Programme & Speeches
Wednesday 18 May - Morning
Session I: Strengthening European economic governance - Surveillance of fiscal and macroeconomic imbalances
- 08:00-09:00
- REGISTRATION
- 09:00-09:20
- WELCOME ADDRESS: Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Presentation
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Speech
- 09:20-09:40
- OPENING ADDRESS: José Manuel Durão Barroso, President, European Commission Speech
- 09:40-10:00
- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- 10:00-11:00
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First Annual Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Lecture
Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of Finance, Germany
Introduced by Olli Rehn Speech (published on the Federal Ministry of Finance website)
Speech [45 Kb]
- 11:00-11:30
- COFFEE BREAK
- 11:30-13:00
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SESSION I: STRENGTHENING EUROPEAN ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE - SURVEILLANCE OF FISCAL AND MACROECONOMIC IMBALANCES
MODERATOR: John Peet, Europe Editor, The Economist
- Servaas Deroose, Deputy Director-General, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Presentation [197 Kb]
- Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President, European Central Bank (ECB) Speech [23 Kb]
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- Thomas Mayer, Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group, Deutsche Bank
- Klaus Regling, Chief Executive Officer, European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)
- Alberto Alesina, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economics, Harvard University
- Servaas Deroose, Deputy Director-General, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Presentation [197 Kb]
- 13:00-14:30
- Lunch break
Wednesday 18 May – Afternoon (14:30-16:00)
Session II: European economic governance framework in practice – Ensuring its robustness
- 14:30-16:00
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SESSION II: EU ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK IN PRACTICE - ENSURING ITS ROBUSTNESS
MODERATOR: Martin Dickson, Deputy Editor, Financial Times
- Elena Flores, Director, Policy Strategy and Co-ordination, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
- Sharon Bowles, Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, European Parliament
- Ignazio Visco, Deputy Director General, Banca d'Italia
Speech [23 Kb]
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- Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Presentation [28 Kb] (Copyright rests with the author)
- 16:00-16:30
- COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday 18 May – Afternoon (16:30-18:30)
Session III: Economic policy in Europe – Key lessons from the global crisis
- 16:30-16:50
- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Stefan Ingves, Governor, Sveriges Riksbank
Speech [207 Kb]
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Presentation [95 Kb]
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- 16:50-18:10
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ROUND TABLE
MODERATOR: Stephanie Flanders, Economics Editor, BBC
- David Begg, General Secretary, Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Speech [17 Kb]
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- Mickey Levy, Chief Economist, Bank of America
- Geoffrey Heal, Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Professor of Finance & Economics, Columbia University
- Marco Buti, Director-General, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
- David Begg, General Secretary, Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Speech [17 Kb]
- 18:10-18:30
- CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Servaas Deroose, Deputy Director-General, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
