CESifo International Spring Conference 2011
"The Global Divide: Winners and Losers of the Crisis"

Thursday 17 and Friday 18 March 2011
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin

Programme
17 March 2011
11:00	Press conference
12:00	Cold buffet lunch
12:45	Welcome and Introduction
13:00	Capital Flows, Current Account Deficits and Growth: Why the World is Divided Hans-Werner Sinn, Ifo Institute, Munich
13:30	Financial Stabilization and More Balanced Global Growth – The Dual Policy Challenge Axel Bertuch-Samuels, International Monetary Fund, Washington
14:00	Euro area – A Two-Speed Economy for Longer Frank Engels, Barclays Capital, Frankfurt
14:30	Discussion
15:00	Coffee break
15:30	The US Economy – A Follower to the Japanese Disease? Stefan Schilbe, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, Düsseldorf
16:00	The Chinese Economy – Shifting from International Trade to Domestic Demand Markus Taube, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg
16:30	Brazil: A Large Market in Sustainable Growth Juan-Carlos Collado, Centro de Estudios Económicos Tomillo, Madrid
17:00	General discussion
17:30	End of session
19:00	Dinner
18 March 2011
09:30	Welcome and Introduction Hans-Günther Vieweg, Ifo Institute, Munich
09:40	Global Manufacturing – Split in Global Growth Momentum Has Deepened Hans-Günther Vieweg, Ifo Institute, Munich
10:05	Commodities: A New Pricing Discovery Jeremy Baker, Harcourt Investment Consulting AG, Zurich
10:25	European Steel – A Sunrise or a Sunset Industry? Rod Beddows, Hatch Corporate Finance, London
10:45	Discussion
11:00	Coffee break
11:15	The European Chemical Industry: Towards a Sustainable Post-Crisis Recovery? Igor Magdalenic, essenscia, Brussels
11:35	Automotive: The pattern will Change: But When and How? Peter Wiegand, KPMG, Berlin
11:55	The German Large Industrial Plant Manufacturing Industry – Securing Competitiveness Through Internationalisation Klaus Gottwald, VDMA, Frankfurt
12:15	EU Electronics Industry Outlook 2009-2014: “The Rumours of my Death are an Exaggeration” (Mark Twain) Sébastien Rospide, DECISION, Paris
12:35	General discussion
13:00	End of session
	Hot buffet lunch
14:00	End of conference

CESifo International Spring Conference 2011 "The Global Divide: Winners and Losers of the Crisis"

Programme

CESifo International Spring Conference

CESifo International Spring Conference 2011
"The Global Divide: Winners and Losers of the Crisis"