Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Current Initiatives

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15th Annual Conference with Commercial Banks Programme
Financial Development and Innovations

Thursday, 4 November 2004

Wednesday, 3 November 2004

9:00 - 9:15 am Opening Remarks: Sir K Dwight Venner, Governor, ECCB
		Presentation of Papers
SESSION I: DEVELOPMENT
		Chairperson: Mr Valentine Banks
9:20 – 9:45 am		Financial Innovations, Capital Markets and Economic Development Presenter: Mr Ram Ramesh - Caribbean Money Market Brokers
9:45 – 9:55 am		Discussant – Mr Richard Duncan, Grenada Co-operative Bank
9:55: 10:05 am		Discussant – Mr John Benjamin, Anguilla Bar Association
10:05 – 11:00 am		Discussion
11:00 - 11:15 am		COFFEE BREAK
SESSION II: REGULATION
		Chairperson: Mr Douglas Cochrane
11:20 – 11:45 am		The Role of Regulation in Financial Sector Development Presenter: Mr David Wright, Federal Reserve Board
11:45 – 11:55 am		Discussant – Mr. Henley Richardson, Antigua and Barbuda Investment Bank
11:55am - 12:05 pm		Discussant – Mrs Mignon Wade, ECCB
12:05 – 1:00 pm		Discussion
1:00 – 2:30 pm		LUNCH
SESSION III: INTEGRATION
		Chairperson: Mr Ian Ferguson
2:30 – 2:50 pm		Facilitating Financial Integration in the ECCU Presenter: Mr Harry Hassanwalia, Royal Bank of Canada, Head Office
2:50 – 3:00 pm		Discussant – Mr Baljit Vohra, ECSE
3:00: 3:10 pm		Discussant – Mr Analdo Bailey, Eastern Caribbean Institute of Banking and Financial Services
3:10 – 4:00 pm		Discussion
4:00 - 4:15 pm		Summary of Conference Proceedings Mr Errol N Allen
4:15 – 4:45 pm LAUNCH OF THE ECCU BANKERS ASSOCIATION

4:45 – 5:15 pm BOOK LAUNCH “PROSPECTS AND POLICY OPTIONS FOR THE ECCB AREA”, VOLUME 2 Topˆ