8.30–9.00 Registration
9.15–9.30 Opening remarks
Governor Erkki Liikanen, Bank of Finland
9.30–11.00 Chair: Governor Mario Draghi, Banca d'Italia
  Macroeconomics and the great recession
Professor Edmund S. Phelps, Columbia University
Discussants: Prof. James K. Galbraith, University of Texas Austin, and
Prof. Assar Lindbeck, University of Stockholm
11.00–11.30 Coffee
11.30–12.30 Chair: Governor Erkki Liikanen, Bank of Finland
  Exchange rates and global adjustments
Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti, European University Institute
Discussants: Prof. Jorge Braga de Macedo, Tropical Research Insitute, and
Dr Ignazio Visco, Banca d'Italia
12.30–14.00 Lunch
  Lunch address: Macroeconomics, policymaking and the crisis
Governor José De Gregorio, Central Bank of Chile
14.00–15.30 Chair: Dr. Sixten Korkman, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
  Financial stability and growth
Prof. Francesco Giavazzi, Bocconi University Milan and
Dr Alberto Giovannini, Unifortune Asset Management
Discussants: Prof. Bengt Holmström, MIT, and
Prof. Philip Lane, Trinity College
15.30–16.00 Coffee
16.00–17.30 Chair: Prof. Jorge Braga de Macedo, Tropical Research Insitute
  Panel discussion: Current policy challenges
Panellists: Dr Guillermo Ortiz, Former Governor of the Bank of Mexico
Dr Patrick Honohan, Governor, Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland
Dr Olivier Blanchard, IMF
Dr Seppo Honkapohja (presentation), Bank of Finland
17.30

End of the conference

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   Participants of the conference in Kalastajatorppa seminar room.   
   Photo: Lauri Olander