INVITATION (apologies for cross-postings!)

WU COMPETENCE DAY 2010: "THE NEW FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE"

NOVEMBER 18th, 2010 www.wu.ac.at/wucompetenceday

organized by the WU Department of Finance, Accounting and Statistics

PROGRAM 9:30-10:00 Welcome Christoph Badelt, Rector Barbara Sporn, Vice-Rector Josef Zechner, Professor of Finance and Investments

10:00-10:30 KEYNOTE SPEECH: "FINANCIAL REGULATION" CHARLES GOODHART, London School of Economics (LSE)

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-11:30 KEYNOTE SPEECH: "FINANCIAL SYSTEM REFORM AFTER THE CRISIS" MARTIN HELLWIG, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

11:30-12:30 Panel Discussion: "THE NEW FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE: WHAT DO WE NEED, WHAT DO WE WANT, AND WHAT CAN WE DO WITHOUT?" Wilhelm Molterer, Member of Parliament and former Minister of Finance Friedrich Strasser, CIO and member of the Executive Board of Bank Gutmann AG Josef Zechner, Professor of Finance and Investments, WU Moderator: Michael Prüller, Die Presse

12:30-14:00 Buffet Lunch

14:00-15:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS Session 1: "ADVANCES IN ASSET MANAGEMENT" - Session Chair: Josef Zechner Session 2: "HOUSEHOLD FINANCE" - Session Chair: Engelbert Dockner Session 3: "CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR AND INFORMATION PROBLEMS IN INSURANCE MARKETS" Session Chair: Alexander Mürmann

15:30 Refreshments

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