The ECB and Its Watchers VIII

Registration and Coffee

Welcome

Volker Wieland, Center for Financial Studies

Panel I (Part 1): ECB Watch - Current Policy Performance and New Challenges

Chair: 
Volker Wieland, Center for Financial Studies

Speakers:
Elga Bartsch, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Giancarlo Corsetti, European University Institute and CEPR
Peter Hooper, Chief US Economist, Deutsche Bank
Angel Ubide, Director of Global Economics, Tudor Investment
Manfred Neumann, University of Bonn

Coffee Break

Panel I (Part 2): ECB Watch - Review of the ECB’s Strategy and Alternative Approaches

Chair: 
Volker Wieland, Center for Financial Studies

Speakers:
Huw Pill, Head of Monetary Policy Stance Division, European Central Bank
Jan Qvigstad, Executive Director and Chief Economist, Bank of Norway
Richard Clarida, Global Strategy Adviser Pimco & Columbia University
Athanasios Orphanides, Adviser, Division of Monetary Affairs, Federal Reserve Board

Reply to Panel I and Discussion

Otmar Issing, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

Lunch Break

The ECB and Its Watchers: 1999-2006

Axel A. Weber, President, Deutsche Bundesbank

Panel II: The Revised Stability and Growth Pact - Is it working?

Chair: 
Wolfgang Schill, Director General DG Economics, European Central Bank

Speakers:
José Manuel González Páramo, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Michael Hüther, Director, Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft
Lars Calmfors, Stockholm University
Servaas Deroose, Director Economy of the euro area and the Union, European Commission

Coffee Break

Panel III: On the Road to the Euro? Progress and Prospects of New EU Members

Chair: 
Lucrezia Reichlin, Director General Research, European Central Bank

Speakers:
Lucas Papademos, Vice-President, European Central Bank
György Szapáry, Deputy Governor, Magyar Nemzeti Bank/The Central Bank of Hungary
Willem Buiter, London School of Economics
Daniel Gros, Director, CEPS

Concluding Remarks

Otmar Issing, Center for Financial Studies