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9, 2000 |
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8:00–9:00 a.m.
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Registration—Ballroom Foyer Continental Breakfast
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| 9:00–9:15 a.m. |
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Opening Remarks—Grand Ballroom
Edward H. Crane, President, Cato Institute
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9:15–10:00 a.m.
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Keynote Address
“The Worldwide Revolution in Pension Reform” José Piñera,
Former Secretary of Labor and Social Security, Chile; Co-Chairman,
Project on Social Security Privatization, Cato Institute
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10:00–10:15 a.m.
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Break
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10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
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Success Stories: Evaluating Privatization in Practice
Panel Chair: Henry Hsiang, American International Companies
Hugo Santa María, Head of Research & Chief Economist,
Apoyo Consultoria S.A., Peru
Felipe Ortiz de Zevallos, President, APOYO Institute,
Peru
Jacobo Rodríguez, Assistant Director, Project on
Global Economic Liberty, Cato Institute
Fernando Solís Soberón, President, CONSAR, Mexico
Tomasz Frontczak, President, AIG-PTE, Poland
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12:00–1:30 p.m.
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Luncheon—Terrace Room
Doug Atkin, President and CEO, Instinet Corporation
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1:30–2:30 p.m.
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Variations on Privatization
Panel Chair: Daniel Mitchell, Heritage Foundation
Nick Sherry, Senator for Tasmania, Australia
David Willetts, MP, Shadow Secretary of State for
Social Security, Great Britain
Göran Normann, President, Normann Economics International,
Sweden
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| 2:30–2:45 p.m. |
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Break
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2:45–5:00 p.m.
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Technical Issues: Making Privatization Work
William Shipman, Principal, State Street Global Advisors
Shane A. Chalke, President & CEO, AnnuityNet.com
Derek Winegard, American Skandia Marketing
Drake Mosier, CEO, Emergent Advisors
Ermanno Pascutto, Former Executive Director, Ontario
Securities Commission
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| March
10, 2000 |
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8:00–9:00 a.m.
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Registration—Ballroom Foyer Continental Breakfast
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9:00–10:15 a.m.
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Why Social Security Should Be Privatized—Grand Ballroom
Panel ChairL Leanne Abdnor, Alliance for Worker Retirement
Security
Michael Tanner, Director of Health and Welfare Studies,
Cato Institute
Tim Penny, Former Congressman (D–Minn.)
Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute
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10:15–10:30 a.m.
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Break
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10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
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Special Cases: A Look Ahead
Panel Chair: Stewart Ritchie, Scottish Equitable plc
Klaus Friedrich, Chief Economist, Dresdner Bank AG, Germany
Milton Ezrati, Chief Investment Officer, Nomura Capital
Management
Boris Nemtsov, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Russia
Sun Jianyong, Deputy Director-General, Department of Social
Insurance Funds Supervision
O-Seong Kweon, Director of Public Policy Division, Center
for Free Enterprise, Korea
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12:00–1:30 p.m.
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Luncheon—Terrace Room
Jack Kemp, Co-Director, Empower America; 1996 Republican
Vice Presidential Candidate
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1:30–2:00 p.m.
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Closing Remarks
Michael Tanner, Director of Health and Welfare Studies,
Cato Institute
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* invited
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