The new EU Member States: convergence and stability

Programme

Thursday, 21 October 2004

Friday, 22 October 2004

• Morning:
  Second session
  International linkages and the macroeconomic performance of the new EU Member States
  
  Chair:
  Mrs Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell
  Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
  Main speaker:
  Mr Douglas Laxton
  International Monetary Fund
  
  Discussants:
  Mr Nicholas C. Garganas
  Governor, Bank of Greece and
  Mr Frank Smets
  European Central Bank
  
• 11 a.m.
  Third session
  Macroeconomic adjustment in the new EU Member States
  
  Chair:
  Mr José Manuel González-Páramo
  Member of the Executive Board as from 1 June 2004, European Central Bank
  
  Main speaker:
  Mr Jürgen von Hagen
  Director of Centre for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn
  
  Discussants:
  Mr Zsigmond Járai
  President, National Bank of Hungary and
  Mr Sylvester Eijffinger
  CentER,Tilburg University
  
• Afternoon:
  Session 4:
  Policy Panel
  
  Chair:
  Mr Willem F. Duisenberg
  Former President of the European Central Bank
  
  Introduction:
  Otmar Issing
  European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  
  Panelists:
  Mr Leszek Balcerowicz
  President, National Bank of Poland
  Mr Zdenek Tuma
  Governor, Czech National Bank
  Mr Vítor Constâncio
  Governor, Bank of Portugal
  Mr Jens Thomsen
  Member of the Board of Governors, National Bank of Denmark
  
  Closing address:
  Mr Jean-Claude Trichet
  President of the European Central Bank