Friday, 7 June 2002
11.30 am
Aperitifs
12.00 pm
Luncheon
 
1.00 pm
Opening of the Conference
 Horst TELTSCHIK
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Herbert Quandt Stiftung, Munich
  Hans Werner SINN
Professor of Economics and Public Finance;
Chief Executive Officer, CESifo, Munich
 
1.20 pm
Keynote Address
  Edmund STOIBER
Minister-President of the Free State of Bavaria,
Federal Republic of Germany
   
 
2.00 pm
Panel 1
  Principles of Policy Making in a Larger Europe:
What Constitution Fits the Union?
  Despite its mighty dynamics, the ongoing enlargement of the European Union still seems to lack guidance. The European Community's central institutions, created more than a half century ago, have become a serious obstacle to efficient government in an ever larger Europe. What specific reforms are needed to bring the EU' s fiscal and regulatory policy making up to speed?
  Chairman
  Lord Ralf DAHRENDORF
Former Director, London School of Economics;
Member, House of Lords, London
  Introduction
 

Guido TABELLINI
Professor of Economics, Bocconi University;
Director, IGIER - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research, Bocconi University, Milan

 Presentations
  

Isabel TOCINO
Member of Parliament; Chairwoman,
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Madrid

Elmar BROK
Member of the European Parliament; Chairman,
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights,
Common Security and Defence Policy, Brussels

  Discussion
  Coffee Break
   
 
4.30 pm
Panel 2
  Challenges Ahead: Integrating Europe's New Members
  From the perspective of the core countries, the dramatic growth of the European labour and goods markets is a challenge to existing institutions but also a chance for reform. How long should the transition period for free migration be? Can the "New Europe" still afford "Old Europe's" common agricultural policy? For how long will we need cohesion and structural adjustment funds to smooth transition?
  Chairman
  John MAJOR
Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
  Introduction
  Jack BOORMAN
Counsellor and Special Advisor, International Monetary Fund,
Washington, D.C.
  Presentations
  Valdas ADAMKUS
President, Republic of Lithuania

Günter VERHEUGEN
Member of the European Commission, European Union, Brussels

Janez DRNOVSEK
Prime Minister, Republic of Slovenia

Maria KADLECIKOVA
Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration,
Republic of Slovakia

  Discussion
 
6.30 pm
End of Session
 
7.15 pm
Departure from the hotel
 
7.30 pm
Munich Residence
Dinner by invitation of Edmund STOIBER,
Minister-President of the Free State of Bavaria
  Keynote Address
  John MAJOR
Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
   
Saturday, 8 June 2002
 
9.00 am
Panel 3
  Europe's Path towards Innovation and Technology
  The economy is changing rapidly. Europe is now advancing towards the new economy. From high-speed IT-networks to deep technology stock markets, Europe has become a world leader in some of the new economy's more important areas, but in many fields it is still lagging behind. Are governments providing the right incentives and the right framework for new initiatives? Do we need more or less regulation? What can we learn from the American experience? What are the borders that need to be overcome, and how can Eastern Europe be integrated?
  Chairman
  Edward G. KRUBASIK
Member of the Board of Management, Siemens AG, Munich
  Introduction
  Dale JORGENSON
Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  Presentations
  Erkki LIIKANEN
Member of the European Commission, European Union, Brussels

Samuel A. DIPIAZZA
Global Chief Executive Officer,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York

Hubert BURDA
Publisher; Chief Executive Officer, Hubert Burda Media Holding GmbH & Co. KG,
Munich

  Discussion
  Coffee Break
   
 
11.30 am
Panel 4
  The Euro at Stake? The Monetary Union in an Enlarged Europe
  The possible expansion of the Euro zone raises a number of important policy issues. How should the joining members prepare their monetary regime: by means of a currency board and perfectly fixed exchange rates, or with an independent central bank? Would a larger Euro zone imply a reform of the ECB? Should the weight of Europe's core economies within the ECB decrease or increase? What kind of monetary policy does a larger Europe need?
  Chairman
  Albrecht SCHMIDT
Spokesman of the Board of Managing Directors,
Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG, Munich
  Introduction
  Paul DE GRAUWE
Professor of Economics, Catholic University of Leuven; Senator, Belgian Parliament;
Chairman, Economic and Finance Committee, Belgian Parliament, Brussels
  Presentations
  Jean-Claude TRICHET
Governor, Banque de France, Paris

Ernst WELTEKE
President, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt/Main

Leszek BALCEROWICZ
President, National Bank of Poland, Warsaw

  Discussion
 
1.30 pm
Concluding Remarks
  Hans-Werner SINN
Chief Executive Officer, CESifo, Munich
 
1.45 pm
Luncheon
 
2.30 pm
End of Conference