| 10 December 2012 |
Monday
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| 8:30 am – 9:00 am |
Welcoming Remarks:
Dong He, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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Opening Remarks:
Rohinton Medhora, The Centre for International Governance Innovation, and Changyong Rhee, Asian Development Bank
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| 9:00 am – 10:00 am |
Panel 1: Overview Considerations
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Chair: Thomas Bernes, The Centre for International Governance Innovation
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Global Turmoil: The International Monetary System Today
Benjamin J. Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
Discussant: Paul Jenkins, The Centre for International Governance Innovation
General Discussion
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| 10:00 am – 10:30 am |
Coffee and Tea
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| 10:30 am – 11:30 am |
Reluctant Monetary Leaders? The New Politics of International Currencies
Eric Helleiner, University of Waterloo
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Discussant: Jae-Ha Park, Asian Development Bank Institute
General Discussion
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| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
Reforming the International Monetary System in the 1970s and 2000s: would an SDR substitution account have worked?
Robert McCauley, Bank for International Settlements
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Discussant: Dong He, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
General Discussion
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| 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm |
Lunch
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Keynote Presentation: Dong He, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
International Use of the Renminbi: Developments and Prospects
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| 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
Panel 2: BRICS Views on the International Monetary System and Response Options
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Chair: Gregory Chin, The Centre for International Governance Innovation
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Challenges of the International Monetary System and the Direction to Reform
Songzuo Xiang, Agricultural Bank of China
General Discussion
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Reforming the Architecture of the International Monetary System: Managing the Impossible Trinity
Rakesh Mohan, International Monetary Fund;
Michael Debabrata Patra, Reserve Bank of India; and
Muneesh Kapur, International Monetary Fund
General Discussion
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| 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm |
Coffee and Tea
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| 4:00 pm – 6:15 pm |
Russia, International Monetary Reform and Currency Internationalization
Juliet Johnson, McGill University
General Discussion
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Challenges of the International Monetary System and Response Options: A South African Perspective
Johan van denHeever, South African Reserve Bank
General Discussion
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Brazil: Policy Responses to the Global Crisis and the Challenges Ahead
Monica Baumgarten de Bolle, PUC Rio and Galanta Consultoria
General Discussion
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| 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |
Dinner (By Invitation)
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| 11 December 2012 |
Tuesday
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| 9:00 am – 10:30 am |
Panel 3: Regional Dimensions and Adjustment Options
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Chair: Marc Uzan, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
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A Practical Approach to International Monetary System Reform: Building Settlement Infrastructure for Local Currency Internationalization
Changyong Rhee and Lea Sumulong, Asian Development Bank
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Discussant: R. Sean Craig, International Monetary Fund
General Discussion
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Promoting the International use of Emerging Country Currencies: The Case of Local Currency Debt Issuance for Latin America and the Caribbean
Andrew Powell, Inter-American Development Bank
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Discussant: Victor Pontines, The Asian Development Bank Institute
General Discussion
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| 10:30 am – 11:00 am |
Coffee and Tea
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| 11:00 am – 12:00 nn |
Panel 4: Asian Policy Roundtable
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Chair: Jae-Ha Park, Asian Development Bank Institute
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Daikichi Momma, International Monetary Fund
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Sung-Soo Eun, Ministry of Strategy and Finance
Songzuo Xiang, Agricultural Bank of China
General Discussion
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| 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm |
Panel 5: The Way Forward
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Chair: Changyong Rhee, Asian Development Bank
Paul Jenkins, The Centre for International Governance Innovation
Thomas Bernes, The Centre for International Governance Innovation
Robert McCauley, Bank for International Settlements
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R. Sean Craig, International Monetary Fund
General Discussion
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| 1:00 pm – 1:10 pm |
Closing Remarks:
Rohinton Medhora, The Centre for International Governance Innovation
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| 1:10 pm – 2:30 pm |
Lunch (By Invitation)
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~ End of Conference ~
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