International Spring Conference:
"Impact of Energy Prices on the Global Economy"

Thursday and Friday 20-21 March 2003
British Embassy, Berlin

Conference page 2003 | programme leaflet (PDF)

Programme
Thursday, 20 March 2003
12:00	Cold buffet lunch
13:00	Welcome and Introduction: Paul Lever, British Ambassador, Berlin Norbert Bensel, Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin Hans-Werner Sinn, President, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich
13:30	The World Economy with Special Reference to the United States Flemming Larsen, IMF Europe, Paris
13:50	The European Economy - Analysis and Outlook Hans-Werner Sinn
14:10	The Outlook for Central and Eastern Europe Willem H. Buiter, EBRD, London
14:30	Discussion
15:00	Coffee break
15:30	China and the Asian NIEs Markus Taube, University of Duisburg
15:50	The Asset Price Bubble Jim O'Neill, Goldman Sachs, London
16:10	Financial Stability Claudio Borio, Bank for International Settlements, Basel
16:30	Discussion
17:00	End of first day
19:30	Dinner (by invitation of Deutsche Bahn AG) British Embassy Berlin Dinner Speech: Alfred Tacke, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, Berlin, and Personal Representative of Chancellor Schröder for the World Economic Summit
Friday, 21 March 2003
9:00	Welcome Rainer Fehn, Ifo Institute for Economic Research
9:15	Welcome and Introduction: Hans-Günther Vieweg, Ifo Institute for Economic Research
9:45	Prospects for the European Manufacturing Industries Moderator: Peter Marsh, Financial Times, London
	Steel Industry Tony Cockerill, University of Durham
	Chemicals Ralf Gronych, BASF, Ludwigshafen
11:00	Coffee Break
11:15	Capital Goods Paul M. van Roon, Orgalime, Zoetermeer
	Automobiles Christophe Chabert, Renault, Paris
	ITC-Industry Uwe Kühne, IBM, Paris
12:45	General Discussion
13:00	Concluding Remarks Hans-Günther Vieweg
13:30	Hot buffet lunch
14:30	End of conference

International Spring Conference: "Impact of Energy Prices on the Global Economy"

Programme

CESifo International Spring Conference

International Spring Conference:
"Impact of Energy Prices on the Global Economy"