A Cato Conference co-sponsored with
The Leontief Centre
Grand Hotel Europe
St. Petersburg
April 12, 2004
| 9:00–9:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 9:30–9:40 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks
Edward H. Crane, Cato Institute Irina Karelina, Leontief Centre |
| 9:40–9:45 a.m. | Video Remarks
Milton Friedman Hoover Institution, Nobel Laureate in Economics |
| 9:45–11:15 a.m. | Prosperity and the Role of Government
Featuring Andrei Illarionov, Economic Adviser to President Putin; Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute; Justin Yifu Lin, China Center for Economic Research; and Arnold Harberger, University of California at Los Angeles. |
| 11:15–11:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:45–1:00 p.m. | A Liberal Agenda for the New Century
Featuring Sergey Vasiliev, Chairman, Committee on Financial Markets, Council of the Federation, Russia; Ruth Richardson, Former Minister of Finance, New Zealand; and Brink Lindsey, Cato Institute. |
| 1:00–2:15 p.m. | Luncheon Address
José Piñera |