On October, 25 2006 MCAEE President Mr. Vladimir Karyagin and MCAEE First Vice-President Mr. Victor Margelov took part in the Conference "Liberty, Trade and Peace" in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Conference Schedule:
Wednesday, October 25
12:30 – 15:00
Lunch for Early Arrivals, followed by Tour of Tbilisi
16:15 – 18:30
Registration
18:30 – 19:30
Opening Reception
19:30 – 22:00
Globalization and Freedom
Dinner address
Speaker: Professor Vernon Smith, Nobel Laureate in Economic Science,
GeorgeMasonUniversity
22:00 – 23:00
Dinner and after-dinner hospitality suite
Thursday, October 26
7:30 – 8:30
Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00
Welcoming remarks
Speakers:
Paata Sheshelidze,President, New Economic
School of
Georgia
Tom G. Palmer, Cato Institute, USA
9:00 – 10:15
Liberalization of Trade and Finance: The Way Forward
Speakers:
Boris Begovic, Center for Liberal Democratic Studies,
Serbia
Kalman Mizsei, former Director of the Regional Bureau for
Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Djoomart Otorbaev, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
10:15 – 11:30
Comparative Approach to Challenges and Experiences of Economic Transformation: Examples from Latin America,
Moldova and
Poland
Speakers:
Ireneusz Jabłoński,
Adam Smith Research Center,
Poland
Iurie Rosca, Vice-President of
Parliament,
Moldova
Ian Vásquez, Cato Institute, USA
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee break
12:00 – 12:45
The Impact of Government Spending on Economic Performance
Speakers:
Dan Mitchell, Heritage
Foundation,
USA
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:10 – 15:10
Economic Freedom, Political Freedom, Prosperity, and Peace in Eurasia
Speaker: Andrei Illarionov, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute and Former Adviser to the President of
Russia
15:10 – 16:25
Property Rights and Taxation
Speakers:
Ján Oravec, F. A. Hayek Foundation,
Slovakia
Krassen Stanchev, Institute for Market
Economics,
Bulgaria
Robert Christiansen, Head of IMF representation in
Georgia
16:25 – 16:40
Coffee break
16:40 – 18:20
Choice and Competition Reform
Speakers:
Lajos Bokros,
Central European University,
Hungary
Alexander Lomaia, Minister of Education and Science of
Georgia
Eduardo Mayora,
Francisco Marroquin University,
Guatemala
John Sullivan, Center for International Private Enterprise, USA
18:20 – 18:40
Break
18:40 – 20:00
Offsite Reception
20:00 – 22:00
Reform Polices Accelerating Economic Growth - the Case of Georgia
Dinner address
Speaker: Zurab Nogaideli, Prime Minister of Georgia
22:00 – 23:00
After-dinner hospitality suite
Friday, October 27
7:30 – 8:30
Breakfast
8:45 – 10:00
Measuring Economic Freedom
Speakers:
Robert Lawson,
Capital University,
USA
Andrei Illarionov, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute and Former Adviser to the President of
Russia
Ashot Markosyan, Department of State Property Management under the Government of
Armenia
10:00 – 10:45
Spain's Experience in Controlling the State Budget
Speaker: Ricardo
Martinez Rico, Former Deputy Minister for the Budget of
Spain
10:45 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:15
*Please note: Choose between three workshops.
Organizing a Think-Tank
Speakers:
Ján Oravec, F. A. Hayek Foundation,
Slovakia
Brad Lips, Atlas Economic Research
Foundation,
USA
Using the Economic Freedom of the World Index to Promote Economic Reform
Speakers:
Sabit Bagirov, President of the Entrepreneurship Development Foundation
Vahagn Khachaturyan, Former Mayor of
Yerevan,
Armenia
Robert Lawson,
Capital University,
USA
Paata Sheshelidze, President, New Economic
School of
Georgia
Informing the Public
Speakers:
Peter F. Kaznacheev, Cato.ru
Anna Krasinskaya, Cato.ru
Tural Veliyev, Free Minds Association, Azerbaijan
John Sullivan, Center for International Private Enterprise, USA
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:45 – 14:30
The Environmental Case for Property Rights
Speaker: Johan Norberg,
Timbro,
Sweden
14:30 – 15:45
Improving the Rule of Law
Speakers:
Vesna Škare-Ožbolt, Former Minister of Justice of
Croatia
Eduardo Mayora,
Francisco Marroquin University,
Guatemala
Otar Zoidze, New Economic
School of
Georgia
14:00 – 15:30
*Please note: This is an off site forum at a
TbilisiUniversity and not part of the conference.
Freedom, Commerce and Peace: The Way Forward for
Georgia. Public Forum at a
TbilisiUniversity
Moderators:
Paata Sheshelidze, President, New Economic
School of
Georgia
Gia Khubua, Rector of
TbilisiStateUniversity
Speakers:
Kakha Bendukidze, State Minister for Coordination of Economic Reforms of
Georgia
Mart Laar, Adviser to the President of Georgia and Former
Prime Minister,
Estonia
Andrei Illarionov, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute and Former Adviser to the President of
Russia
15:45 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 – 16:45
The Challenge of Promoting Liberal reform. The Role of the Media
Speakers:
Zviad Koridze, freelance journalist,
Georgia
Jaroslav Romanchuk,
Mises Center,
Belarus
16:45 – 17:30
Institutional Reform and Good Governance in
Georgia: Civil Society's Perspective
Speakers:
Devi Khechinashvilli, President, Partnership for Social Initiatives (PSI)
Gia Jandieri, Vice President, New Economic
School of
Georgia
Ana Dolidze, President, Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA)
17:30 – 17:45
Coffee break
17:45 – 18:30
Creating Monetary Stability and Financial Sector Freedom
