Effects from e-Commerce and Fintech;
- Is all for Good in the Digital Age?