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| 8:00-9:00 a.m. |
Registration
Gran Salón Foyer
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| 9:00-9:15 a.m. |
Welcoming Remarks
Gran Salón
Edward H. Crane
President and Founder, Cato Institute

Roberto Salinas León
Director of Policy Analysis, TV Azteca
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| 9:15-10:15 a.m. |
Keynote Address
Francisco Gil Díaz
Minister of Finance, Mexico
"Mexico's Unfinished Agenda"
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| 10:15-11:45 a.m. |
Panel 1: Stability, Growth, and Financial
Integration
Moderator: Gideon Lichfield
Bureau Chief, Mexico, The Economist
Robert McTeer Jr.
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

José Piñera
President, International Center for Pension Reform,
and Distinguished Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

Michael Gavin
Chief Economist, UBS Warburg
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| 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. |
Coffee Break
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| 12:15-1:45 p.m. |
Panel 2: Monetary Reform
and the Exchange Rate Regime
Moderator: James A. Dorn
Editor, Cato Journal
Manuel Sánchez González
Chief Economist, Bancomer-BBVA

Steve H. Hanke
Professor of Applied Economics, Johns Hopkins University

William A. Niskanen
Chairman, Cato Institute
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| 1:45-2:30 p.m. |
Luncheon
Guadalajara Room
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| 2:30-3:15 p.m. |
Luncheon Address
Guillermo Ortiz
Governor, Banco de México
"The Future of Mexico's Monetary Policy"
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| 3:15-4:30 p.m. |
Panel 3: A Retrospective
on the Mexican Bailout:
Was Mexico an IMF Success Story?
Moderator: Mary Anastasia O'Grady
Editor, Americas Column, Wall Street Journal
Allan H. Meltzer
Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University

Miguel E. Bonangelino
Deputy Director of the Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary
Fund

Ian Vásquez
Director of the Project on Global Economic Liberty, Cato Institute
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| 4:30-4:45 p.m. |
Break
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| 4:45-5:45 p.m. |
A Roundtable on Capital Markets,
Exchange Rates, and the Future of Money
Moderator: Judy Shelton
Professor of International Finance,
DUXX Escuela de Graduados en Liderazgo Empresarial, DUXX University
Ricardo Guajardo
CEO,Bancomer-BBVA

Ricardo Salinas Pliego
President, TV Azteca

Claudio X. González
President, Business Coordinating Council
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| 5:45-6:30 p.m. |
Closing Address
Robert Mundell
Nobel Laureate in Economics and Professor of Economics, Columbia University
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| 6:30 p.m. |
Reception
Guadalajara Room |