2026 CEMLA Conference
Call for Papers
November 5 - 6, 2026 – Mexico City (face-to-face)
The Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA) is organizing the 2026 CEMLA Conference to be held on November 5 - 6, 2026. 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 Speakers
- Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley
- Thomas Drechsel, University of Maryland
Venue
The conference will be held at CEMLA’s facilities in Mexico City in a face-to-face format. There is no registration fee. However, participants are expected to pay 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.
Important Dates
- August 7, 2026. Submission deadline. Please submit your paper to conference@cemla.org
- September 4, 2026. Notification of paper acceptance
- September 11, 2026. Deadline for conference registration (there is no registration fee)
- November 5 - 6, 2026. Conference dates
Scientific Committee
- Michel Alexandre, Banco Central do Brasil
- David Argente, Yale University
- Rodrigo Arnabal, Banco Central del Uruguay
- Óscar Iván Ávila Montealegre, Banco de la República (Colombia)
- Lorenzo Menna, Banco de México
- Luis Ceballos, University of San Diego
- Sebastian Diz, Banco Central del Paraguay
- Gerardo Hernández del Valle, CEMLA
- Serdar Kabaca, Bank of Canada
- Peter Karlström, CEMLA
- Sebastián Katz, Banco Central de la Republica Argentina
- Osvaldo Yasser Lagares Feliz, Banco Central de la República Dominicana
- Ruy Lama, International Monetary Fund
- Gustavo Leyva, CEMLA
- Carlos Madeira, Banco Central de Chile
- Javier J. Pérez, Banco de España
- Jorge Pozo, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
- Pablo Slon-Montero, Banco Central de Costa Rica
- Yannick Timmer, Federal Reserve Board
- Alejandro Vicondoa, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Organizing Committee
- Gerardo Hernández del Valle, CEMLA
- Gustavo Leyva, CEMLA
- Alexa Uribe, CEMLA
2026 CEMLA Conference
November 5 - 6, 2026 – Mexico City (face-to-face)
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2026 CEMLA Conference
November 5 - 6, 2026 – Mexico City (face-to-face)
Barry Eichengreen
Barry Eichengreen is George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Chair and Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. In 1997-98 he was Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund.
Professor Eichengreen is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (class of 1997). He is a distinguished fellow of the American Economic Association (class of 2022), a corresponding fellow of the British Academy (class of 2022), a corresponding member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (class of 2025), and a Life Fellow of the Cliometric Society (class of 2013). He has held Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships and been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Palo Alto) and the Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin). For 15 years from 2004 he served as convener of the Bellagio Group of academics and officials. He is a regular monthly columnist for Project Syndicate.
Professor Eichengreen has been awarded the Economic History Association's Jonathan R.T. Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching and the University of California at Berkeley Social Science Division's Distinguished Teaching Award. He is the recipient of a doctor honoris causa from the American University in Paris, and was the 2010 recipient of the Schumpeter Prize from the International Schumpeter Society and the 2022 recipient of the Nessim Habif Prize for Contributions to Science and Industry. He was named one of Foreign Policy Magazine's 100 Leading Global Thinkers in 2011. He is a past president of the Economic History Association (2010-11).
His most recent book is In Defense of Public Debt with Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves and Kris Mitchener (Oxford University Press 2021).
Thomas Drechsel
Thomas Drechsel is a macroeconomist and Assistant Professor at the Economics Department of the University of Maryland. His research focuses on credit frictions in business cycles, various aspects of monetary policy, the role of commodities for emerging market economies, as well as real-time monitoring of macroeconomic activity. His work has been published in the Review of Economic Studies, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of International Economics, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. Thomas is a German national and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
2026 CEMLA Conference
November 5 - 6, 2026 – Mexico City (face-to-face)
Venue Information
CEMLA is located in Durango 54, Col. Roma, Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 06700 Ciudad de México, México; near downtown Mexico City.
Mexico City is located near the center of the country, at an average altitude of 2,300 meters above sea level, bordering the State of Mexico and the state of Morelos. The capital is connected by land to multiple destinations.
Time Zone
Mexico has a time difference with Greenwich Mean Time of -6 hours throughout its territory.
Weather
In Mexico City, the wet season is warm and overcast and the dry season is comfortable and partly cloudy. Throughout the year, the temperature usually ranges from 6°C to 26°C and is rarely below 3°C or above 30°C.
The warm season lasts for 2.5 months, from March 22 to June 8, with an average daily temperature above 20°C. The hottest month of the year in Mexico City is May, with an average high of 27°C and low of 13°C.
The cool season lasts for 2.5 months, from November 19 to February 3, with an average daily high temperature below 22°C. The coldest month of the year in Mexico City is January, with an average low of 6°C and high of 22°C.
Visa Information
All participants are responsible for all Passport and visa formalities, and if needed, to comply with health regulations.
Citizens of certain countries require a visa to enter Mexico. In the following link you will find a list of citizenships which require visas: Countries that require visas.
Exceptions apply if you have a visa or if you are a permanent resident of the United States, Canada or Europe. If you are a citizen of a country requiring a visa, please contact the closest Mexican consulate at: Mexican consulates.
If you require an invitation letter in order to obtain the visa, please email Olivia Fuentes (ofuentes@cemla.org) specifying your current affiliation and title of the paper that you will be presenting.
Currency and Exchange Rate
Official currency: Mexican peso (MXN).
For the updated exchange rate click here.
You will be able to make currency exchanges at exchange houses and in some bank offices. It is recommended to exchange money at the airport since exchange houses and banks near CEMLA and the suggested hotels are closed on weekends, and close early during the week (around 16:00 hrs). Usually, ATMs are available 24 hours. You may draw cash using international debit and credit cards with worldwide brands, like Visa, Mastercard, Visa Electron and Dinners. For more information, please visit (Banco de México) here.
Electricity Service
Energy: 127 volts AC at 60 cycles (127V AC, 60 Hz). Two flat-pin plugs and some with grounding.
Transportation
The Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City is located 13 kilometers from the Downtown. It has two terminals which are identified by Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 and both are connected by aerotrain and free bus transportation. For more information, you may find the airport website here.
When arriving to Mexico City, transportation from the airport to hotels can be done by transportation apps (such as Uber, Cabify, Didi and Lyft, among others), or taxi. For taxi transportation it is important to select a taxi company inside the airport (there are different options to select from once you exit customs and immigration), pay the cashier inside the airport and ask for the cab in the corresponding exit. The Mexico City International Airport (AICM) offers spaces or boarding areas for the use of authorized cabs accredited by the Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT) and regulated by the Airport, for more information on authorized cabs click here.
For transportation in Mexico City, we recommend participants to use transportation apps or taxi service taken from “SITIO” stands. We recommend that participants avoid taking taxis from the street. SITIO stands can be found in several locations and phone numbers to call for taxis can be obtained in the hotels.
CEMLA will not provide transportation services.
Accommodation
The following table shows CEMLA’s recommended hotels, the rates available to events participants and hotel contact information. Booking hotel is the visitors’ responsibility. Consider that hotels usually request a credit card to guarantee the reservation. For any of the booking options, remember to add 3.5% ISH tax and 16% VAT.
To receive the corporate rate in the recommended hotels you must specify the name of CEMLA. Any change of rates is the responsibility of each hotel. Even though some bookings can be made online we recommend contacting the hotel directly to make sure the group rate is given.
Recommended Hotels
Hotel
Rates
Reservation information
Stanza
Av. Álvaro Obregón 13, Roma Nte., Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, CDMX
(3-minute car trip, 6-minute walk, 500m to CEMLA)
Ordinary rate per night:
$ 139.44 USD
CEMLA corporate rate:
$ 89.44 USD
Phone: +52 55 5080 0900
Four Points by Sheraton
Av. Álvaro Obregón 38, C.U. Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, CDMX
(4-minute car trip, 6-minute walk, 500 m to CEMLA)
Ordinary rate per night:
$ 300.15 USD
CEMLA corporate rate:
$ 128.46 USD
Includes:
wi-fi, gym
Phone: +52 55 1085 9502
Royal Reforma
Amberes 78, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600 Ciudad de México, CDMX
(12-minute car trip, 13-minute walk, 1 km to CEMLA)
Ordinary rate per night:
$ 155.56 USD
CEMLA corporate rate:
$ 86.33 USD
Includes:
breakfast buffet, wi-fi, sauna (upon request), gym, pool
Phone: +52 55 9149 3000
BENIDORM
Frontera 217, Roma Nte. Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, CDMX
(8-minute car trip, 15-minute walk, 1.1 km to CEMLA)
Ordinary rate per night:
$ 252.78 USD
CEMLA corporate rate:
$ 88.61 USD
Includes:
wi-fi, gym
Phone: +52 55 5265 0800
Marriot Reforma
Paseo de la Reforma 276, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600 Ciudad de México, CDMX
(15-minute car trip, 17-minute walk, 1.3 km to CEMLA)
Ordinary rate per night:
$ 419.01 USD
CEMLA corporate rate:
$ 228.11 USD
Includes:
breakfast buffet, fitness center, wi-fi in business center
Phone: +52 55 1102 7030
Sheraton Mexico City María Isabel
Paseo de la Reforma 325, Cuauhtémoc, 06500 Ciudad de México, CDMX
(15-minute car trip, 21-minute walk, 1.6 km to CEMLA)
Ordinary rate per night:
Variable according to demand, for more information visit this site
CEMLA corporate rate:
15% off the public rate
Includes:
fitness center
Phone: +52 55 5242 5555
Map
Visit Mexico
Mexico City is a unique visitor destination offering a wide range of attractions combining historic and modern-day life in a vibrant and friendly atmosphere. Take a day to visit the pre-Hispanic ruins of Teotihuacan, or visit the Centro Histórico and marvel at its rich architecture form the Catedral and Plaza del Zócalo to Palacio de Bellas Artes, visit world-class museums, or spend the day at some of the modern-day bustling neighborhoods and enjoy a fine dining experience at some of the world’s top-rated restaurants. For more information visit: Official Mexico City Visitors' Guide | Guía oficial para turistas de la CDMX Mexico City.
Dinning
Mexico City offers a wide variety of restaurants most of them located in the tourist areas of Polanco, Roma and Condesa near the Conference Venue.
Sightseeing/Day trips
If you are planning to stay an extra day or two in Mexico City, we recommend taking a day to visit the Centro Histórico, Coyoacán, Reforma Avenue, Colonia Roma, Xochimilco, and Chapultepec.
A day trip to Teotihuacan to see the pyramids can be arranged with the hotel concierge.
Mexico City offers some world class museums including the Anthropology Museum, the Museo Soumaya, and the Interactive Museum of Economics.