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NBS Graduate Education Programme Launch 

Event type

Official launch of the Graduate Education Programme (GEP) at the National Bank of Slovakia

Date

21 September 2026
09:00–14:00

Venue

Národná banka Slovenska
Congress Hall 
Imricha Karvaša 1 
813 25 Bratislava 

Attendance:
By invitation only

Agenda

Programme

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About

The official launch of the Graduate Education Programme (GEP) will take place on 21 September 2026 at the National Bank of Slovakia. 

The event will mark the beginning of the GEP’s inaugural year and welcome its first cohort of participants. Alongside an introduction to the programme and its participants, the event will feature a policy panel with representatives from central banks and the National Bank of Slovakia, as well as an academic keynote focusing on the role of central banks in economic education and the challenges and opportunities presented by AI. 

Graduate Education Programme at NBS

Agenda

Subject to change. 

9.00 – 9.30
Registration and Coffee
9.30-09:45
Welcome remarks
Peter Kažimír, Governor, Národná banka Slovenska
9.45 – 10.00
Presentation of the Governor’s Award for the best thesis
10.00-11:15
Policy Panel
The Role of Central Banks in Economic Education

Chair: 
Peter Kažimír, Governor, Národná banka Slovenska 

Panelists: 
Primoz Dolenc, Governor, Banka Slovenije 
Luis de Guindos, former Vice-President, European Central Bank 
Klass Knot, former President, De Nederlandsche Bank 
Josef Meichenitsch, Director, Oesterreichische Nationalbank 

11.15 – 11.30
Coffee Break
11.30-12:15
Academic Keynote
The role of central banks in economic education – challenges and opportunities of AI 

Chair: 
Vladimíra Repášová, Director, Národná banka Slovenska

Speaker:
Prof. Wendy Carlin, Professor of Economics and Director of CORE, University College London

12.15-12:55
The Graduate Education Programme
Our Journey and Introduction of the Participants 

Chair: 
Dušan Keketi, Deputy Governor, Národná banka Slovenska

Panelists:
Reiner Martin, Executive Director, Národná banka Slovenska 
Michal Horváth, Executive Director, Národná banka Slovenska 
Eva Gonçalves, Director, Národná banka Slovenska 
Stefania Paredes Fuentes, Head of Economic Education, Národná banka Slovenska

12.55-13:00
Closing remarks
Vladimíra Repášová, Director, Národná banka Slovenska
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch