AGENDA
Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) - Korea
June 22-24, 2009
Lessons from East Asia and The Global Financial Crisis
Agenda
www.worldbank.org/abcdesouthkorea
16:30 – 20:30 Pre-registration and Welcome Reception
Monday, June 22
8:00am – 9:00am / Registration / Coffee
9.00 am – 10.00 am / PLENARY: OPENING SESSION (Location TBA)
Welcome: Korean Government Official & Robert Zoellick, President, The World Bank
Chair: Justin LIN, Senior Vice President, Chief Economist, The World Bank
10.00 am – 11:00 am / PLENARY: KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1: (Location TBA)
The Global Financial Crisis
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11:00 am – 12:30 am / PLENARY SESSION I: Industrial Policy and Development (Location TBA)
Speakers: James A. Robinson, Harvard University
Ha-Joon Chang, Cambridge University
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12:30 pm –
2:00 pm / Lunch (Location TBA)
2:00pm – 3:30pm / PLENARY SESSION 2: Social Capital, Institutions, and Development (Location TBA)
Speakers: Partha Dasgupta, Cambridge University
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3:45 am – 5:45 pm / PARALLEL SESSIONS: FIRST SERIES
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Tuesday, June 23
7.30 am / Registration of participants and breakfast sessions
7:30 am –
9:00 am / BREAKFAST SESSIONS: FIRST SERIES
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9:00 am – 10:00 am / PLENARY: KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2: (Location TBA)
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Speaker: Paul Krugman, Princeton University
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10:00 am – 11:30 am / PLENARY SESSION 3: Financial Crisis and Regulation (Location TBA)
Speaker: Yung Chul Park, Seoul National University
Willem H. Buiter, London School of Economics
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11:30 am –
1:00 pm / Lunch (Location TBA)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm / PLENARY: KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3: (Location TBA)
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Speaker: David S. Landes, Harvard University
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2:00 pm – 3:30 pm / PLENARY SESSION 4: The Road Ahead to a Sustainable Global Economic System (Location TBA)
Speaker: Simon Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University
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3:45 pm – 5:45 pm / PARALLEL SESSIONS: SECOND SERIES
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7:00pm – 9:00pm / Reception/Dinner
Wednesday, June 24
7.30 am / Registration of participants and breakfast sessions
7:30 am –
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9:00am – 10:00 am / PLENARY: KEYNOTE ADDRESS 4: (Location TBA)
Innovation and Knowledge Economy
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10:15am – 11:45 am / PLENARY SESSION 5: Innovation, Competition, and Regional Integration (Location TBA)
Speakers: Philip R. Lane, Trinity College, Dublin
Sungchul Chung, Science and Technology Policy Institute,
Korea
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11:45 am – 12:45 am / PLENARY: ROUND TABLE: Title TBA (LocationTBA)
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12.45 pm – 1.45 pm / PLENARY
CLOSING SESSION (Location TBA)
Award Ceremony of the World Bank Essay Competition
Summary of the Conference
World Bank
Government of South Korea
Handover of ABCDE 2010 to Sweden
1:45pm – 2:45pm / Lunch (Location TBA)
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