WGC - Gold and the International Monetary System in a New Era

Proceedings of the Conference
held in Paris
19th November1999

FOREWORD by Haruko Fukuda, Chief Executive Officer, WGC

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS by Robert Raymond, Chairman, CPR; former Director-General,
European Monetary Institute; former Executive Director, Banque de France
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: “THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM”
Robert Mundell, C. Lowell Harris Professor of Economics, Columbia University -
1999 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Science

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM
Patrick Artus, Chief Economist, Caisse des Depôts
Geoffrey Wood, Professor of Economics, City University, London
Forrest Capie, Professor of Economics, City University, London
Christian de Boissieu, Professor of Economics, University of Paris
Harold James, Professor of History, Author of the official history of the IMF
Heiner Flassbeck, Former Deputy Finance Minister, Germany
Discussion

GOLD, RESERVE MANAGEMENT AND EMERGING ECONOMIES
Introduction by Antonio Casas Gonzalez, President, Central Bank of Venezuela
Leonard Tsumba, Governor, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
Radek Urban, Executive Director - Financial Markets, Czech National Bank
Marc Flandreau, Economist, Observatoire Français de Conjonctures Economiques
Dr D Ajit, Director, Economics, Reserve Bank of India
Discussion

LUNCHTIME SPEECHES:
Senator Philippe Marini, Rapporteur Générale,Financial Commission, French Senate
Remarks by Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, former President of France

A NEW ERA FOR THE GOLD LENDING AND DERIVATIVES MARKET
Introduction by Stewart Murray, Chief Executive, London Bullion Market Association
Tom Butler, Consultant, World Gold Council
Jessica Cross, Director, Virtual Metals
Stephen Smith, Treasurer, Placer Dome
Chris Thompson, Chairman and CEO, Gold Fields Ltd
Discussion

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE - WHAT ROLE FOR GOLD?
Introduction by Jean-Pierre Patat, Executive Director, Banque de France
Edmond Alphandery, Chairman, CNP, former Minister of Economics
and Finance, France
Yukio Yoshimura, Executive Director for Japan, IMF
Jean-Pierre Landau, Director, French Banking Association
Antonio Casas Gonzalez, President, Central Bank of Venezuela
Jean-Pierre Patat, Executive Director, Banque de France
Discussion

CLOSING REMARKS, by Robert Pringle, Corporate Director: Public Policy & Research,
WGC

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