Program
8:15 – 8:45 | Registration and Coffee |
8:45 – 8:50 | Welcome |
8:50 – 9:30 | President's Address |
9:30 – 10:30 | Debate: What Is the Appropriate Regulatory Structure for Managing Systemic Risk in the Banking Sector? What are the most important Challenges for the EU in this regard? Chair: Jan Krahnen (Center for Financial Studies) Speakers: John Vickers (Oxford University) Lead questions: Beatrice Weder di Mauro (University of Mainz) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00 – 12:30 | Debate: ECB Liquidity Provision in Stressful Times: Has It Been Insufficient, Appropriate or Excessive? Has the ECB Dealt Effectively with the Challenges It Faces in A Heterogeneous Monetary Union? Chair: Michael Binder (Center for Financial Studies) Speakers: Peter Praet (European Central Bank) Lead questions: Manfred Neumann (University of Bonn) |
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 – 14:40 | Speech: Divergences and Adjustment in the Euro Area Chair: Volker Wieland (Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability & Center for Financial Studies) Speaker: Vítor Gaspar (State Minister of Finance, Portugal) Lead questions: Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell (formerly Member of the Board, ECB) |
14:40 – 16:10 | Debate: Euro Area Governance: Are the Reform of the Fiscal Framework and National Consolidation Efforts Effective in Containing the Sovereign Debt Crisis? Is the Burden-Sharing Between Monetary and Fiscal Authorities Appropriate, or has the ECB Ventured Too Far into the Fiscal Domain? Does the Euro Zone Suffer from a Balance-of-Payments Crisis? Chair: Michael Binder (Center for Financial Studies) Speakers: Lucio Pench (European Commission) Lead questions: Julian Callow (Barclays Capital) |