DAY 1:  Monday, October 17th, 2005

Session 1: The Role, Importance and Determinants of Financial Development

Ross Levine, Brown University

Break

Session 2: Continuation of Session 1

Lunch

Session 3: Bank Risk Management Models

Anthony Saunders, New York University

Session 4: Continuation of Session 3

Session 5: A Banker's Perspective on Bank Risk Management

Evan Picoult, Risk Architecture Group

 DAY 2:  Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Session 6: Bank Supervision: What Works and What Doesn't

Gerard Caprio, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department, World Bank

Session 7: Panel Discussion on Lessons from Banking Crises

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Former Vice President Bank Restructuring Agency, Turkey; Patricia Correa Bonilla, Former Superintendent of Banks, Colombia (TBC); Stjin Claessens, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department, World Bank; Tony Thompson, Financial Sector, Africa Region, World Bank

Session 8: Bank Restructuring

Javier Bolzico, Former Superintendent of Banks in Argentina & Partner of Fit and Proper Consulting

Session 9: Case Study on Bank Restructuring

Javier Bolzico, Former Superintendent of Banks in Argentina & Partner of Fit and Proper Consulting; Yira Mascaró, Latin American Finance Cluster, World Bank

  DAY 3: Wednesday, October 19th, 2005   

Session 10: Financial Sector Assessment Programs

Larry Promisel, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department, World Bank

Session 11: Stress Testing Banks and Banking Systems: Concepts and Practice

Martin Cihak, Monetary and Financial Systems Department, IMF

Session 12: Continuation of Session 11

Session 13: Government-Owned Banks and Bank Privatizations

Robert Cull, Development Research Group, World Bank

Session 14: Foreign-Owned Bank Operations in Developing Countries

Sole Martinez Peria, Development Research Group, World Bank

Break

Session 15: Deposit Insurance

Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Development Research Group; Luc Laeven, Development Research Group

Session 16: Basel II

Giovanni Majnoni, Latin American Finance Cluster, World Bank

 DAY 4:  Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Session 17: Developing Payment Systems

Massimo Cirasino, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department, World Bank

Session 18: Developing the Insurance Sector

Rodney Lester, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department, World Bank

Break

Session 19: Developing Pension Systems

Roberto Rocha, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department, World Bank

Session 20: Developing Capital Markets

Sergio Schmukler, Development Research Group, World Bank 

Session 21: Housing Finance

Oliver Hassler, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department, World Bank

Session 22: Access to Financial Services

Thorsten Beck, Development Research Group, World Bank

  DAY 5:  Friday, October 21st, 2005

Session 23: Promoting Access to Finance

Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Development Research Group, World Bank;       Augusto de la Torre, Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America, World Bank

Break

Session 24: Financial Globalization: Pitfalls and Opportunities

Speaker to be determined