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October 24, 2001
Four Seasons Hotel
Mexico City, Mexico

• Featured Speakers •

Franciso Gil Díaz
Minister of Finance,
Mexico
Robert McTeer Jr.
President,
Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas

Robert Mundell
Nobel Laureate in
Economics and
Professor of Economics,
Columbia University
Guillermo Ortiz
Governor,
Banco de México

About the Conference • Program • El Cato

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8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration
Gran Salón Foyer
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

9:15-10:15 a.m. Keynote Address

Francisco Gil Díaz
Minister of Finance, Mexico
"Mexico's Unfinished Agenda"

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

11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Coffee Break

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

1:45-2:30 p.m. Luncheon
Guadalajara Room

2:30-3:15 p.m. Luncheon Address

Guillermo Ortiz
Governor, Banco de México
"The Future of Mexico's Monetary Policy"

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

4:30-4:45 p.m. Break

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

5:45-6:30 p.m. Closing Address

Robert Mundell
Nobel Laureate in Economics and Professor of Economics, Columbia University

6:30 p.m. Reception
Guadalajara Room

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