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18 Sep. 2009, Symposium on Euro and Eurosystem: Ten Years After

Symposium on Euro and Eurosystem: Ten Years After
- Significance of its experiences and implications for the future -

Date and Time: Friday, September 18th, 2009
Venue: Kwansei Gakuin University, G-Lecture Hall and Kwansei Gakuin Hall

Organized by: Euro at Ten Study Group
Organizer: Prof. HARUI, Hisashi (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Secretariat: Prof. YAGO, Kazuhiko (Metropolitan University of Tokyo)
Supported by: Delegation of the European Commission to Japan (DELJPN)
Cooperated by: Japan Society of Monetary Economics (JSME)
European Union Studies-Association-Japan (EUSAJ)
Japan Society of International Economics (JSIE)
European Union Institute Japan, Kansai
European Union Studies Institute, Tokyo

Language: English/Japanese (with simultaneous interpretations)

PROGRAM (tentative)

09:00-09:30  Registration: Lecture Hall G, Room 301 (3rd Floor)
09:30-09:45  Moderator: Prof. Hisashi Harui, Kwansei Gakuin University
09:45-10:00  Opening Address by Gijs Berends (First Secretary, DELJPN)

Session I   Chair: Prof. TANAKA , Soko (Chuo University)
10:00-11:30  Speaker: Prof. BOSSUAT, Gérard (Cergy-Pontoise University)
Title: A Road to Euro and Ten Years on
Discussant: Prof. HIROTA, Isao (Teikyo University)

11:30-13:00  Lunch at Ohara Hall, Kwansei Gakuin Hall

SESSION II   Chair: Prof. OGAWA, Eiji (Hitotsubashi University)
13:00-14:30  Speaker: Dr. Papadia, Francesco (Dir. Gen. of Market Operations, ECB)
Title: Central Banks’ Lender-of-Last-Resort and its Independence
Discussant: Dr. NAKASO, Hiroshi (Executive Director, Bank of Japan)

14:30-15:00  COFFEE BREAK at Lecture Hall G, Rooms 307 and 308 (3rd Floor)

SESSION III   Chair: Prof. KUBO, Hiromasa (Kobe University)
15:00-1630  Speaker: Dr. REMONOLA, Eli M. (Chief Representative, Rep. of Asia and the Pacific, BIS)
Title: Financial Globalization and Financial Regulation/Supervision
Discussant: Dr. YOSHIKUNI, Shinichi (Senior Adviser, Shinko Securities)

Wrap-up   Chair: Prof HARUI, Hisashi (Kwansei Gakuin University)
16:45-17:30  All speakers and Discussants
Title: Whither the International Currency System after the crisis?

17:30-17:40  Closing Address: Prof. SUGIHARA, Soichi (President, Kwansei Gakuin University)