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

Thursday and Friday 17-18 March 2005
British Embassy, Berlin

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Programme
17 March 2005
11:00	Press conference
11:00	Cold buffet lunch
12:00	Welcome and Introduction Jeremy Cresswell, Deputy Head of the Mission, British Embassy, Berlin Hans-Werner Sinn, President, Ifo Institute, Munich
12:15	Challenges for European Economic Policy Bernd Pfaffenbach, Undersecretary of State, Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour, Berlin
12:45	Discussion
13:15	Global Economic Outlook John Llewellyn, Lehman Brothers, New York
13:45	The European Economy Hans-Werner Sinn, Ifo Institute, Munich
14:15	Threats to Eurozone Economic Stability David Walton, Goldman Sachs, London
14:45	Discussion
15:30	Coffee break
16:00	Turkey Fahti Özatay, Central Bank of Turkey, Istanbul
16:25	Central and Eastern Europe Michael Landesmann, WIIW, Vienna
16:50	PR China Stefan Schilbe, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt, Düsseldorf
17:15	General discussion
19:30	Dinner at the British Embassy
18 March 2005
9:00	Welcome and Introduction: Hans-Günther Vieweg, Ifo Institute, Munich
9:10	European Institutional Framework- Unleashing Economic Growth (PDF, 900 kb) Horst Reichenbach, Director General, DG Enterprise and Industry, Brussels
09:40	Discussion
10:10	Coffee break
Major European Industries
10:25	Overview Sebastian de-Ramon, Cambridge Econometrics, Cambridge
10:50	Steel Industry Jeroen Vermeij, Corus, IJmuiden
11:10	Chemical Industry Peter Claes, FEDICHEM, Brussels
11:30	Mechanical Engineering Stephen Radley, EEF, London
11:50	Automotive Industry Peter Wells, Center for Automotive Industry Research, Cardiff
12:10	Computers & Telecommunications Axel Pols, Bitkom, Berlin
12:30	General discussion
13:00	End of the Session
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"