Eurovision?

The Initial Period of Europe’s Monetary Union

29 Jan 2016 at 8:45am

Florence, Italy

eabh Conversation on the record

 

The European Monetary Union and the introduction of the Euro in 1999 were unexpected achievements without precedent. At the initial period of the European Monetary Union the Community had high hopes and expectations. What happened to the hopes and objectives of the Treaty of Maastricht? Have some of them come true?  Which crucial turning points or decisions in the history of the Union should and could be revised in order to avoid the mistakes of the past?

Let’s talk about it!

Programme

08.45 – 09.00	Welcome Manfred Pohl, founder of eabh
09.00 – 09.20	Introduction Youssef Cassis, European University Institute
09.20 – 10.50	Founders Table I (eabh) Hugo Bänziger, Lombard Odier and chairman of eabh Edwin Green, former HSBC Brigitte Hatke - Beck, former eabh Roger Nougaret, BNP Paribas Francesca Pino, Intesa Sanpaolo Manfred Pohl, founder of eabh Moderator: Michele Blagg, King's College London
10.50 – 11.05	Coffee
11.05 – 11.25	Keynote: 'The European Project within a Global Context' Hugo Bänziger, Lombard Odier and chairman of eabh
11.25 – 12.55	Founders Table II (European Monetary Union) Gunter Baer, Honorary Chairman BIS Alfonso Iozzo, Triffin International Foundation Christian Noyer, Honorary Chairman Banque de France Niels Thygesen, Institute for New Economic Thinking Moderator: Harold James, Princeton University, chairman of the AC of eabh
12.55 – 13.15	Concluding Remarks Harold James, Princeton University, chairman of the AC of eabh
13.15 – 14.15	Closing lunch