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Twelfth Annual International Banking Conference


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September 24, 2009 to September 25, 2009
Co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the World Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60604

Thursday, September 24 | Friday, September 25

Thursday, September 24
     
8:45 a.m.   Registration

9:30 a.m.   Welcoming Remarks

The World Bank
  • Justin Yifu Lin, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • Charles L. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer
9:45 a.m.   The International Financial Crisis: Asset Price Exuberance and Macroprudential Regulation

  • Charles L. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
10:00 a.m.   Session I: What Broke? The Root Causes of the Crisis

Moderator
  • Douglas D. Evanoff, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Speakers
  • Martin Neil Baily, Brookings Institution and
  • Douglas J. Elliott, Brookings Institution
Origins of the Subprime Crisis (DOC,479KB)
  • Charles W. Calomiris, Columbia University
  • Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Discussant and Commentator
What Broke? The Root Causes of the Crisis (PDF,46.5KB)
  • Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics
12:00 p.m.   Luncheon and Keynote Address

Moderator
  • Charles L. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Speaker
Back from the Brink
2:00 p.m.   Session II: Containing a Systemic Crisis: Is There Really No Playbook?

Moderator
  • Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, The World Bank
Speakers
Containing a Systemic Risk: Is There a Playbook? (PPT,1000KB)
  • Masahiro Kawai, Asian Development Bank Institute and
  • Michael Pomerleano, Asian Development Bank Institute
  • Vincent R. Reinhart, American Enterprise Institute
  • Robert K. Steel, Board of Directors, Wells Fargo
Discussant and Commentator
  • Robert Kahn, The World Bank
3:45 p.m.   Break

4:00 p.m.   Session III: Dealing with the Crisis: The Role of the State

Moderator
  • Richard Rosen, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Speakers
  • Andrew G. Haldane, Bank of England and
  • Piergiorgio Alessandri, Bank of England
  • Francesco Papadia, European Central Bank
  • Phillip L. Swagel, Georgetown University
Discussant and Commentator
  • Peter J. Wallison, American Enterprise Institute
5:45 p.m.   Reception

6:45 p.m.   Dinner and Keynote Address

Moderator
  • Daniel Sullivan Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Speaker
Getting the New Regulatory Framework Just Right: Six Questions for Policymakers
  • José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director of Monetary and Capital Markets, International Monetary Fund

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Friday, September 25
     
7:30 a.m.   Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m.   Session IV: What to Do about Bubbles: Monetary Policy and Macroprudential Regulation

Moderator
  • Gadi Barlevy, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Speakers
  • Claudio Borio, Bank for International Settlements
  • Charles A. E. Goodhart, London School of Economics
Bubbles?
  • Allan H. Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University
Discussant and Commentator
  • Marvin Goodfriend, Carnegie Mellon University
10:00 a.m.   Break

10:15 a.m.   Session V: Dealing with Crises in a Globalized World: Challenges and Solutions

Moderator
  • Richard Porter, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Speakers
  • Athanasios Orphanides, Governor, Central Bank of Cyprus
  • Andrew L. T. Sheng, China Banking Regulatory Commission
  • Stijn Claessens, International Monetary Fund
Discussant and Commentator
  • Carmen M. Reinhart, University of Maryland
12:15 p.m.   Luncheon and Keynote Address

Moderator
  • Charles L. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Speaker
Longer Days, Fewer Weekends
  • Kevin M. Warsh, Governor, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2:15 p.m.   Session VI: How to Make Regulators and Government More Accountable: Regulatory Governance and Agency Design

Moderator
  • Hesna Genay, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Speakers
  • Edward J. Kane, Boston College
  • Michael Klein, Formerly The World Bank
The Sentinal: Improving the Governance of Financial Policies (PDF,56KB)
  • Ross Levine, Brown University
Discussant and Commentator
  • R. Christopher Whalen, Institutional Risk Analytics
4:00 p.m.   Break

4:15 p.m.   Session VII: Policy Panel: Where Do We Go from Here?

Moderator
  • George G. Kaufman, Loyola University Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Panelists
  • Wayne A. Abernathy, American Bankers Association
Where Do We Go from Here? (PDF,46KB)
  • Anil K Kashyap, University of Chicago
  • Justin Yifu Lin, The World Bank
  • Deborah J. Lucas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • John Silvia, Wells Fargo Securities
6:00 p.m.   Reception

6:45 p.m.   Dinner and Keynote Address

Moderator
  • Douglas D. Evanoff, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Speaker
Banking Regulation: Changing the Rules of the Game
   
    Conference Coordinators

  • Douglas Evanoff, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, The World Bank
  • George Kaufman, Loyola University Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
   


Last updated: October 16, 2009

     
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