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International Banking Seminar
Monday, September 18, 2006
8:30am – 12:45pm
Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore  
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8:30 - 9:00 am   Registration and coffee
 
9:00 - 9:05 am
Welcome and introduction   
Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman, Group of Thirty, Vice Chairman, AIG
 
9:05 - 10:20 am 
Global Economic Prospects and Inflation

IInflation: Gone Today, Here Tomorrow? Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of Trustees,  Group of Thirty

A European Perspective: Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank
 
An Emerging Markets Perspective: Guillermo Ortiz, Governor, Banco de México

General Discussion / Questions and Answer

10:20 - 11:30am
Asian Perspectives

Asia: Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Second Minister for Finance, Singapore
      
 India: Y.V. Reddy, Governor, Reserve Bank of India
 
China: Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor, People’s Bank of China
 
General Discussion / Questions and Answer

11:30 - 12.45 pm
International Financial Institutions: Challenges and Prospects
    
Perspective:
Mervyn King, Governor, Bank of England

Perspective: Jacques de Larosiere, Advisor, BNP Paribas

Perspective: Mario Draghi, Chairman, Financial Stability, Forum, Governor, Banco D’Italia

 Perspective: James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman, Wolfensohn and Company
 
General Discussion / Questions and Answer  

12:45 pm
Adjourn
 
1:00 pm
Lunch Hosted by Senior Minister, Goh Chok Tong and the Monetary Authority of Singapore
 
1:45 pm 
Perspectives on Growth
Goh Chok Tong, Senior Minister and Chairman, Monetary Authority of Singapore
 
2:30pm
Lunch Adjourns
 
 
(*) Agenda as of September 11, 2006.

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