Industrial Policies Conference 2026 Overview

Industrial Policies in a Globalized and Financialized World is a research conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on May 7-8, 2026.

The conference is co-organized by Adrien Matray of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr of the Federal Reserve Board, and Chenzi Xu of the University of California, Berkeley.

The program focuses on industrial policy, international finance, trade, credit constraints, global value chains, and the international spillovers of domestic policy. It brings together researchers working on how financial forces shape the design and impact of industrial policies in open economies.

Research themes include financial frictions, trade finance, export credit, strategic trade policy, subsidies, tariffs, capital flows, exchange rates, and production networks.