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Eleventh Annual International Banking Conference


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September 25, 2008 to September 26, 2008

Credit Market Turmoil of 2007–08: Implications for Public Policy


Co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the European Central Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60604
Thursday, September 25 | Friday, September 26

Thursday, September 25
     
9:00 a.m.   Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:40 a.m.   Welcoming Remarks

  • Charles L. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • José Manuel González-Páramo, Board Member, European Central Bank
10:00 a.m.   Session I: What Happened, Where?

Moderator
  • Douglas D. Evanoff, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
United States
  • Robert DiClemente, Citigroup
Europe
  • Jesús Saurina, Bank of Spain
Rest of the World
  • Laura E. Kodres, International Monetary Fund
Discussant and Commentator
  • John P. C. Fell, European Central Bank
12:00 p.m.   Luncheon and Keynote Address

Introduction
Charles L. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Speaker
Paola Sapienza, Associate Professor of Finance, Zell Center Faculty Fellow, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

2:00 p.m.   Session II: How Serious Is the Damage?

Moderator
  • Philipp Hartmann, European Central Bank
Major Losses and Failures (PDF,1.84MB)
  • Patrick Honohan, Trinity College, Dublin
Damage to Financial Markets
  • S. (Vish) Viswanathan, Duke University
Effects to Real Economy (PDF,150KB)
  • David Greenlaw, Morgan Stanley
Discussant and Commentator
How Serious Is the Damage? (PDF,120KB)
  • Christopher Kent, Reserve Bank of Australia
3:45 p.m.   Break

4:00 p.m.   Session III: Why Did It Go Undetected/Underestimated for So Long?

Moderator
  • Garry J. Schinasi, International Monetary Fund
Pricing Risk
  • Joseph R. Mason, Louisiana State University
Securities Spillovers and Complexity (PDF,380KB)
  • John Hull, University of Toronto
The Role of Rating Agencies (PDF,154KB)
  • Frank Partnoy, University of San Diego School of Law
Discussant and Commentator
  • Mark Zandi, Moody's Economy.com
5:45 p.m.   Reception

6:45 p.m.   Dinner and Keynote Address

Introduction
Charles I. Plosser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Speaker
José Manuel González-Páramo, Board Member, European Central Bank

Friday, September 26
     
7:30 a.m.   Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m.   Session IV: Experience with Crisis Management

Moderator
  • Richard J. Rosen, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Euro Area (PDF, 344KB)
  • Nuno Cassola, European Central Bank
  • Cornelia Holthausen, European Central Bank
  • Flemming Würtz, European Central Bank
United Kingdom
  • Nigel Jenkinson, Bank of England
United States
  • Richard J. Rosen, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
10:00 a.m.   Break

10:15 a.m.   Session V: Implications for Basel II and Bank Capital Regulation

Moderator
  • Harald A. Benink, Tilburg University (Netherlands)
Role of Risk Models (PDF,344KB)
  • Michel Crouhy, Natixis Corporate and Investment Bank
Role of Supervision
  • Cathy Lemieux, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Role of Market Discipline (PDF, 280KB)
  • Mark J. Flannery, University of Florida
Discussant and Commentator
  • Robert E. Litan, Kauffman Foundation
12:15 p.m.   Luncheon and Keynote Address

Introduction
José Manuel González-Páramo, Board Member, European Central Bank

Speaker
Kenneth W. Dam, Max Pam Professor Emeritus of American and Foreign Law, University of Chicago Law School

2:15 p.m.   Session VI: Implications for Regulation of Financial Markets and Instruments

Moderator
  • Olli Castrén, European Central Bank
Role of Financial Engineering (PDF,70KB)
  • Mark Carey, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Complex Securities
  • Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University
  • Martin Oehmke, Columbia University
Aligning Incentives (PDF,537KB)
  • Adam B. Ashcraft, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Discussant and Commentator
  • James Overdahl, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
4:00 p.m.   Break

4:15 p.m.   Session VII: Policy Panel: Where to from Here?

Moderator
  • George G. Kaufman, Loyola University Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Panelist
  • Philipp Hartmann, European Central Bank
  • Richard Herring, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority)
  • Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo
  • Henry Kaufman, Henry Kaufman & Company
  • Sam Peltzman, Swiss National Bank
  • Lawrence R. Uhlick, Institute of International Bankers
6:00 p.m.   Reception

6:45 p.m.   Dinner and Keynote Address

Introduction
Douglas D. Evanoff, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Speaker
Charles H. Dallara, Managing Director, Institute of International Finance

   
    Conference Coordinators

  • Douglas Evanoff, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • Philipp Hartmann, European Central Bank
  • George Kaufman, Loyola University Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
   


Last updated: November 18, 2008

     
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