12.00 - 13.00 Arrival and registration of participants (sandwiches provided)

13.00 - 13.30 Welcome by Geoffrey Underhill (Universiteit van Amsterdam, convenor of the conference) and Richard Higgott (University of Warwick, GARNET senior scientist and coordinator)

13.30 - 14.00 Keynote speech: Henk Brouwer (De Nederlandsche Bank, Duch Central Bank)

14.00 - 15.45 Plenary panel discussion "The IMF and IFIs after Singapore: the Big Picture"

With Amar Bhattacharya (World Bank), Miranda Goeltom (Central Bank Indonesia), James Haley (Canadian Finance Ministry), Cyrus Rustomjee (Ministry of Finance, Republic of South Africa) and Yan Qifa (ExIm Bank of China). Chaired by Geoffrey Underhill (Universiteit van Amsterdam).

15.45 - 16.00 Relocation break

16.00 - 17.45 Conference workshops - 1st round

Overview of the workshops and presentations

19.30 Dinner at the West Indisch Huis

09.00 - 09.45 Registration and coffee welcome

09.45 - 12.00 Conference workshops - 2nd round

Overview of the workshops and presentations

12.00 - 13.00 Buffet lunch

13.00 - 15.15 Conference workshops - 3rd round

Overview of the workshops and presentations

15.15 - 15.30 Coffee break

15.30 - 17.30 Plenary panel discussion "Europe's role in international monetary and financial governance"

With Pervenche Berès (MEP), Erik Berglof (EBRD), Arthur Docters van Leeuwen (AFM), Thomas Wieser (Federal Ministry of Finance Austria, tbc) and David Wright (European Commission). Chaired by James Haley (Department of Finance, Canada).

18.00 - 19.00 Canal cruise through the historic centre of Amsterdam

(with compliments of the Board of the Universiteit van Amsterdam)

19.00 - 21.30 Reception and buffet dinner at the Amsterdam Historical Museum

(with compliments of the municipality of Amsterdam)

09.30 - 10.00 Registration and coffee welcome

10.00 - 12.00 Plenary panel discussion "The North-South dimension in global finance"

With Alan McArthur (IMF), Stephany Griffith-Jones (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex), Sabine Miltner (IIF), Tom de Swaan (ABN Amro) and Marc Uzan (Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee). Chaired by Stijn Claessens (World Bank/Universiteit van Amsterdam).

12.00 - 13.00 Buffet lunch

13.00 - 15.15 Conference workshops - 4th round

Overview of the workshops and presentations

15.15 - 15.30 Relocation break

15.30 - 16.30 Concluding panel “Financial and Monetary Governance: what have we learned?”

With Stijn Claessens (World Bank/University of Amsterdam), Heribert Dieter (German Institute for International and Security Affairs), Randall Germain (Carleton University Ottawa, tbc), Louis Pauly (University of Toronto). Chaired by Geoffrey Underhill (Universiteit van Amsterdam).

16.30 - 18.00 Reception