IMF-ADB-Thailand Joint Conference

Toward a More Stable Global Economic System

Thursday, July 12, 2012

The IMF, together with the Asian Development Bank and Thailand Ministry of Finance, will be holding a day long conference : Towards a More Stable Global Economic System on July 12, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. See Full Preliminary Agenda.

The seminar brings together senior policy makers from Asia to discuss the key challenges in building a more stable global economic system and how growth can be made more inclusive. It will also explore other issues, including crisis prevention and policy cooperation, coping with volatile capital flows, and strengthening crisis management and safety nets.

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, H.E. Kittirat Na Ranong will deliver Welcome address.

IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda, and Central Bank of Thailand Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul will participate in an opening panel session on "Stability and Inclusive Growth."

Other senior officials participating include: Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore; Subir Gokarn, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India; TakehikoNakao, Vice Minister of Finance, Japan; Je Yoon Shin, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Korea; and Yoichi Nemoto, Incoming Director, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office.

CNBC Asia is the media partner for this conference. Photo session will be taken at the end of opening panel session.

The event is open to the media, however we have limited seats. Registration is compulsory on the first come first serve basis. For any questions on registration please contact Kawisara Sukumolchan (kawisara@fispri.org) at+662-357-3490 ext 223; Gita Bhatt (gbhatt@imf.org) at (202) 660-8456.; or Sean Crowley (scrowley@adb.org) at (63-2) 632-5760.

• Preliminary Agenda
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