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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Conference Agenda
Head-Public Relations, Bank of Zambia
09:30 hrs – 09:35 hrs : Welcome Remarks by Darius Hakayobe, Permanent Secretary,
Southern Province
09:35 hrs – 09:45 hrs : Opening Remarks by Governor Caleb M. Fundanga, Bank of Zambia
09:45 hrs – 10:00 hrs : Opening Speech by Hon. Brian Chituwo, MP, Minister of Agriculture
and Cooperatives
Conference Convenor, Francis Chipimo
10:00 hrs – 10:20 hrs : An Overview of the 2009 Conference Series on Food and Water
Security
• David Kotok, GIC Programme Chair and CIO, Cumberland Advisors
10:20 hrs – 11:40 hrs : Session I: Food and Water Security and Economic Development –
The Challenges Facing the Developing World (Africa)
Moderator: David Kotok, GIC Programme Chair and CIO, Cumberland Advisors
• Hon. Brian Chituwo MP, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
• Hon. Richard Taima MP, Deputy Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry
• Osward Chanda, Director of NWASCO – Please click here for presentation
• Hon. Mukondo Lungu MP, Deputy Chair of Committees
• Hon. Request Muntanga MP, Agriculture, Lands and Co-operatives
[NOTE: This session is expected to set the international and national context of food and water
security bringing out the key challenges faced and framework for public policy and private sector
participation.]
11:40 hrs – 11:45 hrs : Coffee Break
Conference Convenor, Francis Chipimo
11:45 hrs – 13:15 hrs : Session II: Monetary Policy, Financial Markets, and Food and Water
Security – The Central Bank Perspective
Moderator: Caleb M. Fundanga, Governor, Bank of Zambia
• Joseph Mason, Associate Professor of Finance, Louisiana State University’s E.J. Ourso College
of Business - Please click here for presentation
• Mike Bryan, Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta- Please
click here for presentation
• Greg N. Farrell, Head, Monetary Policy Research Unit, South African Reserve Bank Please click here for presentation
• Carlos Baptista, Head, Research and Statistics, Central Bank of Mozambique - Please click here
for presentation
[NOTE: This session is expected to highlight the rationale and role that Central Banks can play in
enhancing financial flows to support the achievement of food and water security, including how key
financial challenges that constrain the growth of these sectors can best be removed (e.g. access to
affordable finance or the availability of hedging instruments).
13:15 hrs – 14:30 hrs : LUNCH
Conference Convenor, Francis Chipimo
14:30 hrs – 15:50 hrs : Session III: Monetary Policy, Financial Markets, and Food and Water
Security – The Financial institutions Perspective
Moderator: Denny Kalyalya, Deputy Governor Operations, Bank of Zambia
• Kupukile Mlambo, Lead Economist and Advisor (Office of the Chief Economist) AfDB - Please
click here for presentation
• Zafar Masud, Regional Managing Director, Barclays Bank, Southern Africa
• Mark Wiessing, Chief Executive Officer, Zanaco, Zambia Please
click here for presentation
• Phillip Clayton, Senior Manager – Risk, Standard Bank Africa
• Mizinga Melu, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank, Zambia
[NOTE: This session is expected to address the specific challenges that Commercial Banks face in
providing affordable financing to the food and water sectors and discuss innovative (and practical)
ways in which these challenges can be met. What are the implications of the global financial crisis?]
15:50 hrs – 16:00 hrs : Coffee Break
Conference Convenor, Francis Chipimo
16:00 hrs – 17:20 hrs : Session IV: Credit, Capital Markets, and Food and Water Security –
The Private Sector Perspective
Moderator: Abraham Mwenda, Managing Director, Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ)
• David Kotok, GIC Programme Chair and CIO, Cumberland Advisors- Please click here for
presentation
• Hyde Hantuba, Coordinator, Agriculture Consultative Forum- Please click here for
presentation
• Carl Irwin, Director, Strategy and Development, ZAMBEEF
[NOTE: This session is expected to highlight the innovative mechanisms that have been employed to
bridge financial constraints in expanding food output and securing water security by the private
sector and focus on how these innovations can be supported and expanded.]
17:20 hrs : Summary of Conference Proceeedings by Denny Kalyalya, Deputy Governor
of Operations, Bank of Zambia
Head-Public Relations, Bank of Zambia
17:45 hrs : Conclusion by David Kotok, GIC Programme Chair and CIO, Cumberland
Advisors
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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