Date: May 18-19, 2005
Venue: United Nations, UN Conference Room DC2, 2 UN Plaza (entrance on 44th Street), 23rd Floor, New York, NY 20012
Organized by Civil Society – New Rules for Global Finance
In Cooperation with the UN Financing for Development Office
Co-Sponsored by Foreign Ministry of Sweden, Commonwealth Foundation, UN Foundation, Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Agenda
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
9:30 am – 1:00 pm: Conference Room 9, Level B1, Main UN Building
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: UN Conference Room DC2, 2 UN Plaza (entrance on 44th Street), 23rd Floor
9:30 am Welcome and Opening Session
Speakers: José Antonio Ocampo, Undersecretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN-DESA
Jo Marie Griesgraber, Chair, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
10:00 am Session I: Crisis Prevention: Borrowing in Local Currency and a New International Debt Framework
Moderator: José Antonio Ocampo, Undersecretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN-DESA
Speaker: Randall Dodd, Director, Financial Policy Forum
Frank Schroeder, Senior Economist, Friedrich Ebert Foundation
11:30 am Session II: Governance and Credit During Crisis
Moderator: Oscar de Rojas, Director, Financing for Development Office, UN-DESA
Speaker: Karin Lissakers, Adviser to the Chairman, Soros Fund Management
Oscar Ugarteche, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico
1:00 pm Lunch: Labor Issues and Development (by invitation)
Private Dining Room 1
Speaker: Sandra Polaski, Senior Associate and Director, Trade, Equity and Development Project, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.
3:00 pm Session III: Counter-Cyclical Policies (UN Conference Room DC2, 2 UN Plaza (entrance on 44th Street), 23rd Floor)
Moderator: Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Director, Economic Affairs, Commonwealth Secretariat
Speaker: José Antonio Ocampo, Undersecretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN-DESA
5:00 pm Reception at Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, (by invitation)
823 United Nations Plaza, Suite 711, New York, NY 10017
Thursday, May 19, 2005
9:30 am Session IV: Governance: Financial Stability Forum, Bank for International Settlements, Basel Committees
Moderator: Aldo Caliari, Coordinator, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern
Speaker: Roy Culpeper, President, North-South Institute
10:45 am Session V: Private Sector Issues in Low Income Countries
Moderator: Michael Isimbabi, Principal, Capital Researchers, LLC
Speaker: Julius Okara, Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA)
12:00 pm Lunch Open
2:00 pm Session VI: Commodities: Systemic Issues and Risk Management Policies
Moderator: Jo Marie Griesgraber, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
Speaker: Carlos Valderrama, Head Economist, International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)
Randall Dodd, Director, Financial Policy Forum
3:30 pm Session VII: Slowing Capital Flight: Bank Transparency
Moderator: Rev. Seamus Finn, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and Chair, Inter-Faith Center for Corporate Responsibility
Speaker: David Spencer, Tax Justice Network