According to Institute President Duncan Munn the aim of the new Centre is to be, “the foremost hub of influence and direction on critical and emerging issues in both financial services and monetary policy in Canada.” In recognition of Hugh MacKinnon’s leadership and support, the Institute also announced an annual policy roundtable in his name. [...] Howe Institute Report on Giving Centre on Financial and Monetary Policy (continued) Another highlight of the Directors Dinner was celebrating the awarding of the 2023 Purvis Prize for excellence in economic policy writing to The Consequences of the Bank of Canada’s Ballooned Balance Sheet, by Steve Ambler, Thorsten Koeppl and Jeremy M. [...] Howe Institute publication, available on the Institute’s website, discussed the reasons for the recent expansion of the Bank’s assets and liabilities, some economic and political concerns about it, and operational and communication measures to mitigate those concerns. [...] The 2023 Scholar’s Lecture focused on one of the most pressing and complex issues of our time: The rapid advance of artificial intelligence (AI) and the need to balance its opportunities and risks that it poses. [...] The lecture was delivered by one of Canada’s, and the world’s, foremost experts in AI and deep learning, Yoshua Bengio, Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at the Université de Montréal, and the Scientific Director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms.
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