Join GIC as we continue our 2009 Global Conference Series in Paris in partnership with the Banque de France!
Tuesday, March 24th
9:00 AM: Footsteps of the Founding Fathers in Paris
A three-hour guided Panoramic and walking tour including 4 Place de la Concorde, where the Treaty of Friendship was signed in
1778, John Adams’ residence in Auteuil, the site of Benjamin Franklin’s residence in Passy, and Jefferson’s on the Champs
Elysées. Crossing to the left bank, we shall follow in Jefferson’s footsteps passing the Hotel des Monnaies, where his friend
Condorcet lived, and the Hotel de Salm which inspired the dome of his home at Monticello. Tour will depart from Hotel Villa Opera
Drouot located at 2, Rue Geoffroy Marie. Metro stop: Grands Boulevards. $30 USD payable to GIC. Attire: Dress for comfort.
7:00 PM - Welcome Bistro Dinner at Aux Anysetiers du Roy
Location - 61, rue St. Louis en L’Isle Metro: Sully Morland or Pont Marie
$60 USD payable to GIC.
Wednesday, March 25th
Private roundtable discussion with the delegation and selected guests. Chatham House Rule will apply.
Location: Bistro de la Muette at 10, chaussee de la Muette. Metro stop: La Muette
9:00 AM Arrival and continental breakfast
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Presentation by Sebastian Schich, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
9:45 AM - 9:55 AM Q and A with Mr. Schich
9:55 AM -11:05 AM Panel I Moderated by David Kotok, GIC Program Chair and CIO, Cumberland Advisors
• Dennis Lockhart, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
• John Silvia, Chief Economist, Wachovia Bank
• Hubert Fromlet, Chief Economist, Swedbank
• Francis Chipimo, Assistant Director, Economics Department, Bank of Zambia
11:05AM-11:20AM Coffee Break
11:20AM – 12:30 Panel II
• J. Paul Horne, Independent International Market Economist
• Paul E. Jensen, Director, Associate Professor of Economics, Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business
• Julian Callow, Managing Director, Head of Economic Research, Barclays Capital
• Mike Horn, Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
12:30-2:00 pm Lunch
8:00 PM Dinner hosted by Daniel Cohen of Cohen & Co. To include keynote of Mike Horn, Chairman of the Federal Home Loan
Bank of NY speaking on the role of the FHLB in the US housing crisis.
Location: Dinner cruise by Yachts de Paris on the River Seine. Departing from Port Henri IV. Attire: Business
Metro : Sully-Morland (L7) and Quai de la Râpée (L5) are 200 meters away.
Thursday, March 26th
All Day Conference with Banque de France
Please enter the bank at 3 Rue de la Vrillière. Metro stop: Bourse Attire: Business
9:00 AM Registration
9:30 AM Welcome: Christian Noyer, Governor of Banque de France
9:40 AM Session 1: Overview of 2009 Conference series on Food and Water Security
• David Kotok, GIC Program Chair and CIO, Cumberland Advisors
• Domenic D’Ginto, President, CFA Society of Philadelphia
• Francis Chipimo, Assistant Director, Economics Department, Bank of Zambia
10:00 AM Session 2: Central Bank Governors Comments on Food Security. Moderated by David Kotok
• Christian Noyer, Governor of Banque de France
• Dennis Lockhart, President of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Abdellatif Jouahri, Governor of Bank Al Maghrib
• Francis Chipimo, Assistant Director, Economics Department, Bank of Zambia
• Philibert Andzembe, Governor of BEAC
11:20 AM Coffee Break
11:40 AM Session 3: Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on Food and Agriculture. Moderated by John Silvia, Chief
Economist, Wachovia
• Sean Egan, President of Egan-Jones Ratings
• Alain de Janvry, Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• Aly Abou Sabaa, Director, Agriculture and Agro-Industry Dept, African Development Bank
• Philippe Chalmin, Professor, University of Paris Dauphine
• Jean-Baptiste Compaoré, Deputy Governor, BCEAO
1:00 PM Lunch
2:30 PM Session 4: Food and Water Supply and Environmental Issues. Moderated by J. Paul Horne, Independent
International Market Economist
• James Lucier, Managing Director, Capital Alpha Partners, LLC “Can the Developing World Feed Itself?”
• Laurence Tubiana, Director of Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
• Michel Griffon, CIRAD (French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development)
• Benoit Coeuré, Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment
• André Pouilles-Duplaix, Deputy Director, Operational Technical Division, AFD
3:50 PM Coffee Break
4:00 PM Session 5: Geopolitical Risk as Related to Food Insecurity.Moderated by Paul Thomas, Chief Economist and
Manager of Market Sizing and Forecasting at Intel Corporation.
• Patrick Guillaumont, Professor, Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI)
• Pierre-Frédéric Teniere-Buchot, Governor of the World Water Council
• Ambassador Manish Uprety, Resident Representative to the Republic of India & Special Envoy to South Asia, IIMSAM
• Jean-Marc Chataigner, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (to be confirmed)
5:20 PM Conclusion: David Kotok, Cumberland Advisors
Paris Documentation (3MB)
GIC is delighted to acknowledge our partners in the 2009 Global Conference Series
GIC
gratefully acknowledges the following companies for their financial
support of the 2009 Global Conference Series
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