Title: Greetings/Introduction
Description: This session will provide an overview of
the three-day seminar and participant’s responsibilities.
Lloyd Bromberg, Director of Educational Services, Public
Information Dept.
9:15 A.M.
Title: Taking the Pulse of the Global
Economy
Description: This session will provide an overview of
economic
trends and prospects around the world.
Howard Howe, Assistant Vice President, Emerging Markets
and International Affairs
10:15 A.M.
Break
10:30 A.M.
Title: China and India: Two Differing
Paths of Development
Description: The presenters will provide a closer look
at the development of the world's two most populous nations,
and the major challenges lying ahead for each.
Idanna Appio, Senior Economic Analyst, Emerging Markets
and International Affairs
Charlene Chu, Senior Financial Analyst, Emerging Markets
and International AffairsTitle:
11:30 A.M.
Lunch
12:30 P.M.
Title: What is the Global Economic Summit
Simulation?
Description: This session will introduce the Global Economic
Summit simulation, the concluding activity of this seminar.
Lloyd Bromberg
1:15 P.M.
Title: Exchange Rate Regimes in the
21st Century
Description: The presenter will examine the costs and
benefits of exchange rate regimes (e.g. euro, inflation
targeting, and other regimes that have been adopted around
the world) and discuss in some detail the causes and consequences
of recent currency crises.
Christian Broda, Economist, International Research
Dept.
2:00 P.M.
Break
2:15 P.M.
Title: Argentina and Brazil: Divergent
Response to Financial Pressures
Description: During the late 1990’s, Argentina and
Brazil, two of the largest borrowers in the emerging world,
encountered significant financial pressures. The presenters
will examine the divergent paths that these neighboring
countries took in response to these pressures and the
near and longer-term consequences of these decisions.
Tricia Kissinger, Senior Financial Analyst, Emerging
Markets and International Affairs
Matt Nemeth, Economic Analyst, Emerging Markets and
International Affairs
