International konference: Fremtidens udfordringer for de globale finansielle institutioner

TIME: Thursday, 8 September 9:15-16:30 and Friday, 9 September 10:00-16:00

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, 1401 Copenhagen K

TIME: Thursday, 8 September 9:15-16:30 and Friday, 9 September 10:00-16:00

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, 1401 Copenhagen K

More than ever, our problems are global in nature. Global problems require global solutions. The big question is, however, whether we have the institutions and insights needed to help us reach agreement on such global solutions. There is an urgent need to analyze, compare and reflect: which modes of global economic governance are most likely to be effective in leading the way forward?

Since the Second World War, the IMF and the World Bank have been key pillars of global economic governance. When the global financial crisis accelerated in the fall of 2008, however, the Bretton Woods institutions came to play a secondary role in responding to it. To many the summit in Seoul in November 2010 was the real test of the effectiveness of the G20. Progress on the key issue of how to deal with global imbalances would show whether the G20 continued to have viability and relevance. For most, the result was disappointing.

Others are more optimistic. The French presidency of the G20 in 2011 is determined to give a major boost to the G20 process. Disagreements among the major powers on key issues – such as global imbalances and reforms of the international monetary system – remain considerable, however. It is therefore very much an open question which direction global economic governance will take in the coming years.

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 8 September 2011

09.15-09.45
Registration and Coffee

09.45-10.00
Welcome: Laurids S. Lauridsen, Chairman of the board, DIIS, Gregor Trumel, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of France in Denmark

10.00-12.00
Session 1: Reforming the International Monetary Systems, Katarina Juselius, Professor, University of Copenhagen, Mansoor Dailami, Manager of International Finance, World Bank’s Development Economics, Bo Qu, Associate Professor, China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, Agnès Bénassy- Quéré, Director, CEPII – Institute for Research on the International Economy

Chair: Laurids S. Lauridsen, Chairman of the Board, DIIS

12.00-13.00
Sandwich Lunch

13.00-14.30
Session 2: The Future of the Euro: The Crisis and Beyond, Christian de Boissieu, Professor, Sorbonne Paris I, Henrik Plaschke, Associate Professor, Aalborg University, Brigitte Young, Professor, University of Münster

Chair: Jakob Vestergaard, Senior Researcher, DIIS

14.30-15.00
Coffee Break

15.00-16.30
Session 3: Assessing the G20 Process, Stephan Schirm, Professor, Rühr-Universität Bochum, Jakob Vestergaard, Senior Researcher, DIIS

Chair: Fabrizio Tassinari, Senior Researcher, DIIS

Friday, 9 September 2011

10.00-12.00
Session 4: Rising Powers in Global Economic Governance: China and Brazil, Steen Fryba Christensen, Associate Professor, Aalborg University, Leonardo Burlamaqui, Program Officer, Ford Foundation, Liu Youfa, Vice President, China Institute of International Studies

Chair: Fabrizio Tassinari, Senior Researcher, DIIS

12.00-13.00
Sandwich Lunch

13.00-15.00
Session 5: The global Economy in 2030: Best and Worst Scenarios, Christian Chavagneux, Deputy Editor in Chief, Alternatives Economiques, Morten Ougaard, Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Robert Wade,Professor, London School of Economics, Bo Qu, Associate Professor, China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing

Chair: Jakob Vestergaard, Senior Researcher, DIIS

15.00-16.00
Closing Reception at DIIS

REGISTRATION

Registration is necessary. Please use below online registration form at the conference website:
http://www.diis.dk/sw109760.asp