Draft 15.03.2011 PROGRAMME OF IV ASTANA ECONOMIC FORUM “NEW DECADE: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES” 3-4 May, 2011, Astana Palace of Independence May 3 FIRST DAY 08:00-09:30 Registration 10:00-12:30 OPENING CEREMONY Great Hall PLENARY SESSION Auditorium: Organizers: Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 3000 people “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association, “Economic Research Institute” JSC 10.00-10.10 Moderator: Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, Publisher, International Herald Tribune (to be confirmed) 10:10-10:30 Opening speech: THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV Speakers: 10:30-10:40 Robert Mundell Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics “for the analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas”, 1999, Canada 10:40-10:50 Stepan Mesich Ex-President of Croatia (to be confirmed) 10:50-11:00 Jorge Quiroga Ex-President of Bolivia, Member of the Club de Madrid 11:00-11:10 John Nash Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics ”for the analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games”, 1994, USA 11:10-11:20 Roger Kornberg Nobel Prize Laureate in chemistry "for the studies of the 1 process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to RNA", 2006, Professor of Stanford University, Co- chairman of the Skolkovo innovation center, USA 11:20-11:30 Noeleen Heyzer Under - Secretary-General, United Nations (UN), Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) 11:30-11:40 James Mirlees, Sir Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics "for the fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information", 1996, UK 11:40-11:50 Jacques Diouf Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 11:50-12:00 Herman Gref Chairman and CEO, JSC Sberbank, Russia (to be confirmed) 12:00-12.30 Other speakers are under consideration 12:30-13:30 PRESS-CONFERENCE Ceremonial hall Auditorium: Organizers: 100 people Eurasian Media-Forum Moderator: (to be confirmed) May 3 Panel Session 14:30-19:00 THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM: NEW The Great Hall CONFIGURATION OF THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY POWER” Auditorium: Organizers: 600 people Reinventing Bretton-Woods Committee, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics Robert Mundell, “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association 14:30-14:45 Welcome speech: (to be confirmed) 14:45-16:00 SESSION I: DIVERGENT PATHS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY Key issues: -The West Economic Challenges; -Emerging Economies and the prospects of dealing with new cycles; 2 -Historical perspective. Speakers: 14:45-14:50 Moderator: Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton- Woods Committee, France Speakers: 14:50-14:55 Kairat Kelimbetov, CEO, “Sovereign Wealth Fund “Samruk-Kazyna” JSC, Kazakhstan 14:55-15:00 Jorge Quiroga, Ex-President of Bolivia, Member of the Club de Madrid 15:00-15:05 Cheng Si Wei, Chairman, International Finance Forum, China 15:05-15:10 Il Sakong, Chairman, Presidential Committee for the G20 Summit, South Korea (to be confirmed) 15:10-15:15 Domingo Cavallo, Chairman, DFC Associates LLC, Ex- Minister of Economy of Argentina, Ex-Chairman, Central Bank of Argentina 15:15-15:20 Arnab Das, Managing Director, Roubini Global Economics, USA 15:20-15:25 Edmond Alphandery, Chairman of the Board, “CNP Assurances” corporation; Ex-Minister of Finance, France 15:25-15:30 Gustavo Franco, Founding Partner and Executive Director, Rio Bravo Investimentos; Ex-Governor, Central Bank of Brazil (to be confirmed) 15:30-15:35 Gazi Erçel, President, Ercel Advisory Group; Ex- Chairman, Central Bank of Turkey 15:35-16:00 Discussions 16:00-16:15 COFFEE-BREAK 16:15-17:30 SESSION II: THE DOLLAR ERA 16:15-16:20 Moderator: (to be confirmed) Speakers: 16:15-16:25 Richard Cooper, Professor of Economics, Harvard University; Ex-Deputy Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, USA 16:25-16:35 Sven Arndt, Professor of Economics, Director, Claremont College; President, The Commons Institute for International Economic Studies, USA (to be confirmed) 16:35-16:45 Jacob Frenkel, Chairman, JPMorgan Chase International; Ex-Vice-President, AIG; Ex-Chairman, 3 Central Bank of Israel 16:45-16:55 Herbert Grubel, Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Canada 16:55-17:05 James Dean, Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University , Canada 17:05-17:15 Arystan Esentugelov, Professor, Honorary President of Economic Research Institute, Kazakhstan 17:15-17:25 Songzuo Xiang, Editor-in-Chief, “World Business and Finance” magazine, Non-executive director, China Digital TV Holding Co. Ltd and AirMedia Group,Inc. 17:25-17:30 Discussions 17:30-18:45 SESSION III: THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW RESERVE CURRENCY AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE EUROZONE 17:30-17:35 Moderator: (to be confirmed) Speakers: 17:35-17:40 George von Furstenberg, Professor of Economics, Indiana University, USA 17:40-17:45 Miranda Xafa, Senior Investment Strategist and Member of the Advisory Board, IJ Partners SA; Ex-Member of the Board, International Monetary Fund, Greece 17:45-17:50 Niels Thygesen, Professor of International Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 17:50-17:55 Ousmène Mandeng, Head of Public Sector Investment Advisory, Ashmore Investment Management Ltd., Germany 17:55-18:00 Peter Bofinger, Professor of Monetary and International Economics, Würzburg University; Expert of the Council for a political consulting in economics of the German Government (to be confirmed) 18:00-18:45 Discussion May 3 Panel session 14:30-19:00 ECONOMIC PECULIARITIES OF TOURISM Ceremonial hall IN THE MODERN WORLD Auditorium: Organizers: Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 200 people Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan 14:30-14:35 Moderator: Temirkhan Dosmukhambetov, Minister of Tourism and Sport of the Republic of Kazakhstan 4 14:35-14:45 Welcome speech: Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Speakers: 14:45-15:00 Dai Bin, Professor, Academy of Tourism, China 15:00-15:15 Victor Wee, Chairman, Malaysia tourism promotion board 15:15-15:30 Gael de la Porte, President, Interface tourism, France 15:30-15:45 Bruce Wilson, Managing Director, PBN Company Kazakhstan 15:45-16:00 Denis Zanon, General Director, Visitors and convention Bureau of Nice, France 16:00-16:15 Discussion 16.15-16.30 COFEE-BREAK 16:30-16:45 David Airey, Professor of the University of Surrey, UK 16:45-17:00 Karsten Palme, General manager, “Compass” Consulting Company, Germany 17:00-17:15 Karl Baypakov, Director of Archeology Institute named after A. Margulan, Kazakhstan 17:15-17:30 Rolf Freitag, President, IPK International, Germany 17:30-17:45 Yelena Tarassenko, Deputy of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan 17:45-18:00 Ardjan Langedijk, Director, Kazachstan Reizen, Netherlands 18:00-18:15 Discussion 18:15-18:45 Signing of agreements, memorandum May 3 Panel session 14:30-18:00 ENSURING FOOD SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA Oval Hall Auditorium: Organizers: Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 100 people Analytical Center of Economic Policy in Agricultural Sector, "National holding "KazAgro" JSC, “Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists” Association 14:30-14:40 Moderator: Giorgio Ponzi, Member of the Board of Directors, "National holding "KazAgro" JSC; President, Agrotecnica S.R.L., Italy 14:40-15:00 Welcome speech: Akhylbek Kurishbayev, Minister of Agriculture of the 5 Republic of Kazakhstan 15:00-15:20 Jacques Diouf, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Speakers 15:20-15:35 William Meyers, Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Missouri, USA “Diversity of agricultural policies in Emerging Market Countries; effects on grain trade” 15:35-15:50 Charles Riemenschneider, Director of the Investment Centre, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Co-report: Eugenia Serova, Senior Advisor of Investment Centre, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 15:50-16:05 Sagit Ibatullin, Chairman of the Executive Committee, International Fund for saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) “Water resources and food security in the Central Asia” 16:05-16:25 Discussion 16:25-16:45 COFFEE-BREAK 16:45-17:00 Konstatinos Karantininis, Professor of the Economics of Agribusiness, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 17:00-17:15 Stanley Johnson, Professor of Iowa State University; Ex-Director, Center of Agricultural and Rural development (CARD); Assistant to the Dean, University of Missouri, USA 17:15-18:00 Discussion 18:00-18:30 Summary May 3 14:30-19:00 EURASIAN BUSINESS CONGRESS Picture Gallery 2 Auditorium: Organizers: Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 150 people “Atameken” Union” National Economic Chamber of Kazakhstan 14:30 - 14:35 Moderator: Timur Kulibayev, Chairman of the Presidium of “Atameken” Union” National Economic Chamber of Kazakhstan, Chairman of “KazEnergy” Kazakhstan Association of Oil-Gas and Energy Sector Organizations “Establishment of Eurasian Business Congress” 14:35-14:50 Agreement Signing Ceremony 14:50-15:00 Welcome speech: 6 Asset Issekeshev, Deputy Prime-Minister, Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan (to be confirmed) Speakers: 15:00-15:10 Anatoliy Kinah, Chairman of the Industrialists and Entrepreneurs International Congress Board, President of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs “EABC work principles” 15:10-15:20 Azat Peruashev, Chairman of the Board of “Atameken” Union” National Economic Chamber of Kazakhstan “Actual matters of