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# 33rd Annual Monetary Conference

## RETHINKING MONETARY POLICY

**Thursday, November 12, 2015** 
9:00AM — 6:15PM

Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

**[About the Conference](/events/33rd-annual-monetary-conference) | [Conference Schedule](/events/33rd-annual-monetary-conference/schedule) | [Registration](https://secure.cato.org/events/monconf-2015.html)**

| 8:30 — 9:00AM | REGISTRATION |
|---|---|
| 9:00 — 9:05AM | WELCOMING REMARKS **[James A. Dorn](/people/james-dorn)** Vice President for Monetary Studies, Cato Institute |
| 9:05 — 9:45AM | [Download the Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-11-12-15-01.mp4) [Download the Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-11-12-15-01.mp3) **James Bullard** President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| 9:45 — 11:00AM | PANEL 1: WHAT MONETARY POLICY CAN AND CAN’T DO [Download the Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-11-12-15-02.mp4) [Download the Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-11-12-15-02.mp3) Moderator: **Jon Hilsenrath** Chief Economics Correspondent, *Wall Street Journal* **Jeffrey M. Lacker** President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond **George S. Tavlas** Member, Monetary Policy Council, Bank of Greece **Manuel Sánchez** Deputy Governor, Bank of Mexico |
| 11:00 — 11:30AM | BREAK |
| 11:30AM — 12:45PM | PANEL 2: INFLATION, DEFLATION, AND MONETARY RULES [Download the Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-11-12-15-03.mp4) [Download the Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-11-12-15-03.mp3) Moderator: **[Jeffrey A. Miron](https://www.cato.org/people/jeffrey-miron)** Senior Lecturer, Harvard University, and Senior Fellow, Cato Institute **Charles I. Plosser** Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia ****John B. Taylor** Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University **[George A. Selgin](https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin)** Director, Cato Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives **Scott B. Sumner** Director, Program on Monetary Policy, Mercatus Center, George Mason University** |
| 12:45 — 1:30PM | LUNCHEON |
| 1:30 — 2:15PM | LUNCHEON ADDRESS [Download the Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-11-12-15-04.mp4) [Download the Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-11-12-15-04.mp3) **Claudio Borio** Head, Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements |
| 2:15 — 3:15PM | PANEL 3: MONETARY POLICY AND THE KNOWLEDGE PROBLEM [Download the Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-11-12-15-05.mp4) [Download the Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-11-12-15-05.mp3) Moderator: **George Melloan** Former Deputy Editor, *Wall Street Journal* **[Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr.](https://www.cato.org/people/gerald-odriscoll)** Senior Fellow, Cato Institute **Alex J. Pollock** Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute **David Malpass** President, Encima Global LLC |
| 3:15 — 3:45PM | BREAK |
| 3:45 — 4:45PM | PANEL 4: THE FED’S EXIT STRATEGY VS. FUNDAMENTAL REFORM [Download the Video of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cc-11-12-15-06.mp4) [Download the Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/cca-11-12-15-06.mp3) Moderator: **Craig Torres** Reporter, *Bloomberg* **Jerry L. Jordan[](https://www.cato.org/people/gerald-odriscoll)** Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland **Lawrence H. White** Professor of Economics, George Mason University **Kevin Dowd** Professor of Finance and Economics, Durham University |
| 4:45 — 5:15PM | CLOSING ADDRESS **Rep. Bill Huizenga** Chairman, House Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade [Watch the Event in QuickTime](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2013/cc-11-14-13-07.mp4) [Download a Podcast of the Event](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2013/cca-11-14-13-07.mp3) |
| 5:15 — 6:15PM | RECEPTION |

**[About the Conference](/events/33rd-annual-monetary-conference) | [Conference Schedule](/events/33rd-annual-monetary-conference/schedule) | [Registration](https://secure.cato.org/events/monconf-2015.html)**