Governance and institution - Global economic governance in crisis: new players, new power
Moderator: Gordon Betcherman, Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa
Rules and policies - Raising and retaining funds
Moderator: Teresa Healy, Senior Researcher, Social and Economic Policy
Department, Canadian Labour Congress
Close and summing up
Gerry Barr, President-CEO, Canadian Council for International Co-operation
and Chair, Make Poverty History Canada
Perspectives on proposals for change - Rethinking the global financial system
Questions and answers and discussion
Rethinking global development finance – perspectives from the Canadian government
John Davies, Director and IDA Deputy, International Finance and Development Division, Finance Canada
Rethinking the global financial architecture – perspectives from civil society
Soren Ambrose, Development Finance Coordinator, Action Aid International
Rethinking the global financial architecture –perspectives from the Inter-Governmental Group of 24
Amar Bhattacharya, Director, Inter-Governmental Group of 24
Perspectives on proposals for change - Rethinking the global financial system
Moderator: Cristina Rojas, Professor, Norman Paterson School of
International Affairs, Carleton University
Looking ahead - A looming debt crisis? Towards ensuring future responsible lending
Questions and Answers
Looking ahead - A looming debt crisis? Towards ensuring future responsible lending
Moderator: John Dillon, Economic Justice Coordinator, KAIROS-Canada
Establishing an Independent Sovereign Debt Workout Mechanism
Oscar Ugarteche, Senior Research Fellow, Instituto de Investigaciones
Económicas, UNAM, Mexico and member of the Latin American Network on
Debt and Development (LATINDAD)
Beyond a new debt crisis
Gail Hurley, Policy and Advocacy Officer, European Network on Debt and
Development
Africa's trade during the crisis and the conclusion of the Doha Round
Tina Nanyangwe, formerly Jesuit Center for Theological Reflection
Policy responses to unfettered finance
Pablo Heidrich, Senior Researcher, The North-South Institute
Governance and institutions - Global economic governance in crisis: new players, new power
Questions and answers and discussion
Reforming global governance, and addressing power imbalances
Jo-Marie Griesgraber, Executive Director, New Rules for Global Finance (Stand-in for Domenico Lombardi), President, The Oxford Institute for Economic Policy and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution.
The emerging role of the G20 as the Leaders Forum
John Sinclair, Senior Fellow, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa
Thematic overview of the crisis, its impacts, current responses and future opportunities
Roy Culpeper, President, The North-South Institute
Thinking the unthinkable – The global financial crisis as an opportunity for transformative and systemic change?
The role of the UN in addressing the crisis - Recommendations from the UN Commission of Experts
Dr. José Antonio Ocampo, Director, Program in Economic and Political Development, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and member of the Commission of Experts of the President of the UN General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System.
Impacts of the crisis and expanding the agenda for change
Jomo K. Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
Causes of, and responses to, the global financial crisis
Chuck Freedman, Co-Director, Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics, Carleton University.
Thinking the unthinkable – The global financial crisis as an opportunity for transformative and systemic change?
Welcome and introduction to the panel.
Moderator: Kari Polanyi Levitt, Emerita Professor of Economics, McGill University