- European Central Bank conference
Structural reforms in the euro area
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Main Building, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main 
 Conference room C5.01 
- 9:00
- Registration
- 10:00
-  
   Welcome remarksKlaus Masuch, European Central Bank 
- 10:10
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   Opening speechMario Draghi, President, European Central Bank 
- 10:30
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   Session 1 Reforms, productivity, resilience and long-term well-beingPanel discussionChair: Luc Laeven, European Central Bank Panellists: - Clemens Fuest, ifo Institute
- Francesco Giavazzi, Università Bocconi
- Catherine L. Mann, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
 
- 12:15
-  
   Lunch 
- 13:45
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   Session 2 Political economy of reformsPanel discussionChair: Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank Panellists: - Luis Garicano, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Anne Krueger, Johns Hopkins University
- Bo Rothstein, University of Gothenburg
- Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago
 
- 15:45
- Coffee break
- 16:15
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   Session 3 Reforms and governance in the European Monetary UnionPanel discussionChair: Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank Panellists: - Agnès Bénassy Quéré, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
- Paul De Grauwe, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Daniel Gros, Centre for European Policy Studies
- Gert Jan Koopman, European Commission
- Guido Tabellini, Università Bocconi
- Poul Thomsen, International Monetary Fund
 
- 18:45
- End of conference
Please note that the conference will be recorded and that video recordings will subsequently be made available on the ECB's website. Media will also be present at the conference.
Participation is by invitation only.
General information
 European Central Bank 
 Main building
 Sonnemannstrasse 20 
 60314 Frankfurt am Main
 +49 69 1344 0 
 Fax: +49 69 1344 6000 
 info@ecb.europa.eu 
English
Participants are requested to arrange their own transfers unless indicated otherwise.
Clare Childs
 Directorate General Economic Developments 
 Country Surveillance Division 
 +49 69 1344 8420 
 2017CSR@ecb.europa.eu