Transatlantic Economic Interdependence and Policy Challenges
A Conference Jointly Organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the European Commission's Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN)
April 22, 2013
Venue: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, USA
Preliminary Program [as of February 11, 2013]
07:45-08:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:30-08:45 Opening Remarks by William C. Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
08:45-09:00 Opening Remarks by H.E. Ambassador João Vale de Almeida, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States
09:00-10:30 Session I - Transatlantic Macro-Financial Linkages: The Ties that Bind
Chair: Marco Buti, Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Panelists: - Richard Clarida, Columbia University - John Lipsky, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies - Athanasios Orphanides, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:30-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:45 Session II - Macroeconomic Developments and Policy Challenges in the United States and Europe
Chair: Donald Kohn, Brookings Institution
Panelists: - Giancarlo Corsetti, University of Cambridge - Mickey Levy, Economic Advisor - Jean Pisani-Ferry, Bruegel - Vincent Reinhart, Morgan Stanley
12:45-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Keynote Speech by Olli Rehn, Vice-President, European Commission
14:30-16:00 Session III - Transatlantic Dimensions of Financial Reform
Chair: Paul Volcker, Former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Panelists: - Sheila Bair, Systemic Risk Council - Sarah Dahlgren, Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Andrea Enria, European Banking Authority
16:00-16:30 Closing Remarks (TBA)
16:30 Adjourn
Organizers:
Moreno Bertoldi, European Commission
Valerie Rouxel-Laxton, European Commission
Paolo Pesenti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York