2025 CEMLA Conference

Thirtieth anniversary edition

Call for Papers

November 6 - 7, 2025 – Miami (face-to-face)

The Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA) and the Miami Herbert Business School are organizing the 2025 CEMLA Conference to be held on November 6 - 7, 2025. We invite contributions within the broad range of topics of interest to central banks, including (but not limited to) monetary theory and policy, financial intermediation (both theory and empirics), climate-related aspects of financial stability and monetary policy, digitalization and financial markets, and payments and other financial market infrastructures.

Papers accepted for presentation will be discussed by another speaker within the same session. Accepted papers, as well as presentations and discussions, will be posted on the Conference website to facilitate the discussion among participants.

Keynote Speaker

TBA

Venue

In this edition, the conference will be hosted by the Miami Herbert Business School and will be held in person at its facilities in Miami, Florida, USA. There is no registration fee; however, participants are expected to cover their expenses for travel and accommodation.

LAJCB Publication

Papers accepted for the Conference are encouraged to be submitted to the Latin American Journal of Central Banking. Authors who wish their paper to be considered for the LAJCB should clearly indicate this in their Conference submission.

Monetary Award

All accepted papers in the LAJCB will receive a compensation of 1,000 USD each, which CEMLA will fund. The monetary prize will be divided in equal parts among each paper's authors. If the paper participates in any other CEMLA award, it will only be eligible for the monetary prize once.

Important Dates

August 8, 2025. Submission deadline. Please submit your paper to conference@cemla.org

August 25, 2025. Notification of paper acceptance

September 5, 2025. Deadline for conference registration (there is no registration fee)

November 6 - 7, 2025. Conference dates

Scientific Committee

Michel Alexandre, Banco Central do Brasil
David Argente, Yale University
Oscar Avila-Montealegre, Banco de la República
Corina Boar, New York University
Georgia Bush, Banco de México
Luis Ceballos, University of San Diego
Sebastian Diz, Banco Central del Paraguay
Roberto Duncan, Ohio University
Javier García-Cicco, Universidad de San Andrés
Gerardo Hernández del Valle, CEMLA
Alex Horenstein, Miami Herbert Business School
Miguel Iraola, Miami Herbert Business School
Serdar Kabaca, Bank of Canada
Pablo Kurlat, University of Southern California
Ricardo Lago, Miami Herbert Business School
Ruy Lama, International Monetary Fund
Gustavo Leyva, CEMLA
Carlos Madeira, Banco Central de Chile
Matías Ossandon Busch, CEMLA
Javier J. Pérez, Banco de España
Jorge Ponce, Banco Central del Uruguay
Jorge Pozo, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
Nelson Ramírez-Rondán, CEMLA
Manuel Santos, Miami Herbert Business School
Carlos Segura-Rodriguez, Banco Central de Costa Rica
Yannick Timmer, Federal Reserve Board
Alejandro Vicondoa, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Noah Williams, Miami Herbert Business School
Yu Zhu, Renmin University of China

Organizing Committee

David Andolfatto, Miami Herbert Business School
Manuel Ramos Francia, CEMLA
Gerardo Hernández del Valle, CEMLA
Ricardo Lago, Miami Herbert Business School
Gustavo Leyva, CEMLA
Matías Ossandon Busch, CEMLA
Nelson Ramírez-Rondán, CEMLA

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2025 CEMLA Conference

Thirtieth anniversary edition

Venue Information

Miami Herbert Business School
It is located in 5250 University Drive, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146 USA.

Transportation

Miami International Airport, also known as MIA and historically as Wilcox Field, is the primary international airport serving Miami and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Florida.