Programme

DAY 1. Friday, April 8

• 8.00-8.50 Registration
• 8.50 Opening of the Conference: Marek Dabrowski
• 9.00-11.00 Session 1: Constitutional future of the EU
  Sharing competences between the Union and Member States: how far should European integration advance?
  Union institutions and the decision making process: how to make them more effective and democratic?
  Does the EU Constitutional Treaty help the European economy become competitive?
  Chairman: Tamas Bauer
  Speakers: Georges de Menil, Charles Wyplosz
  Commentators: Erik Berglof, Josef Zieleniec
• 11.00 - 11.20 Coffee break
• 11.20 - 13.20 Session 2: Macroeconomic governance in the enlarged Union
  Stability and Growth Pact. Is it an effective mechanism of imposing fiscal discipline - and what are the possible alternatives?
  Functioning of the ECB in an enlarged Union
  Prospects of the EMU Enlargement
  Chairman: Artur Radziwill
  Speaker: Fabrizio Coricelli
  Commentators: Judit Nemenyi, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Vito Tanzi
• 13.20 - 14.20 Lunch
• 14.20 - 15.00 Keynote Address
  Kalman Mizsei: "Europe's New Frontiers: The EU and Its Neighbors
  Chairman: Marek Góra
• 15.00 - 17.00 Session 3: The perspectives of the Lisbon Strategy: which steps are critical to increase the competitiveness of the European economy?
  Is it the Single European Market really single and free?
  Limits to public aid
  Liberalization of European and national labor markets
  Reform of infrastructural sectors
  Effectiveness of financial sector and financial intermediation
  Chairman: Iraj Hashi
  Speakers: Daniel Gros, Patrick Lenain
  Commentators: Tito Boeri, Fabienne Ilzkovitz, Eugen Jurzyca
• 17.00 - 17.20 Coffee break
• 17.20 - 19.20 Special Session: Economic integration and social inclusion in post-transition countries
  Special session devoted to presentation of three World Bank's regional reports:                                                             
  " Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Eastern Europe and Central Asia"
  "Enhancing Job Opportunities in Transition Economies of Europe and Central Asia"
  "From Disintegration to Reintegration: Eastern Europe and Central Asia in the World Marketplace"                     
  Moderator: Daniela Gressani
  Panelists: Arup Banerji, Harry G. Broadman, Ruslan Yemtsov
  Commentators: Mikhail Dmitriev, Tony Shorrocks, Andrew Warner
• 19.40 Conference dinner. Keynote Address
  Leszek Balcerowicz: "Lisbon Agenda: The Platform for a Common Economic Success"

DAY  2. Saturday, April 9

• 9.00 - 11.00 Session 4: The economic and social consequences of population ageing
  Under the patronage of PZU SA
  Ageing of the European population: main features
  Income maintenance by working more and working longer
  Living longer in better health?
  Who will take care of the sick senior citizens?
  Return to old patterns of family solidarity?
  Towards a gerontocracy?
  Policy issues and options
  Strategic issues for the financial institutions?                                                                                                              
  Speaker: Jørgen Mortensen
  Commentators: Declan Costello, José A. Herce, Micheline Lambrecht, Ondrej Schneider, Viktor Steiner
• 11.00 - 11.20 Coffee break
• 11.20 - 13.20 Session 5: Where are the future Eastern and South Eastern borders of the EU?
  Perspectives of next enlargements (Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Croatia)
  Perspectives of European integration of West Balkan countries
  What is the European future of Russia, Ukraine and CIS?
  EU trade and economic relations with CIS                                                                                                                               
  Chairman: Laszlo Csaba
  Speakers: Johannes Linn, Ben Slay
  Commentators: Vladimir Mau, Refik Erzan, Oleg Ustenko
• 13.20 - 14.00 Keynote Address
  Jean-Claude Trichet: "Economic and financial integration in Europe"
• 14.00 - 15.00 Lunch
• 15.00 - 17.00 Session 6: Poor periphery of Europe? Institutional and development challenges facing the less advances transition economies                                                                                                                                                              
  Incomplete structural reforms (post-communist industrial giants, collective agriculture)
  Poor business/ investment climate and its institutional roots
  Weak state/ state failure and its political determinants
  Macroeconomic fragility (low monetization, debt burden, potential negative consequences of financial sector fragility)
  Poverty and inequality, social pathologies
  Source of labor migration                                                                                                                                               
  Chairman: Vladimer Papava
  Speaker: Anders Åslund
  Commentators: Iryna Akimova, Andrey Ivanov, Roman Mogilevsky, Krassen Stanchev
• 17.00-17.40 Keynote Address
  Wing Thye Woo: "Expanded Europe Meets Coalescing Asia: Synergy Amidst Collision?"
• 17.40 Closing remarks: Ewa Balcerowicz