Conference 

# 22nd Annual Monetary Conference: International Monetary Reform and Capital Freedom 

Cosponsored with *The Economist*

Date and Time 

October 14, 2004 8 AM - 7 PM EDT 

Location 

1st floor/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring **Ben S. Bernanke,** Member, Federal Reserve Board of Governors; **Raghuram Rajan,** Director of Research, International Monetary Fund; **Kristin J. Forbes,** Member, Council of Economic Advisers; and **Leszek Balcerowicz,** President, National Bank of Poland. 

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#### Conference Schedule

8:00 — 9:00 a.m.Registration – *F.A. Hayek Auditorium Foyer*9:00 — 9:10 a.m.Welcoming Remarks 
F.A. Hayek Auditorium **James A. Dorn** 
Vice President for Academic Affairs 
*Cato Institute*

9:10 — 9:45 a.m.Keynote Address – *Monetary Policy in a World of Mobile Capital* **Ben S. Bernanke** 
Member 
*Federal Reserve Board of Governors*

9:45 — 11:00 a.m. Panel 1: Institutional Reform and Sovereign Debt Crises: What Next? **Moderator: Zanny Minton Beddoes** 
Economics Correspondent 
*The Economist*

**Allan H. Meltzer** 
Former Chairman 
*International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, U.S. Congress*

**Raghuram Rajan** 
Economic Counsellor and Director of Research 
*International Monetary Fund*

**Adam Lerrick** 
Director 
*Gailliot Center for Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University*

**Kenneth Rogoff** 
Professor of Economics 
*Harvard University* 
Former Chief Economist 
*International Monetary Fund*

11:00 — 11:15 a.m.Break11:15 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Panel 2: Exchange Rate Regimes and Capital Freedom in Emerging Markets **Moderator: Manuel Suárez-Mier** 
Head of Latin American Economics 
*Bank of America*

**Nicholas R. Lardy** 
Senior Fellow 
*Institute for International Economics*

**David F. DeRosa** 
President 
*DeRosa Research and Trading, Inc.*

**Manuel Sánchez** 
Chief Economist 
*BBVA Bancomer, Mexico City*

**Leland B. Yeager** 
Ludwig von Mises Distinguished Professor of Economics (Emeritus) 
*Auburn University*

12:30 — 1:15 p.m.Luncheon – *Winter Garden*1:15 — 2:00 p.m.Luncheon Address – *Capital Controls: Mud in the Wheels of Market Efficiency* **Kristin J. Forbes** 
Member 
*Council of Economic Advisers*

2:00 — 3:00 p.m.Panel 3: Dealing with “Exchange Rate Protectionism” **Moderator: Ian Vasquez** 
Director of the Project on Global Economic Liberty 
*Cato Institute*

**Anna J. Schwartz** 
Research Associate 
*National Bureau of Economic Research*

**David Malpass** 
Chief Economist 
*Bear Stearns*

**Richard H. Clarida** 
Professor of Economics and International Affairs 
*Columbia University* 
Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

3:00 — 3:15 p.m.Break3:15 — 4:15 p.m.Panel 4: Financial Integration and Dollarization **Moderator: Mary Anastasia O’Grady** 
Editor, “The Americas” Column 
*Wall Street Journal*

**Steve H. Hanke** 
Professor of Applied Economics 
*The Johns Hopkins University*

**Juan Luis Moreno Villalaz** 
Economic Advisor 
*Ministry of Economics and Finance, Panama*

**George Selgin** 
Professor of Economics 
*University of Georgia*

4:15 — 5:00 p.m.Closing Address – *Transition to the Euro* **Leszek Balcerowicz** 
President 
*National Bank of Poland*

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