November 1, 13:30-18:25
Kursaal Bern, Kornhausstr. 3, Bern
Conference Program
| 13:30-13:35 | Welcome |
| Christian Leumann, Rector, University of Bern |
| 13:35-14:30 | The SNB’s role as lender of last resort in the crisis at Credit Suisse |
| Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the Governing Board, SNB | |
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| 13:35-14:30 | On the Importance of Central Bank Watchers |
| Otmar Issing, CFS, Former Member of Executive Board and Chief Economist, ECB |
| 14:50-16:25 | Panel 1: Financial Innovation and Swiss Banking |
| Chair, Hans Gersbach, Professor, ETHZ | |
| David Andolfatto (Download Slides) Professor, Miami Uni, Former Senior Vice President, St Louis FED —————— Aleks Berentsen (Download Slides) Professor, Uni Basel —————— Zeno Staub CEO, Vontobel —————— Peter Wuffli Board of Directors, Sygnum, Former CEO, UBS |
| 16:45-18:15 | Panel 2: A Small Open Economy with a Large Banking Sector: Opportunities and Perils |
| Chair: Charles Wyplosz, Professor, HEI Geneva | |
| Claudio Borio Head of Monetary and Economic Department, BIS —————— Petra Tschudin (Download Slides) Alternate Member of the Governing Board, SNB —————— Markus Ronner Chief Compliance and Governance Officer Executive Board Member, UBS —————— Carolyn Wilkins (Download Slides) FPC Bank of England, Former Senior Deputy Governor Bank of Canada |
| 18:15-18:25 | Concluding Remarks |
| Susan Emmenegger, Professor Uni Bern, Board of Directors, FINMA |
