Programme committee: Sigbjørn A. Berg, Øyvind Eitrheim, Jan F. Qvigstad and Marius Ryel
Programme
8:30 – 9:00 Registration, Coffee and biscuits
Opening Session
9:00 – 9:15 Words of welcome Jan F. Qvigstad, Deputy Governor, Norges Bank
Session I: Historical perspectives on central banking
Chair: Øyvind Eitrheim
9:15 – 10:00 Long term perspectives, Michael D. Bordo, Rutgers University
Paper (pdf)
Presentation (ppt)
10:00 – 10:45 Lessons from the interwar years, Gianni Toniolo, Duke University
Paper (pdf)
Presentation (ppt)
Coffee Break 10:45 – 11:15
Session II: Perspectives from the emerging economies
Chair: Sigbjørn Atle Berg
11:15 – 12:00 Challenges in developing financial markets, Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Central Bank of Malaysia
Paper (pdf)
Lunch Ground floor (“Speilhallen“) 12:00 – 13:00
Session III: Central banking: Theory and practice
Chair: Marius Ryel
13:00 – 13:45 Fiscal dominance, the long-term interest rate and central banks, Philip Turner, BIS
Paper (pdf)
13:45 – 14:30 Challenges for design and governance, Stefan Ingves, Governor, Sveriges Riksbank
Presentation (ppt)
Coffee Break 14:30 – 15:00
Panel session: Where do central banks go from here?
Moderator: Stefan Gerlach, IMFS Goethe University of Frankfurt
15:00 – 17:00 Panelists:
- Michael D. Bordo, Professor, Rutgers University Presentation (ppt)
- Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel
- Philipp Hildebrand, Governor, Swiss National Bank
- Lars E. O. Svensson, Deputy Governor, Sveriges Riksbank Presentation (ppt)
Closing Session
17:00 Final remarks, Svein Gjedrem, Governor, Norges Bank
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