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 <[email protected]> Valerie Rouxel-Laxton, European Commission <[email protected]> Paolo Pesenti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York <[email protected]> .