CESifo International Spring Conference 2008
"Europe’s Economy at a Crossroads"

Thursday and Friday 13-14 March 2008
European Commission, Berlin

Programme
13 March 2008
11:00	Press conference
12:00	Cold buffet lunch
12:45	Welcome and Introduction Gerhard Sabathil, European Commission, Berlin Kai Carstensen, Ifo Institute, Munich
13:00	Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy Michele Perétié, Bear Stearns, London
13:30	Markets Reprice to Reflect Growth Risk Patrick McGuire, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel
14:00	BRICS – How the Waking Giants are Reshaping the World Maria-Laura Lanzeni, Deutsche Bank (DB), Frankfurt
14:30	Discussion
15:00	Coffee break
15:30	Can Policy Save the US Economy? Michael Hume, Lehman Brothers, London
16:00	The European Economy in the Wake of Slower Global Growth Jan-Egbert Sturm, KOF Swiss Economic Institute der ETH, Zürich
16:30	European Competitiveness: Challenges from Globalisation and Integration Jürgen Kröger, European Commission (DG EcFin), Brussels
17:00	General discussion
17:30	End of session
19:00	Dinner Reichstag, Norman Foster’s Dome
14 March 2008
09:00	Welcome and Introduction Hans-Günther Vieweg, Ifo Institute, Munich
09:10	Aeronautics – A Strongly Growing Industry – Status, Challenges and Visionary Solutions Klaus Broichhausen, Bauhaus Luftfahrt e.V., Garching
09:35	European Steel Industry: Competitiveness through Value Creation, Fact or Fiction? Jeroen Vermeij, Eurofer, Brussels
10:00	European Chemicals Industry: Outlook, Risks and Opportunities Moncef Hadhri, CEFIC, Brussels
10:25	Discussion
10:40	Coffee break
11:00	The Italian Perspective on European Engineering Industries: A Success Story Michele Schweinöster, ANIMA, Milano
11:25	Automotive Industry: Watch the Trend, not the Cycle Thomas Hueck, Bosch, Stuttgart
11:50	Impact of International Economic Developments on European Sectors and Member States Elisabeth Waelbroeck-Rocha, BIPE, Paris
12:15	European Sectoral Forecasts Graham Hay, Cambridge Econometrics, Cambridge
12:40	General discussion
13:00	End of session
	Hot buffet lunch
14:30	End of conference

CESifo International Spring Conference 2008 "Europe’s Economy at a Crossroads"

Programme

CESifo International Spring Conference

ISC 2008 in Berlin on 13-14 March 2008

CESifo International Spring Conference 2008
"Europe’s Economy at a Crossroads"

ISC 2008 in Berlin
on 13-14 March 2008