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Thursday 31 May 2007 |
| José Manuel Barroso,
President, European Commission | Keynote address - The EU in the
global economy: perpectives and challenges
Speech [77 KB] |
SESSION I
UNWINDING GLOBAL IMBALANCES
Chair: Klaus Regling, Director General, DG ECFIN, European Commission |
| Part 1: Dollars, deficits and distress: regional
perspectives |
| John Lipsky, First Deputy
Managing Director, IMF | The multilateral approach to unwinding global
imbalances
Presentation [228 KB] |
| Wu Xiaoling, Deputy Governor, The
People's Bank of China, People's Republic of China | Global imbalances and China's macro control |
| Jean-Philippe Cotis, Chief
Economist, OECD | Unwinding global imbalances: how much can we
expect from structural reforms in financial, product and labour markets?
Presentation [48 KB]
Speech [203 KB] |
| Muhammad Al-Jasser, Vice
Governor, Saudi-Arabian Monetary Authority | Global imbalances: the role of oil exporters |
| Part 2: The state of the global economy: risks and
challenges |
| Klaus Regling, Director General,
DG ECFIN, European Commission | Introduction
Presentation [79 KB] |
| | Panel discussion introduced by Klaus Regling,
speakers from Part 1, questions from the floor. |
SESSION II
ADJUSTMENT AND INTEGRATION DYNAMICS IN EMU
Chair: Marco Buti, Deputy Director General, DG ECFIN, European Commission |
| Joaquin Almunia, Commissioner for
Economic and Monetary Affairs | Keynote address - Making EMU fit for the 21st
century
Speech [83 KB] |
| Part 1: Growth dynamics, inflation differentials
and fiscal adjustment |
| Christopher Allsopp, New College,
Oxford | Intercountry adjustment, fiscal policy and the
real exchange rate
Presentation [215 KB] |
| Willem H. Buiter, London School
of Economics | Mundell on his head: Asymmetric shocks are good
for you – thanks to Economic and Monetary Union in Europe
Presentation [52 KB] |
| Giuseppe Bertola, Universita di
Torino | Structural and institutional change in EMU labour
markets
Presentation [97 KB] |
| Philip R. Lane, Trinity College,
Dublin | Implications of financial integration for
adjustment dynamics
Presentation [182 KB] |
| Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director,
BRUEGEL | Who should care about divergencies?
Presentation [269 KB] |
| | Panel discussion introduced by Marco Buti,
speakers from Part I, questions from the floor |
| Part 2: Growth dynamics, inflation differentials
and fiscal adjustment |
| Peer Steinbrück, Minister of
Finance, Presidency of the European Union, Germany | Keynote address - Safeguarding the success of EMU
and the economic prosperity of Europe. |
Giorgios Alogoskoufis, Minister
of Finance, Greece
Pervenche Berès, MEP, Chairwoman, Committee on Economic and
Monetary Affairs
Ernest-Antoine Seillière, President, BusinessEurope
Reiner Hoffmann, Deputy Secretary General, ETUC | Panel interventions: |
Friday 1 June 2007
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SESSION III
FOSTERING CATCHING-UP AND COHESION IN THE EU
Chair: Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy |
| Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional
Policy | Introduction - Fostering catching-up and cohesion
in the EU
Speech [74 KB] |
| Part 1: Phases of integration |
| Mitja Gaspari, former governor,
Banka Slovenjie | From EU accession to euro adoption
Presentation [2 MB] |
| Plamen Oresharski, Minister of
Finance, Bulgaria | Bulgaria and Romania after accession: the next
steps
Presentation [2 MB] |
| Sebastian Vladescu, Secretary of
State, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Romania | Bulgaria and Romania after accession: the next
steps
Presentation [147 KB] |
| Part 2: Successes and tensions in the catching-up
process: a few lessons so far |
| Marek Belka, Executive Secretary,
UN Commission for Europe | Problems with EMU enlargement |
| Erik Berglöf, Chief Economist,
EBRD | Catching-up and the fear of being left
behind
Presentation [83 KB] |
| Vitor Gaspar, Director General,
BEPA, European Commission | Adjusting to the euro: contrasting responses in
Portugal and Spain - Presentation [332 KB] |
| Michael Landesmann, Scientific
Director, WIIW, Vienna | Structural and labour market adjustments in the
catching-up process - Presentation [2 MB] |
SESSION IV
GLOBALISATION AND TRADE
Chair: Joaquin Almunia, Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs |
| Pascal Lamy, General Director,
WTO | Keynote address: Spreading the benefits of trade
opening |