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| Programme | The Brussels Economic Forum Newspaper | ||
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| Final Programme | Issue1: Thursday, 31 May | Issue 2: Friday, 1 June | Issue3: July |
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| José Manuel Barroso, President, European Commission | Keynote address - The EU in the
global economy: perpectives and challenges Speech  (79 kB) |
| SESSION I UNWINDING GLOBAL IMBALANCES Chair: Klaus Regling, Director General, DG ECFIN, European Commission |
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| Part 1: Dollars, deficits and distress: regional perspectives | |
| John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF | The multilateral approach to unwinding global
imbalances Presentation (233 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 (49 kB)
Speech (208 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 (81 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 |
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| Joaquin Almunia, Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs | Keynote address - Making EMU fit for the 21st
century Speech (84 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 (220 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 (53 kB) |
| Giuseppe Bertola, Universita di Torino | Structural and institutional change in EMU labour
markets Presentation (100 kB) |
| Philip R. Lane, Trinity College, Dublin | Implications of financial integration for
adjustment dynamics Presentation (187 kB) |
| Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director, BRUEGEL | Who should care about divergencies? Presentation (276 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 |
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| Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy | Introduction - Fostering catching-up and cohesion
in the EU Speech (76 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 (150 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 (85 kB) |
| Vitor Gaspar, Director General, BEPA, European Commission | Adjusting to the euro: contrasting responses in
Portugal and Spain - Presentation (340 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 |
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| Pascal Lamy, General Director, WTO | Keynote address: Spreading the benefits of trade opening |
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