Schedule of Events
8:00–9:00 a.m.		Registration: Marriott Ballroom Foyer
9:00–9:15 a.m.		Welcoming Remarks: Marriott Ballroom Y. C. Richard Wong, Director, Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research James A. Dorn, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cato Institute
9:15–9:45 a.m.		Keynote Address Joseph Yam, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
9:45–11:00 a.m.		Session 1: China’s Financial Future Moderator: James A. Dorn, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cato Institute Panelists: Liu Mingkang,* President, Bank of China Justin Yifu Lin, Professor and Director, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University; and Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Y. C. Richard Wong, Director, Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research Yasheng Huang, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School David Li, Associate Professor of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
11:00–11:15 a.m.		Break
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.		Session 2: The Impact of China’s WTO Accession on Capital Freedom Moderator: Hugo Restall, Editorial Page Editor, Asian Wall Street Journal Panelists: John Greenwood, Chief Economist, Invesco Asia, Ltd. Fred Hu, Director, Asia Economic Research, Goldman Sachs & Company, Hong Kong Pu Yonghao, Senior Economist, Bank of China International Mark Groombridge, Research Fellow, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute
12:30–1:15 p.m.		Luncheon: Marriott Ballroom
1:15–2:00 p.m.		Luncheon Address: Raymond Ch'ien, Chairman of the Board of Directors, chinadotcom corporation
2:00–3:15 p.m.		Session 3: How Technology and Global Capital Markets Will Change the Scope of Government Moderator: Ian Vásquez, Director, Project on Global Economic Liberty, Cato Institute Panelists: K. C. Kwong, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd. Martin Wolf, Associate Editor, Financial Times William Melton, Chairman, CyberCash, Inc., and Global Internet Ventures, LLC Liu Junning, Independent Scholar, Beijing
3:15–3:30 p.m.		Break
3:30–4:45 p.m.		Session 4: Tapping New Sources of Capital: China’s Pension Reform Moderator: Michael Tanner, Director, Health and Welfare Studies, Cato Institute Panelists: Sun Jianyong, Deputy-Director General, Department of Social Insurance, PRC Alan Siu, Deputy Director, Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy, The University of Hong Kong José Piñera, President, International Center for Pension Reform; and Cochairman, Cato Project on Social Security Privatization David Hatton, Managing Director, Aetna Trust Ltd.; and Vice President, Pension Business, Greater China Region
4:45–5:30 p.m.		Reception: Marriott Ballroom Foyer