| | from 8:00 | Registration and Welcome Coffee | | 9:00 | Conference Introduction and Overview
Uli Kortsch, Author, Economist and Expert on Monetary Policy | | 9:20 | Trends in Money
David Bosshart, CEO, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI) | | 9:50 | Panel Introduction: The Current Monetary System
- Today’s source of money creation
Richard Werner, Chair in International Banking, University of Southampton, England - Banking instability due to investment structures and history of banking runs
Larry Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics, Boston University, former Snr. Economist, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, USA - Banking stabilization efforts: Basel III, Dodd-Frank, …
William White, former Chief Economist, Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland - Role of central banks: including QE, negative interest rates, …
William Dunkelberg, Chief Economist, National Federation of Independent Business, former Chair, Economics Dept., Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
| | 10:45 | Coffee Break | | 11:15 | Panel: The Current Monetary System
with Richard Werner, Larry Kotlikoff, William White, William Dunkelberg
moderated by Uli Kortsch
Q&A | | 11:50 | Overview of Current Global Situation
Martin Wolf, Chief Economic Commentator, Financial Times | | 12:30 | Lunch | | 13:45 | Panel: The Chicago Plan (Vollgeld): YES
- Referendum overview
Sergio Rossi, Chair of Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - Implementation
Joseph Huber, Chair of Economic and Environmental Sociology, Martin Luther University, Germany - Social results
Katharina Serafimova, Lecturer at the University of Zurich, Institute of Banking and Finance, Switzerland
| | 14:30 | Coffee break | | 15:00 | Panel: The Chicago Plan (Vollgeld): NO
- Practitioner’s Outlook – Jürg Müller, Economics editor, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland
- Academic’s Outlook – Aleksander Berentsen, Professor of Economic Theory, University of Basel, Switzerland
- Politician’s Outlook –Ruedi Noser, Member of the Council of States, Switzerland
| | 15:45 | Panel of all speakers for an open discussion | | 17:15 | Networking Apéro | | 17:30-18:30 | Shuttle to Thalwil Railway Station |
Language German/French/English (simultaneous interpretation)
5 February 2018 Uli KortschFounder of the Monetary Trust Initiative and Global Partners Investments. His focus is on transparency and authentic principles in the monetary system. He has worked in over 50 countries and conferred with many national presidents, ministers of finance, and ministers of commerce.David BosshartCEO of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, one of Europe’s leading think tanks for business and society. The focuses of David Bosshart’s work are trade, consumption, management and social change.Richard WernerChair International Banking, U. of Southampton. Convenor, Association for Research on Banking and the Economy; organizer, European Conference on Banking and the Economy. Author, “Quantity Theory of Credit: credit creation for GDP transactions determines GDP growth; non-GDP credit causes price boom-bust cycles and banking crises”.Larry KotlikoffProfessor of Economics, Boston U., expert on financial crises, banking regulation and banking reform; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research; one of the world's 25 most influential economists. “New York Times” Best Selling author with writings in “New York Times”, “Wall Street Journal”, “Financial Times”, and top publications.William WhiteChairman, Economic and Development Review Cttee, OECD; member, Issing Committee advising German Chancellor on G20 issues; Advisory Board, INET; Cato Institute; Council on Economic Policies; former Head, Monetary and Economic Department, BIS. Widely credited with foreseeing the economic and financial difficulties emerging in 2007.William DunkelbergChief Economist, National Federation of Independent Business, former Dean, School of Business and Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, USAMartin WolfChief Economics Commentator, “Financial Times”, awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for financial journalism; was a member, UK government’s Independent Commission on Banking, and has doctorates, honoris causa, from the London School of Economics and Warwick University. He has won numerous awards.Sergio RossiProf. of Economics, U. of Fribourg, Chair of Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics. His research focuses on macroeconomic analysis, esp. national and international monetary and financial issues. Author and editor of many books including an encyclopedia of central banking and is on the scientific boards of numerous journals.Joseph HuberFormer Chair, Economic Sociology, Martin-Luther U. Main fields of research are monetary system analysis and modernisation and innovation processes, with a focus on industrial ecology. He has conducted studies and served as a policy advisor for various governments, political parties, and companies on economics and ecology.Katharina SerafimovaLecturer U. of Zurich, Institute of Banking and Finance, former Head, Renewable Resources at Ernst Basler + Partner and Head of Corporate Sustainability for a Swiss Private Bank. Leading an international project to change financial market regulations to include environmental considerations into decision-making at the BIS and G20.Jürg MüllerEconomics editor at Neue Zürcher Zeitung, covering the financial system, the digital transformation of the economy, and economic policy. Jürg Müller holds an M.Phil. in economics from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in economics from ETH Zurich. In his research, he investigated the impact of banking regulation on macroeconomic stability and welfare.Aleksander BerentsenProfessor of Economic Theory at the University of Basel. His research interests include monetary economics, macroeconomics, and financial economics. He is currently research fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and external consultant of the Swiss National Bank.Ruedi NoserHe is the sole shareholder of Noser Management AG, one of the biggest ICT companies in Switzerland. He was elected in 2003 to the Swiss National Council (Nationalrat), and since 2015 represents Zurich in the Swiss Council of States (Ständerat). He presides over the Swiss Innovation Park, aimed at attracting global corporations
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