The Parameters of the International Financial Architecture Post Crisis
December 10-11, 2009
Vienna, Austria
Event co-organizers : Central Bank of Austria, Ministry of Finance Austria
We would like to thank The World Gold Council for supporting this event.
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Final Agenda
Thursday, December 10, 2009
| 4:30 p.m. | Registration |
| 5:00 p.m. | Welcoming Remarks |
| Ewald Nowotny, Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank Reinhold Lopatka, State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Austria Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Session 1 |
| From the Great Depression to Bretton Woods | |
| Chair: Ousmène J. Mandeng, Head of Public Sector Investment Advisory, Ashmore Investment Management | |
| Lord Robert Skidelsky, Member of Parliament, UK Harold James, Professor of History, Princeton University Lord Meghnad Desai, Professor of Emeritus, London School of Economics Geoffrey R. D. Underhill, Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam | |
| 6:15 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 6:30 p.m. | Session 2 |
| From the Great Recession to the Current State of Uncertainty | |
| Chair: Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee | |
| Speakers: Michael Callaghan, Executive Director, Macroeconomic Group, Department of Treasury, Australia Miranda S. Goeltom, Former Vice Governor, Bank of Indonesia Stephen Pickford, Managing Director, UK Treasury Jens Nystedt, Global Strategist, Moore Capital Management | |
| 8:00 p.m. | Buffet Dinner |
Friday, December 11, 2009
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome Coffee | |
| 8:50 a.m. | Family Photo on the Grand Staircase | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Session 3 | |
| European Financial Architecture – Weaknesses, Possible Improvements and Exit Strategies | ||
| Chair: Thomas Wieser, President, Economic Financial Committee (EFC), Director General for Economic Policy and Financial Markets, Ministry of Finance, Austria | ||
| Speakers: Patrick Honohan, Governor, Central Bank of Ireland Ajai Chopra, Deputy Director, European Department, International Monetary Fund Heidar Gudjonsson, Managing Director, Ursus Capital Arend Kapteyn, Chief Economist EMEA, Deutsche Bank | ||
| 10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Session 4 | |
| Financial Stability around the Eurozone | ||
| Chair: Zbigniew Hockuba, Member of the Board, National Bank of Poland | ||
| Speakers: Piroska M. Nagy, Senior Advisor, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Cristian Popa, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Romania Kalin Hristov, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Bulgaria Radovan Jelašić, Governor, National Bank of Serbia Märten Ross, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Estonia Júlia Király, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Hungary | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 2:15 p.m. | Keynote speech Thomas Wieser, President, Economic Financial Committee (EFC), Director General for Economic Policy and Financial Markets, Ministry of Finance, Austria | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Session 5 | |
| Exit Strategies for Emerging Economies and the Challenges for Managing Capital Flows | ||
| Chair: Wolfgang Duchatczek, Deputy Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank | ||
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| Speakers: Aaron Tornell, Professor of Economics, University of California Geng Xiao, Director, Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy Donald Hanna, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Session 6 | |
| The Rebalancing Act and the New Framework for Sustainable Growth: Will it make a Difference? | ||
| Chair: Ewald Nowotny, Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank | ||
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Speakers: Jeffry Frieden, Professor of Government, Harvard University Edmond Alphandéry, Chairman of the Board, CNP Assurances Stephen L. Jen, Managing Director, Macro and Currencies, Blue Gold Capital Management Kumiharu Shigehara, President, International Economic Policy Studies Association Alexander K. Swoboda, Professor of International Economics Emeritus, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks | |
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Conjoint walk to the Christmas Market (3 minutes walk) | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Christmas Market at the former General Hospital (“Altes AKH”) (Altes AKH, Hof 1, Alserstraße/Spitalgasse, 1090 Vienna) | |
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Conjoint walk to the Dinner Venue (10 minutes walk) | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner at the restaurant “Zum Leupold” (Schottengasse 7, 1010 Vienna) | |
