The International Monetary System: New Configuration of the Economic and Monetary Power

Astana, Kazakhstan

May 3-4, 2011

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Overview

At the time of the conference the challenges faced by the developed economies in terms of reviving economic growth and dealing with the overhang of public and private sector debt were at the forefront of policy debate. The international dimension of exit and the impact on market was a dominant theme. There were also keen discussions about the future of US dollar as the main reserve currency in a multipolar world. The state of play in Asia in terms of in terms of regional monetary arrangements was largely debated in light of regionalization of RMB. Robert Mundell gave a keynote speech at the occasion and the panel hosted economists like Jacob Frenkel, Josh Nash, Domingo Cavallo and many others.

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Speakers

Adalet DZHABIEV: Chief Executive Officer, Al Shams Capital
Anvar SAIDENOV: Chairman and Member of the Board, BTA Bank, Kazakhstan, Former Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan
Arnab DAS: Managing Director, Market Research & Strategy, Roubini Global Economics
Arystan ESENTUGELOV: Professor, Honorary President of Economic Research Institute, Republic of Kazakhstan
Bolat ZHAMISHEV: Minister of Finance, Republic of Kazakhstan
Charles VAN DER LEEUW: Correspondent, International Herald Tribune, USA
Daniyar AKISHEV: Deputy Governor, National Bank of Kazakhstan
David OWEN: Deputy Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
Domingo CAVALLO: Chairman DFC Associates LLC, Former Minister of Economy, Argentina
Erland BAIDAULET: Advisor to the Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Industry and New Technology of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ernani HICKMANN: Professor, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil
Franz NAUSCHNIGG: Head, European and International Financial Organization Division, Osterreichische Nationalbank
Gazi ERCEL: President, Ercel Advisory Group; Former Governor, Central Bank of Turkey
George VON FURSTENBERG: Professor of Economics, University of Indiana
Herbert GRUBEL: Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser Institute, Canada
Hernando DE SOTO: President, Institute of Liberty and Democracy, Former Governor of Peru’s Central Reserve Bank
Jacob FRENKEL: Chairman, JP Morgan Chase International
Jacques DIOUF: Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
James DEAN: Professor of economics, Simon Fraser University and the College of William and Mary, Canada
James MIRRLEES, Sir: Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, 1996
Jan KUBIS: Under Secretary General, United Nations, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
John DEFTERIOS: Anchor CNN and Global Emerging Markets Editor, USA
John NASH: Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, 1994
Jorge QUIROGA: Ex-President of Bolivia, Member of the Club of Madrid
Judy SHELTON: Senior Fellow, Atlas Economic Research Foundation; Co-Director, Sound Money Project
Karim MASSIMOV: Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Lawrence BRAINARD: Chief Economist, Trusted Sources Research
Marc UZAN: Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
Miranda XAFA: Senior Investment Strategist, Member of the Advisory Board, IJ Partners SA
Niels THYGESEN: Professor of International economics, University of Copenhagen
Noeleen HEYZER: Under Secretary General, United Nations, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Nursultan NAZARBAYEV: President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ousmene JACQUES MANDENG: Head of Public Sector Investment Advisory, Ashmore Investment Management Limited
Richard COOPER: Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Robert MUNDELL: Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics 1999
Roger KORNBERG: Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, 2006. Professor of Stanford University, Co-chairman of the Skolkovo Innovation Center
Serik AHANOV: Chairman of the Financiers Association, Republic of Kazakhstan
Songzuo XIANG: Chief Editor, Global Business & Finance
Stjepan MESIC: Ex-President of Croatia
Sultan BIN NASSER AL SUWAIDI: Governor, Central Bank of UAE
Suman K. BERY: Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, New Delhi and Country Advisor, International Growth Centre, London
Taleb RIFAI: Secretary General, World Tourism Organization
Thierry MARIANI: Secretary of State for Transport of the Republic of France
Waheed QAISER: Vice Chairman Maxim LLP
Warren COATS: Consultant for IMF, Former Director Cayman Island, Monetary Authority, IMF
Yung CHUL PARK: Research Professor and Director of the Centre of International Commerce in Korea; Professor of Economics, Seoul National University