| PROGRAM |
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
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Registration |
| 09:00 - 09:10 |
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Welcome Address
Georg Meran, Vice-President, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
Antonio de Lecea, Director, International Economic and Financial Affairs, DG ECFIN, EC |
| 09:10 - 09:20 |
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Opening Remarks
Masahiro Kawai, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute |
| 09:20 - 10:20 |
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SESSION I - EMERGING ASIAN REGIONALISM
Chair: Alfred Steinherr, German Institute for Economic Research |
| 09:20 - 09:40 |
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Emerging Asian Regionalism: Ten Years after the Crisis
Speaker: Peter Petri, Brandeis University |
| 09:40 - 10:00 |
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Discussant: Antonio de Lecea, DG ECFIN, European Commission
Discussant: Daniel Ottolenghi, European Investment Bank |
| 10:00 - 10:20 |
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Coffee Break |
| 10:40 - 12:00 |
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SESSION II - MACROECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE
Chair: Antonio de Lecea, DG ECFIN, European Commission |
| 10:40 - 11:00 |
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Macroeconomic Interdependence in Asia: Trends and Implications
Speaker: Jong-Wha Lee, Asian Development Bank |
| 11:00 - 11:10 |
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Discussant: Ansgar Belke, University of Duisburg |
| 11:10 - 11:30 |
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ECB Monetary Policy: Lessons for Asia
Speaker: Ulrich Fritsche, University of Hamburg and DIW |
| 11:30 - 11:40 |
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Discussant: Daniel Gros, Centre for European Policy Studies |
| 11:40 - 12:00 |
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Open Floor Discussion |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
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Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:50 |
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SESSION III - FINANCIAL AND MONETARY INTEGRATION
Chair: Alexander Fisher, German Institute for Economic Research |
| 13:30 - 13:50 |
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Monetary Integration and Trade: What do we know?
Speaker: Volker Nitsch, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Free University of Berlin |
| 13:50 - 14:00 |
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Discussant: Kensuke Tanaka, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| 14:00 - 14:20 |
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Building Integrated Financial Markets in Asia
Speaker: Masahiro Kawai, Asian Development Bank Institute |
| 14:20 - 14:30 |
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Discussant: Moreno Bertoldi, DG ECFIN, European Commission |
| 14:30 - 14:50 |
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Open Floor Discussion |
| 14:50 - 15:10 |
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Coffee Break |
| 15:10 - 16:30 |
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SESSION IV - DEEPENING ASIAN INTEGRATION
Chair: Peter Petri, Brandeis University |
| 15:10 - 15:30 |
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Asian Integration: Challenges Ahead
Speaker: Srinivasa Madhur, Asian Development Bank |
| 15:30 - 15:40 |
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Discussant: Stefan Kooths, German Institute for Economic Research |
| 15:40 - 16:00 |
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How to Cope with Differences?
Speaker: Alfred Steinherr, German Institute for Economic Research |
| 16:00 - 16:10 |
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Discussant: Giovanni Capannelli, Asian Development Bank |
| 16:10 - 16:30 |
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Open Floor Discussion |
| 16:30 - 17:30 |
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SESSION V - PANEL DISCUSSION: EUROPE MEETS ASIA
Moderator: Masahiro Kawai, Asian Development Bank Institute
Panelists:
Antonio de Lecea, Peter Petri, Alfred Steinherr, and Jong-Wha Lee |
| 17:30 |
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End of Conference |
