SUERF/CEPS/BFF CONFERENCE


                  CRISIS MANAGEMENT AT CROSS-ROADS


                    TO BE HELD IN THE AUDITORIUM
                  OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF BELGIUM


                         16 November 2009


             FOLLOWED BY THE 2009 SUERF ANNUAL LECTURE


       To be delivered by Jaime Caruana (General Manager, BIS)



     ORGANISING INSTITUTIONS:


     SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum, The Center
     for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and the Belgian
     Financial Forum (BFF)



     CONFERENCE DETAILS:


     Keynote Address by Paul Tucker (Deputy Governor, Financial
     Stability, Bank of England)


     Session 1: Provision of Liquidity and Lender of Last Resort
                Operations: Effectiveness, Governance, Cross-
                border and Cross-currency issues.
     Moderator: Frank Lierman, SUERF and Dexia Bank
     Speakers:  Johan Evenepoel, Dexia Group, Francesco Papadia,
                European Central Bank and Geoffrey Wood, Cass
                Business School, City University


     Session 2: Cross-border Bank Resolution - The Cases of
                Iceland and Fortis
     Moderator: Karel Lannoo, CEPS
     Speakers:  Daniel Gros, CEPS, Ingimundur Fridriksson,
                formerly Central Bank of Iceland, Yngvi Orn
                Kristinsson, Landsbankinn, Peter Praet, National
                Bank of Belgium and Freddy van den Spiegel, BNP
                Paribas Fortis Bank


     Session 3: Limits of the "Lender of Last Resort", "Too Big
                to Fail" and "Too Big to Save" Theses
     Moderator: David T. Llewellyn, SUERF and Loughborough
                University
     Speakers:  Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics,
                Philipp Hartmann, SUERF and European Central
                Bank, Rosa-Maria Lastra, Queen Mary University
                of London and Dirk Schoenmaker, Duisenberg
                School of Finance


     Session 4: Deposit Guarantee Schemes: How to Re-establish
                Clients' Confidence
     Moderator: Rym Ayadi, CEPS
     Speakers:  Maria J. Nieto, Banco de Espana, Patrick
                Pearson, European Commission and Guido Ravoet,
                European Banking Federation


     Closing remarks by Guy Quaden (Governor, National Bank of
     Belgium)


     Followed by the 2009 SUERF Annual Lecture to be delivered
     by Jaime Caruana (General Manager, Bank for International
     Settlements)


     A full programme including speakers in individual sessions
     can be found on the SUERF website at:


                    http://www.suerf.org



     REGISTRATION:


     Members of SUERF, CEPS and/or the Belgian Financial Forum
     and students are exempted from payment of a registration
     fee. For non-members of these organisations, there is a fee
     of EUR 100 to be paid upon registration.


     To register as a participant, please download the
     registration form from the SUERF website at:


                    http://www.suerf.org


     and return the form to:


     CONTACT:       The SUERF Secretariat
     Fax:           +43 1 40420 7298
     Email:         MAILTO:michael.bailey@oenb.at


     Deadline for registration: 30 October 2009




Posted 9/17/09