EIFR International Forum CORNELL University: The EU Financial Crisis Implications Inside and Outside the Euro Zone

Moderator: Valerie Bunce, Professor of International Studies and Government, Director of the Cornell Institute for European Studies

1:00 PM          Welcome, Fredrik Logevall, Director, Einaudi Center

1:05 PM           Introduction, Heike Michelsen, Director of Programming, Einaudi Center

1:10 PM          EU’s financial crisis, institutional arrangements, and US-EU relations (title to be confirmed), Antonio de Lecea, Minister and Principal Advisor for Economic and Financial Affairs, EU delegation to the USA

1:30 PM          Eurozone: The need for common economic governance (title to be confirmed), Edouard Francois de Lencquesaing – Managing Director, European Institute of Financial Regulation, European think tank created to help overcome the global crisis

1:50 PM          The European financial crisis and the new EU members, Petia Kostadinova, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago

2:10 PM          Discussion

2:30 PM          Break (Tea/Coffee)

3:00 PM          Panel discussion:EU Financial Crisis –Comparative Perspectives
. Panel members:
. Robert C. Hockett, Professor of Law, Law School
. Jonathan Kirshner, Professor, Government Department, Director, Reppy Institute
. Tom Pepinsky, Assistant Professor, Government Department
. Richard Swedberg, Professor, Department of Sociology

5:00 PM          Closing remarks