| Concept Note |
| October 7, 2012 (Sunday), Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre |
| 18:00-19:00 |
Chair :
Rajat Kathuria, Director and CE, ICRIER
Inaugural Lecture:
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission |
| 19:00-21:00 |
Welcome Dinner |
| October 8, 2012 (Monday), Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre |
| 9:00-9:30 |
Registration |
| 9:30-10:30 |
Inaugural Session
Chair:
Isher Ahluwalia, Chairperson, ICRIER
Keynote Address :
Subir Gokarn, Deputy Governor, RBI |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Chair:
Thomas Richardson, Senior Resident Representative, IMF, New Delhi
Special Address:
Vadim B. Lukov, Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on G20 and BRICS
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| 11:00-11:15 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:15-13:00 |
Session 1: Eurozone Crisis: Short-Run Challenges and Options
Chair:
Pierre Jacquet, President, Global Development Network
Panel:
- Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC
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- Heribert Dieter, Senior Research Associate, The German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin
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- Holger Fabig, Head of Division G7/G8, G20, World Economy, Currency Issues – Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany
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- Marcos Troyjo, Co-Director, BRICLab, Columbia University
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Q & A
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| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00-15:45 |
Session 2: Global Imbalances and their Consequences: Past, Present and Future
Chair:
Onno Ruhl, Country Director, World Bank, India
Panel:
- Michael Callaghan, Former Executive Director, Macroeconomic Group (International), Department of the Treasury, Australia.
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- Takuji Kinkyo, Senior Research Fellow, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan; Professor, Kobe University.
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- Emil Stavrev, Deputy Division Chief, Multilateral Surveillance Division, IMF
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- Chetan Subramanian, Associate Professor, IIM Bangalore
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Q & A |
| 15:45-16:00 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:45 |
Session 3: Financial Regulatory Reforms: Not far enough or Overkill?
Chair:
Anand Sinha, Deputy Governor, RBI
Panel:
- Jae-ha Park, Deputy Dean, ADBI
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- Stephen Pickford, Associate Fellow, Chatham House
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- Paul Bernd Spahn, Professor Emeritus of Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Susan Thomas, Assistant Professor, IGIDR
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Q & A |
| October 9, 2012 (Tuesday), Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre |
| 9:30-11:15 |
Session 4: Reforming the International Monetary System: The Need for a New Framework
Chair:
Jae-ha Park, Deputy Dean, ADBI
Panel:
- Matt Crooke, Minister-Counsellor (Economic), Australian High Commission, New Delhi
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- Renu Kohli, Macroeconomist and Consultant, DEA-ICRIER G20 Research Programme; former staff member, IMF & RBI
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- Gurbachan Singh, Independent Researcher, formerly Visiting Professor, ISI – Delhi Centre
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- Emil Stavrev, Deputy Division Chief, Multilateral Surveillance Division, IMF
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Q & A |
| 11:15-11:30 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:30- 13:15 |
Session 5: A Macroeconomic Policy Agenda for Emerging Economies: What Does Research Tell Us?
Chair:
Bimal Jalan, Former Governor, RBI
Panel:
- Atish Ghosh, Chief, Systemic Issues, and Assistant Director, IMF
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- David Kim, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney
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- Partha Sen, Professor, South Asian University, New Delhi
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- Abhijit Sen Gupta, Senior Economic Officer, ADB, New Delhi
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Q & A |
| 13:15-14:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:30-16:00 |
Session 6: Growth, Austerity and Public Policy
Chair:
Shankar Acharya, Honorary Professor, ICRIER
Panel:
- Chetan Ghate, RBI Chair Professor, ICRIER
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- Denis Medvedev, Senior Country Economist, World Bank
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- Alok Sheel, Joint Secretary, DEA, The Ministry of Finance, India
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Q & A |
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| * The opening remarks by the Chair of the sessions will be for 5 minutes; each speaker will get 20 minutes to present; and Q&A will be for about 20 minutes. |
