0915–
0930

Welcoming Remarks

• Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System

0930–
1000

Introductory Notes

• Richard Spillenkothen, Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Board

• Cesare Calari, Financial Sector Vice President, World Bank

• Jonathan Fichter, Deputy Director, Monetary and Financial Systems Department, International Monetary Fund

1000–
1020

Coffee Break

Legal Aspects of Cross-border Bank Insolvencies

• Thomas C. Baxter, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (download 46 kb PowerPoint presentation)

Cross-border Bank Insolvencies in the Context of the European Union

• Erwin Nierop, Deputy General Counsel and Head of Financial Law Division, European Central Bank

Panel Discussion

• Ernesto Aguirre, Manager, Banking Regulation, Financial Sector Operations Department, World Bank (moderator)

• William Blair, QC, Visiting Professor, Centre for Commerical Law Studies, University of London (download 194 kb PDF)

• Eva Hüpkes, Head of Regulation, Swiss Federal Banking Commission

General Discussion

Luncheon hosted by the Federal Reserve Board in Terrace Level Dining Room D

• Luncheon address by Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

• Josef Tosovsky, Chairman, Financial Stability Institute (download 743 kb PowerPoint presentation)

• Geoffrey Miller, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Central Banks, New York University School of Law (download 113 kb PDF • download 177 kb PowerPoint presentation)

Panel Discussion

• Y. Venugopal Reddy, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund

• Michael Pomerleano, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Financial Sector Operation and Policy Department, World Bank (download 88 kb PDF • download 148 kb PowerPoint presentation)

Coffee Break

General Discussion

Reception hosted by the Federal Reserve Board in Terrace Level Room C

Comparative Overview

• Walid Alameddine, Chairman, Banking Control Commission of Lebanon, Central Bank of Lebanon (co-moderator)

• Thomas A. Rose, Program Manager, Financial Sector Group, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank (co-moderator)

• Aristóbulo de Juan, President, Aristóbulo de Juan Asociados (download 175 kb PDF)
  

• Javier Bolzico, CEO Fit and Proper Consulting, and Former Superintendent of Banks of Argentina (download 46 kb PowerPoint presentation)

1010–
1100

Panel Discussion

• José Sidaoui, Deputy Governor, Banco de México (download 644 kb PowerPoint presentation)
  

• Mohd Razif Abdul Kadir, Assistant Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia (download 228 kb PowerPoint presentation)
  

• Jorge Patiño, Former Chairman, Fund for the Development of the Financial System (Fondesif), Bolivia

• Teoman Kerman, VIce President, Banking Supervisory Authority, Turkey (download 552 kb PowerPoint presentation)

Coffee Break

General Discussion

Luncheon hosted by the World Bank

• Keynote Speaker: James D. Wolfensohn, President, The World Bank (Topic: The Appropriate Institutional and Legal Framework to Deal with Banking Problems and Its Links with Development and Poverty Reduction)

• Marilou Uy, Director, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department, World Bank

• V. Sundararajan, Deputy Director, Monetary and Finacnial Systems Department, International Monetary Fund (download 266 kb PowerPoint presentation)

Coffee Break

Breakout Groups (download 828 kb PDF)

• Institutional Arrangements: Agencies dealing with bank insolvency
  Ernesto Aguirre, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department, The World Bank • Marc Quintyn, Deputy Division Chief, Monetary and Financial Systems Department, International Monetary Fund
  

• Bank Intervention
  Jan Willem Van der Vossen, Monetary and Financial Systems Department, International Monetary Fund • Eva Hüpkes, Head of Regulation, Swiss Federal Banking Commission
  

• Bank Restructuring and Resolution
  José de Luna Martinez, Senior Financial Economist, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department, World Bank • Steven Seelig, Monetary and Financial Systems Department, International Monetary Fund
  

• Bank Liquidation
  Ross Leckow, Deputy General Counsel, Legal Department, International Monetary Fund • Ruth Neyens, Program Manager, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department, World Bank

Plenary Session: Conclusions from Breakout Groups

Reception hosted by the International Monetary Fund

Appropriate Policy Framework to Deal with Systemic Crises

• Gerard Caprio, Director, Operations and Policy Department, World Bank

• David Hoelscher, Division Chief, Systemic Banking Issues Division, Division Chief, Monetary and Financial Systems Department, International Monetary Fund (download 184 kb PowerPoint presentation)

0955–
1045

Panel Discussion

• Augusto de la Torre, Senior Regional Advisor, Latin America Region, The World Bank (download 81 kb PowerPoint presentation)
  

• Carmen Reinhart, Deputy Director, Research Department, International Monetary Fund
  

• Tarisa Watanagase, Deputy Governor, Bank of Thailand (download 98 kb PowerPoint presentation)

Coffee Break

General Discussion

Closing Remarks

• Jeffrey Goldstein, Managing Director, The World Bank