For the fourth time, some 40 experts, including politicians and business representatives, came together for an open dialogue about key issues in European-American economic relations. At the invitation of the BMW Foundation and the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, this year’s workshop took place in the historic setting of the Adenauer villa on the western shore of Lake Como. Once again, it is held with the partnership of GARNET, an academic network of excellence. The roundtable discussions focused on the following issues:

• A Turbulent Decade? The Future of the Eurozone and of Fiscal Policies in the OECD Countries
• Lessons for Monetary Policy: Redefining Prudent Central Bank Policy
• Diverging Strategies to Promote Growth: Europe vs. the U.S.
• Fiscal Policies in the OECD: How Can We Fund Future Liabilities?

A well-established expert forum, the Transatlantic Economic Dialogue draws on academic analyses to examine key economic issues in the future of the transatlantic relationship.

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Speakers

Jürgen Chrobog

State Secretary (ret.); Chairman of the Board of Directors, BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt, Berlin and Munich

• CV (pdf - 0.02 MB)

Daniel Hamilton

Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Professor and Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University – SAIS, Washington, D.C.

• CV (pdf - 0.02 MB)

Hans W. Reich

Chairman, UniCredit Group, Milan

• CV (pdf - 0.02 MB)

Benn Steil

Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, New York

• CV (pdf - 0.02 MB)

Adam Posen

Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England, London; Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C.

• CV (pdf - 0.02 MB)

Phil Gramm

Former U.S. Senator (R–Texas); Vice Chairman, UBS Investment Bank, New York

• CV (pdf - 0.02 MB)

Heribert Dieter

Senior Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin

• CV (pdf - 0.03 MB)

Bernd Raffelhüschen

Director, Institute for Economics and Finance, University of Freiburg

• CV (pdf - 0.02 MB)
• Keynote (pdf - 1.06 MB)

T.J. Pempel

Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA

• CV (pdf - 0.02 MB)

Alessandro Leipold

Chief Economist, The Lisbon Council, Brüssel; Former Acting Director, European Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.

• CV (pdf - 0.02 MB)

Dieter Rampl

Chairman, UniCredit Group, Milan

• CV (pdf - 0.02 MB)
• Dinner Speech (pdf - 0.08 MB)

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