Searching for Economic National Interests
The Institute of International Relations in Prague will arrange the conference "Searching for Economic National Interests". The aim of the conference is to gather together leading Czech economists and foreign guests to discuss issues related to the political economy of national interests and the prospects of the euro.
Panel I: The Prospects of the Euro in the Czech Republic and Beyond
Chair: Petr Drulak, Director, Institute of International Relations
Participants:
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Ansgar Belke, Professor, Chair for Macroeconomics at the University Duisburg-Essen, member of the "Monetary Experts Panel" of the European Parliament
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Katerina Smidkova, Executive Director, Economic Research Department, Czech National Bank
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Pavel Mertlik, Chief Economist, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague, and Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague
Panel II: Political Economy of National Interests
Chair: Katerina Safarikova, Journalist, Respekt
Participants:
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Evzen Kocenda, Professor, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education (CERGE), Charles University, Prague
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Vladimir Benacek, Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague
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Zdenek Drabek, former Senior Adviser, Research Department, World Trade Organization, Geneva
The conference will take place on Thursday, 9th June 2011 from 14:00 - 17:30.
The venue is the Mirror Hall, Czernin Palace, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Loretanske nam. 5, Prague 1.
Working language will be English.
RSVP: Due to the strict entrance security procedures at the MFA building and the limited number of seats in the conference room, we kindly ask you to register to the event via the e-mail address registrace@iir.cz by Tuesday 7th June 2011 at the latest.
Programme of the conference