DebtCon8

DebtCon brings together law and social science scholars, civil society representatives, and practitioners from the public and private sectors who work on sovereign debt, to help find creative solutions for urgent policy problems.

Georgetown Law, the Institute of International Economic Law, the Sovereign Debt Forum and the Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab will host the 8th Interdisciplinary Sovereign Debt Research and Management Conference (DebtCon8), October 13-15, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

We will hold DebtCon8 against the backdrop of an intensifying climate crisis, geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, social, political, and financial instability, and institutional transformation.

As always, DebtCon8 will include high-level roundtables and keynotes, with research presentations in parallel sessions. Past meetings have shown that valuable insights emerge from joining academic, market, policy, and advocacy perspectives on sovereign debt, and engaging leading experts across disciplines.