"Τhe Cost of the Financial Crisis: Planning an exit strategy"
27/05/2009 (Συνέδρια)
ΤτΕ & Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics & Political Science
Welcome address by Georgios A. Provopoulos, Governor of the Bank of Greece
Session I. The cost for Europe: Threats and Opportunities
Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies, Director, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Willem H. Buiter, Professor of European Political Economy, European Institute, LSE
‘The fiscal and regulatory vacuum at the heart of the European Union’
Presentation
Daniel Gros, Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies
‘An Anglo-Saxon crisis?’
Presentation
Session II. Central Banks: Managing the Crisis
Chair: Georgios A. Provopoulos, Governor of the Bank of Greece
Lucas D. Papademos, Vice-President of the European Central Bank
‘The role of the ECB in financial crisis management’
Speech
Ewald Nowotny, Governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank
‘Crisis Management - General Reflections & Austrian Experiences’
Presentation - Speech
Florin Georgescu, First Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Romania
‘Policy measures to overcome the crisis in Romania: The lending perspectives’
Presentation
Session III. Commercial Banks: Perspectives and Strategies
Chair: Yannis S. Costopoulos, Chairman of the Alpha Bank
Takis G. Arapoglou, Chairman and CEO of the National Bank of Greece
‘Commercial banks: Prospects and strategies’
Presentation
Nicholas C. Nanopoulos, CEO of the EFG Eurobank-Ergasias
‘Exit strategies from the crisis: The role of commercial banks’
Speech