MONETARY AND BANKING CONFERENCE 2006

June 5, 2006

07:45 – 08:30 | Accreditation

08:30 – 09:30 | Challenges in the Global Economy

Martín Redrado, President, BCRA
Jacob Frenkel, Former President of the Bank of Israel, Vice President AIG
Moderator: Miguel Pesce, Vice President, BCRA

09:40 – 11:00 | Impact of Asset and Commodity Inflation on Monetary Policy

Muhammad Al-Jasser (Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority)
Daniel Heymann (ECLAC)
Mario Blejer (Bank of England)
Moderator: Eduardo Cafaro, BCRA Director

11:10 – 12:30 | Financial Stability and Sustainable Economic Growth

Edmond Alphandéry (Former Minister of Economy France)
Jorge Marshall (Former Minister of Finance Chile)
Moderator: Waldo Farías, BCRA

14:40 – 16:00 | Towards a New International Financial Architecture

William Cline (Institute for International Economics)
Morris Goldstein (Institute for International Economics)
Alexander Swoboda (Graduate Institute of International Studies)
Moderator: Arturo O’Connell, BCRA

16:10 – 17:30 | Global Imbalances and Reserve Accumulation

Michael Dooley (Univ. California – Santa Cruz)
Edwin Truman (Institute for International Economics)
Peter Garber (Deutsche Bank)
Moderator: Zenón Biagosch, BCRA

17:40 – 18:40 | Central Bankers’ Dilemmas Under Uncertainty

Christian Noyer (Banco de Francia)
Martín Redrado (BCRA)
Moderator: Carlos Pérez, General Manager of the BCRA

June 6, 2006

07:45 – 08:30 | Accreditation

08:30 – 09:50 | Monetary Policy in an Inflation Targeting Regime

Ricardo Arriazu
Eduardo Curia
Andrew Large (Bank of England)
Jacob Frenkel
Moderator: Claudio Irigoyen, BCRA

10:00 – 11:20 | Inflation Targeting in Emerging Countries

Roberto Frenkel
Javier Alvaredo
José de Gregorio (Central Bank of Chile)
Arminio Fraga (Central Bank of Brazil)
Moderator: Hernán Lacunza, BCRA

11:30 – 12:50 | Banking Development and Financing in Emerging Economies

Sergio Schmukler (World Bank)
Eduardo Walker (PUC Chile)
Eduardo Levy-Yeyati (UTDT)
Moderator: Arnaldo Bocco, BCRA

15:00 – 16:20 | New Equilibria in the World Monetary System

Javier González Fraga
, Marc Uzan (Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee)
Barry Eichengreen (Univ. California – Berkeley)
Moderator: Luis Corsiglia, BCRA

16:30 – 17:50 | Asia’s Role in the World Economy

Xiaoling Wu (People’s Bank of China)
Hae Wang Chung (Bank of Korea)
Miranda Goeltom (Bank of Indonesia)
Moderator: Jorge Levy, BCRA

18:00 – 19:00 | Monetary Policy and the Business Cycle

Henrique Meirelles (Central Bank of Brazil)
Robert Hall (Stanford University)
Martín Redrado (BCRA)
Moderator: Félix Camarasa, BCRA

7:15 PM | Cocktail and opening of the exhibition: “Borges: Images and Manuscripts”