9.00 am

Registration

9.20 am

Guests to be seated

9.30 am

Welcome Remarks by Dr Leslie Teo,

Lead Economist, Economics Department,

Monetary Authority of Singapore

9.40 am

Keynote Address by Mr Lee Hsien Loong,

Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman,

Monetary Authority of Singapore

10.10 am

Tea Break

10.30 am

Session 1:

Regulatory Challenges in the New Financial Landscape

Chairperson:

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Managing Director,

Monetary Authority of Singapore

Speakers:

Dr Robert E. Litan, Vice President and Director, Economics Studies, Cabot Family Chair,

Brookings Institution

Dr Jeffrey Carmichael, Chairman,

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

Ms Elizabeth McCaul, Superintendent of Banks,

State of New York Banking Department and Chairman of the Conference of State Bank Supervisor's Board of Directors

Mr David Carse, Deputy Chief Executive,

Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Mr John Abbott, Former Senior Deputy Comptroller,

Office of the Comptroller of Currency, US Treasury

12.00 pm

Lunch

The Global Economic Outlook

Speaker: Mr David D. Hale, Global Chief Economist,

Zurich Financial Services

1.30 pm

Session 2:

Exchange Rate Systems: Exploring the Options

Chairperson:

Prof William H. Branson, John Foster Dulles Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics Princeton University

Speakers:

Prof John Williamson, Senior Fellow,

Institute for International Economics

Prof Ronald I. McKinnon, William D. Eberie Professor of Economics,

Stanford University

Dr Khor Hoe Ee, Assistant Managing Director, Economics Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Prof Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee

Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science,

University of California, Berkeley

3.00 pm

Tea Break

3.15 pm

Session 3:

Philosophy and Experience in Monetary Policy Management: Central Banking Perspectives

Chairperson:

Prof Ronald I. McKinnon, William D. Eberie Professor of Economics,

Stanford University

Speakers:

Tan Sri Dato' Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor,

Bank Negara Malaysia

Prof Kazuo Ueda, Member of the Policy Board,

Bank of Japan

Prof Dr Anwar Nasution, Senior Deputy Governor,

Bank Indonesia

Dr Stephen Grenville, Deputy Governor,

Reserve Bank of Australia

5.00 pm

End of Conference

7.00 pm

Registration

7.45 pm

Guests to be seated

8.10 pm

Welcome Remarks

8.15 pm

Speech by Mr Goh Chok Tong, Prime Minister

8.30 pm

Dinner begins

10.30 pm

Dinner ends