European troubles, Asian worries

This event was co-organised as part of the Asia-Europe economic forum (AEEF) project by Bruegel, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII), Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences - Institute of World Economics and Politics (CASS-IWEP), Korea Institute of Finance, Korea University, with the financial support of Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF).
Event materials
Keynote speech by Benoît Coeuré
Agenda
Monday 21 January
13:45 Welcome coffee
14:15 Word of welcome by Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director, Bruegel - presentation here
Introductory remarks by Ambassador Zhang Yan, Executive Director, ASEF and Aart De Geus, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Bertelsmann Stiftung
14.40 Opening remarks Maarten Verwey, Deputy Director General, European Commission, DG ECFIN
15.00 Q & A
15.30 Session 1. The euro crisis: is the policy response effective?
Chair Mitsuhiro Fukao, Professor, Keio University
Presenters
- Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Professor, University of California Berkeley and Sciences Po, Paris - presentation here
- Jens Ulbrich, Head, Economics Department, Deutsche Bundesbank- presentation here
Discussants
- Gene Frieda, Senior Strategist, Moore Capital Management
- Yung Chul Park, Professor, Korea University
17.15 Coffee break
17.30 Session 2. Banking union and fiscal union in Europe: outlook and implications for global partners
Chair Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director, Bruegel
Presenters
- Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Professor, Paris School of Economics and Executive President, French PM’s Economic Advisory Council - presentation here and paper here
- John Berrigan, Director, Financial Stability, Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission - presentation here
Discussants
- Jon Cunliffe, Ambassador, UK’s Permanent Representative to the EU
- Haizhou Huang, Co-Head, Research Department, CICC - presentation here
20.00 Dinner Keynote speech by Benoît Cœuré, Executive Board Member, ECB
Tuesday 22 January
9.15 Session 3. Growth in Asia: temporarily blip, slowdown or abrupt adjustment?
Chair Aart De Geus, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Presenters
- Jong Wha Lee, G20 Sherpa, Korea- presentation here
- Fan He, Deputy Director, IWEP/CASS - presentation here
- Suman Bery, Chief Economist, Shell - presentation here
Discussants
- Stephen Schwartz, Chief Economist Asia, BBVA - presentation here
- Tao Wang, Head, China Economic Research, UBS
11.00 Coffee break
11.15 Session 4. The global deleveraging process: where do we stand?
Chair Yung Chul Park, Professor, Korea University
Presenters
- Charles Roxburgh, Director of the McKinsey Global Institute, McKinsey - presentation here
- Mitsuhiro Fukao, Professor, Keio University - paper here and presentation
Discussants
- Erik Nielsen, Chief economist, UniCredit
- David Vines, Professor of Economics, Oxford University - presentation here
- Guntram Wolff, Deputy Director, Bruegel - presentation here
13.00 Lunch
14.30 Session 5. International monetary developments in Asia: consequences for the global monetary regime
Chair Christophe Destais, Acting Director, CEPII
Presenters
- Rintaro Tamaki, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD - presentation here
- Ji Young Choi, Director of Financial cooperation division, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Korea - presentation here
- Francesco Papadia, Visiting Fellow, Bruegel - presentation here and paper here
Discussants
- Wang Xin, Representative in Frankfurt, People's Bank of China
- Shahin Vallée, Economic Advisor in the cabinet of the President of the European Council, European Council
16.15 Coffee break
16.30 Session 6. Financial regulation: convergence or divergence?
Chair André Sapir, Senior Fellow, Bruegel
Presenters
- Nicolas Véron, Senior Fellow, Bruegel and Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute - presentation here
- Mario Nava, Acting Director, European Commission DG Market - presentation here
- Tokio Morita, Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, FSA Japan - presentation here
Discussants
- Sangche Lee, Deputy Chairman for International Affairs, FSC Korea
- Michiel Bijlsma, Financial Markets Programme Leader, CPB and Visiting Fellow, Bruegel
18.15 Conclusions
Practical details
- Venue: Bruegel conference room, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Bruxelles
- Dates: 21-22 January 2013
- Contact: matilda.sevon[at]bruegel.org
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