Contributor(s): Andreas Lehnert, Bob Denham | Co-organised by the Systemic Risk Centre, Financial Markets Group, and Centre for Economic Policy Research, the ""Stress Testing and Macro-prudential Regulation: A Trans-Atlantic Assessment"" conference held on 29th-30th October 2015 brought together more than 100 academics, policy makers, senior policy economists, and banking sector specialists to discuss the development of stress testing as a tool for macro-prudential supervision and regulation. Andreas Lehnert, Deputy Director, Office of Financial Stability Policy and Research, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, gave an interview on his views on stress testing after the conference.