Agenda

June 14 | June 15

Tuesday, June 14, 2005
08:45 -- 09:15	Coffee
09:15 -- 09:30	*Opening Remarks* Yehuda Elkana, President and Rector, Central European University Alan Gelb, World Bank
09:30 -- 10:00	*Keynote Address* *Chair:* Peter Balazs, Central European University *Speaker:* Janos Kornai, Harvard University & Collegium Budapest. Related Paper
10:00 -- 10:15	Coffee
10:15 -- 12:15	Lessons of Experience and Future Directions: Chair: Gudrun Kochendoerfer-Lucius, InWEnt-Capacity Building International Open Society Institute (OSI) Experience William Newton-Smith, Oxford University Paper: New Economic School (NES), Moscow Gur Ofer, Hebrew University Paper: The Experience of CCER in Developing a Research Program Justin Y. Lin, Peking University *Discussants: Jeffrey Miller, Universities of Sabanci & Delaware. Related Comments* Ugo Pagano, University of Siena & CEU. Marek Dabrowski, CASE. Related Comments
12:15 -- 13:45	Lunch Speaker: Laszlo Csaba, CEU and The Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Related Paper
13:45 -- 15:30 PM	Lessons of Experience and Future Directioins (cont'd...) Chair: Andrzej Baniak, Central European University Paper: Global Development Network (GDN) Ramona Angelescu and Lyn Squire, GDN Paper: African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) byWilliam Lyakurwa, AERC Paper: Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC) by Robert Campbell, Indiana University *Discussants:* Alan Gelb, World Bank Tom Coupe, EERC-Kyiv. Related Comments Segei Guriev, NES. Related Comments
15:30 -- 16:00	Coffee
16:00 -- 17:15	Regional Perspectives: Panel Discussion Chair: Erik Berglof, SITE Paper: South Asia (SAR): Shantayanan Deverajan, Manuela Ferro & Priya Shyamsundar, Shekhar Shah, World Bank Paper: Latin America & The Caribbean (LAC): Mauricio Cardenas, Fedesarrollo and Guillermo Perry, World Bank
18:00 -- 19:00	Cocktail/Reception

Wednesday, June 15, 2005
08:30 -- 09:00	Coffee
09:00 -- 10:00	Keynote Address Chair: William Newton-Smith, Oxford University *Speakers:* George Soros, Open Society Institute François Bourguignon, World Bank
10:00 -- 10:30	Coffee
10:30 -- 12:00	Regional Perspectives: Panel Discussion Chair: Andrew Masiuk, EERC, Kiev Africa (AFR) Alan Gelb, World Bank Paper: East Asia & Pacific (EAP) Homi Kharas, World Bank Paper: Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Ulrich Hewer, World Bank
12:00 -- 13:30	LUNCH
13:30 -- 15:00 PM	Developing PhD Programs Chair: Diane Stone, CEU and RAD Paper: Africa Economic Research Consortium (AERC) William Lyakurwa, AERC Paper: Central European University (CEU) John Earle, CEU and Upjohn Institute Paper: Center for Economic Research & Graduate Education (CERGE) by Jan Svejnar, Michigan University *Discussants:* Mauricio Cardenas, Fedesarrollo. Related Comments John Bonin, Wesleyan University. Related Comments Ekaterina Stepanova, University of Washington. Related Comments
15:00 -- 15:15	Coffee
15:15 -- 16:15	Curriculum Development, Recruitment and Policy Research: Panel Discussion Chair: & Speaker: Ellen Hurwitz, AUCA *Speakers:* Jong-Wha Lee, Korea University. Related Comments Jacek Rostowski, CEU Eric Livny, EERC, Moscow
16:15 -- 16:30	Coffee
16:30 -- 17:30	Scaling Up Capacity Building to Underserved Regions: What Have We Learned? Panel Discussion Chair & Speaker: Boris Pleskovic, World Bank *Speakers:* Jeffrey Fine, Telepraxis. Related Comments Eva Sundquist, Foreign Affairs, Sweden. Related Comments Regina Yan, Eurasia Foundation. Related Remarks
17:30	Closing Remarks Boris Pleskovic, World Bank

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