The ECB and Its Watchers XII

July 9, 2010

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Frankfurt am Main

Program

08:15 - 08:45	Registration and Coffee
08:45 - 08:50	Welcome Volker Wieland, Center for Financial Studies
08:50 - 09:30	President’s Address Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank Lead Questions: Ulrich Kater, DekaBank Daniel Gros, CEPS Kai Carstensen, CESifo Helmut Siekmann, IMFS and Goethe University
09:30 - 11:00	Debate 1: Imbalances and Sustainability in the Euro Area: Who Should Adjust? Do We Need New Rules and More Cooperation? Chair: Volker Wieland, Center for Financial Studies Speakers: Lorenzo Bini-Smaghi, European Central Bank Charles Wyplosz, Graduate Institute Geneva Manfred Neumann, University of Bonn Lead Questions: Christa Randzio-Plath, University of Hamburg, formerly European Parliament David Marsh, SCCO International Luigi Buttiglione, Brevan Howard LLP
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30	Debate 2: Central Bank Strategy After the Financial Crisis: Should Money and Credit Play a Greater Role? Chair: Michael Binder, Center for Financial Studies Speakers: Jürgen Stark, European Central Bank Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics Lead Questions: Michael Wickens, York University Angel Ubide, Tudor Investment
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:30	Debate 3: New Perspectives From Emerging Markets: Is the Euro a Role Model? What Should We Learn From Emerging Markets? Moderator: Volker Wieland, Center for Financial Studies Speakers: Rakesh Mohan, Yale University, formerly Reserve Bank of India Eduardo Loyo, BTG Pactual, formerly Central Bank of Brazil Lead Questions: Julian Callow, Barclays Capital Alex Cukierman, Tel Aviv Unversity David Vines, Oxford University Günter Beck, University of Mainz
14:30 - 15:00	Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:10	Debate 4: The New Supervisory and Regulatory Architecture: Does It Offer Adequate Protection From Systemic Risk? Chair: Michael Binder, Center for Financial Studies Speakers: John Lipsky, International Monetary Fund Anil Kasyhap, University of Chicago Lead Questions: István P. Székely, European Commission Michael Melvin, BlackRock Thomas Mayer, Deutsche Bank
16:10 – 16:45	Debate 5: The Future of Euro Governance: How to Correct Imbalances and Maintain Financial Stability? Speaker: Vítor Constâncio, European Central Bank Lead Questions: Patrick Minford, Cardiff Business School Casper de Vries, Erasmus University Rotterdam
16:45 - 16:50	Closing Remarks