You are cordially invited to the following Webinar: “Central Banks in Times of Covid-19” Otmar Issing President of the Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt Former Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (1998-2006) Monday, May 17, 2021 10:30-12:00 via MS Teams After registering by email (Cornelia.Berger@wu.ac.at), you will receive the MS Teams link for the Webinar which can be opened directly from your web browser without having to install MS Teams. Prof. Issing has been President of the Center for Financial Studies since 2006. From 1998 to 2006, he was a Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, responsible for Economics and Research, so to speak the Chief Economist and chief architect of the current ECB monetary policy strategy. This strategy is currently under review. Before his spell at the ECB, Professor Issing was a Member of the Board of Deutsche Bundesbank, a Member of the German Council of Economic Experts and Professor of Economics at the University of Wuerzburg and at the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg. The webinar is jointly organized by Aurel Schubert, former Director General Statistics, ECB and by the Institute for Analytical Economics at WU Vienna. Sincerely, Guido Schäfer Institute for Analytical Economics, Department of Economics, WU Vienna Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria Tel.: + 431 31336 4579 Email: Guido.Schaefer@wu.ac.at