Conference on Macroeconomic Issues
Facing ASEAN Countries


6th floor Meeting Hall
Bank Indonesia Headquarters
Jl. Kebon, Sirih 82-84
Jakarta, Indonesia

Program

 
Thursday, November 7, 1996

9:00 a.m. -
9:30 a.m.
Opening Session:
Chaired by: Prof. Dr. J. Soedradjad Djiwandono, Governor, Bank Indonesia
Opening Address: Hon. Mar'ie Muhammad, Minister of Finance, Indonesia
9:30 a.m. -
10:30 a.m.
Session I: Sustaining Macroeconomic Performance in the ASEAN Region
Chaired by: Minister Muhammad
Keynote Speech: Mr. Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, IMF
Questions from the Audience
11:00 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Presentation on the World Economic Outlook
Chaired by: Mr. Boediono, Managing Director, Bank Indonesia
Lead Speaker: Mr. Flemming Larsen, Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF
2:00 p.m. -
5:00 p.m.
Session II: Savings, Investment, and the Current Account
Chaired by: Mr. Anoop Singh, Deputy Director, Southeast Asia and Pacific Department,
      IMF
Lead Speaker: Mr. Gabriel Singson, Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Panelists:
   Mr. Robby Djohan, Chairman, Sumitomo & Niaga Bank and Bank Bumi Putra
   Dr. Dono Iskandar, Secretary General, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia
   Professor Assaf Razin, Resident Scholar, IMF
   Mr. Somchai Richupan, Director-General, Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance,
      Thailand
   Mr. David Robinson, Division Chief, Southeast Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
Panel Discussion and Questions from the Audience
 

Friday, November 8, 1996

9:00 a.m. -
11:30 a.m.
Session III: Monetary Policy, Financial Liberalization, and Capital Market Development
Chaired by: Mr. Kunio Saito, Director, Southeast Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
Lead Speaker: Governor Soedradjad Djiwandono
Panelists:
   Professor Peter Montiel, Professor, Williams College, USA
   Mr. Bandid Nijathaworn, Director, Banking Department, Bank of Thailand
   Mr. Amando Tetangco, Managing Director, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Philippines
   Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Director of Research, Bank Negara Malaysia
   Mr. John Hicklin, Assistant Director, Southeast Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
Panel Discussion and Questions from the Audience
1:30 p.m. -
3:30 p.m.
Session IV: Looking Ahead: The Medium-Term Outlook
Chaired by: Mr. Boediono, Managing Director, Bank Indonesia
Round Table:
   Mr. Jack Boorman, Director, Policy Development and Review Department, IMF
   Tan Sri Datuk Clifford Herbert, Secretary General, Ministry of Finance, Malaysia
   Mr. Yukio Yoshimura, Deputy Director-General, International Finance Bureau, Ministry of
      Finance, Japan
   Dr. Teh Kok Peng, Deputy Managing Director, Economics Department, Monetary
      Authority of Singapore
   Mr. Le Dang Doanh, Director, Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam
   Mr. Flemming Larsen, Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF
4:00 p.m. -
4:30 p.m.
Closing Session:
Chaired by: Mr. Kunio Saito
Summing Up: Mr. Anoop Singh
Closing Remarks: Governor Soedradjad Djiwandono
 

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