SUERF

Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has been a driving force of the global economy and financial markets since the project was first launched on 1 January 1999. The crisis revealed the structural fault lines of the initial project and although significant progress has been made to strengthen the institutional setup, further work lies ahead. Bringing together leading policymakers, technical experts and practitioners, the first SUERF conference held in the United States offers a unique opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of EMU and the key factors to watch for both economic and market trends. The conference will address the following key questions: What is required for European finance to become fit for growth? Does the ECB have enough ammunition to get inflation back to target? Is helicopter money the next unorthodox policy tool? Can the Single Market deliver a new growth spurt for Europe? How will Europe tackle the changing political landscape?

Conference Programme (pdf)

Program

Time

Wednesday, 5 October 2016

11:45

Registration and Welcome Sandwiches

13:00

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Urs W. Birchler, SUERF President and University of Zurich

Merit Janow, Dean, Columbia University SIPA

13:30

SESSION 1 - MAKING EUROPEAN FINANCE FIT FOR GROWTH

13:30

Policy Address: Lessons learnt from the crisis

Klaus Regling, Managing Director of European Stability Mechanism (ESM)

14:00

Panel Discussion: How the crisis has changed finance - drawing cross Atlantic parallels

Chair: Michala Marcussen, Global Head of Economics, SGCIB

Charles Calomiris, Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia University

Andrew Mcdowell, Vice President, European Investment Bank

Frederic Oudea, CEO of Société Générale

Nicolas Véron, Senior Fellow at Bruegel, Visiting Fellow at Peterson Institute of Economics

15:15

Coffee Break

15:45

SESSION 2 - UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF EUROPE

15:45

Panel Discussion: Making the most of Europe

Chair: Debora Revoltella, Director of the Economics Department, European Investment Bank

Edmond Alphandery, President of the Euro 50 Group

Edmund Phelps, Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University

Patrick McMahon, CEO, MKP Capital Management

Fabrizio Pagani, Head of Office of Italy’s Minister of Economic and Finance

Willem Buiter, Chief Economist, Citibank

17:00

Policy Address: Next steps towards an innovative Europe

Ambroise Fayolle, Vice President, European Investment Bank

17:30

End of 1st Day

Time

Thursday, 6 October 2016