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Program

All conference sessions will be held at the Glenbow Museum Theatre, 130 9 Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta.
Reception, dinner and lunch will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 700 Centre Street S.E., Calgary, Alberta.

Thursday, June 19

 
16.45

Welcome Address

LEONARD WAVERMAN, Dean, Haskayne School of Business

17.00

Forecasting Commodity Prices

Chair: SHERYL KENNEDY, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada

Where Are Commodity Prices Going?
DAVID GREELY, Senior Energy Economist, Goldman Sachs
Real Price of Commodities: What Currency?
ED MORSE, Chief Energy Economist, Lehman Brothers
How Tight Is the Oil Market Really?
PAUL HORSNELL, Managing Director and Head of Commodities Research, Barclays Capital
Oil: Demand- or Supply-Led?
LUTZ KILIAN, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Michigan

19.15

Reception

 

20.00

Dinner: Capitalizing on the Commodity Boom: the Role of Monetary Policy

Speaker: MARK CARNEY, Governor, Bank of Canada

Friday,
June 20

 
08.30

Commodities, International Financial Flows and the Management of Wealth

Chair: HELENE REY, Professor of Economics, London Business School

Panelists:
SHEIKH HAMAD AL-SAYARI, Governor, Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
SVEIN GJEDREM, Governor, Norges Bank
TED TRUMAN, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

10.30

Coffee Break


11.00

Higher Commodity Prices and the World Economy

Chair: RICHARD PORTES, Professor of Economics, London Business School

Commodity Prices and the Global Economy
DONALD COXE, Global Portfolio Strategist, BMO Financial Group
Effects on Inflation
LAURENCE MEYER, Chairman and Director, Macroeconomic Advisers
Effects on International Trade and Firms
STEPHEN POLOZ, Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada
Effects on Canada
PETER TERTZAKIAN, Chief Energy Economist and Managing Director, ARC Financial

13.00

Lunch

Speaker: IRIS EVANS, Minister of Finance and Enterprise, Government of Alberta

14.45

Central Bankers and CEO Panel on: Commodities, the Economy and Money


Chair: JOHN STACKHOUSE, Editor, Globe and Mail's Report on Business

Panelists:
MIRANDA S. GOELTOM, Senior Deputy Governor, Bank Indonesia
HAL KVISLE, President and CEO, TransCanada Corporation
JOHN MANZONI, President and CEO, Talisman Energy
MARIO MESQUITA, Deputy Governor for Economic Policy, Central Bank of Brazil

16.45

Overview

CHARLES FREEDMAN, Scholar in Residence, Department of Economics, Carleton University