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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:
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Wednesday, October 25
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12:30 – 15:00
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Lunch for Early Arrivals, followed by Tour of Tbilisi
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16:15 – 18:30
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Registration
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18:30 – 19:30
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Opening Reception
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19:30 – 22:00
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Globalization and Freedom
Dinner address
Speaker: Professor Vernon Smith, Nobel Laureate in Economic Science,
George
Mason
University
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22:00 – 23:00
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Dinner and after-dinner hospitality suite
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Thursday, October 26
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7:30 – 8:30
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Breakfast
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8:45 – 9:00
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Welcoming remarks
Speakers:
Paata Sheshelidze,President, New Economic
School of
Georgia
Tom G. Palmer, Cato Institute, USA
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9:00 – 10:15
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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
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10:15 – 11:30
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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
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11:30 – 12:00
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Coffee break
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12:00 – 12:45
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The Impact of Government Spending on Economic Performance
Speakers:
Dan Mitchell, Heritage
Foundation,
USA
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13:00 – 14:00
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Lunch
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14:10 – 15:10
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Economic Freedom, Political Freedom, Prosperity, and Peace in Eurasia
Speaker: Andrei Illarionov, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute and Former Adviser to the President of
Russia
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15:10 – 16:25
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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
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16:25 – 16:40
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Coffee break
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16:40 – 18:20
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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
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18:20 – 18:40
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Break
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18:40 – 20:00
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Offsite Reception
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20:00 – 22:00
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Reform Polices Accelerating Economic Growth - the Case of Georgia
Dinner address
Speaker: Zurab Nogaideli, Prime Minister of Georgia
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22:00 – 23:00
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After-dinner hospitality suite
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Friday, October 27
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7:30 – 8:30
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Breakfast
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8:45 – 10:00
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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
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10:00 – 10:45
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Spain's Experience in Controlling the State Budget
Speaker: Ricardo
Martinez Rico, Former Deputy Minister for the Budget of
Spain
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10:45 – 11:00
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Coffee break
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11:00 – 12:15
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*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
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12:30 – 13:30
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Lunch
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13:45 – 14:30
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The Environmental Case for Property Rights
Speaker: Johan Norberg,
Timbro,
Sweden
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14:30 – 15:45
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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
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14:00 – 15:30
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*Please note: This is an off site forum at a
Tbilisi
University and not part of the conference.
Freedom, Commerce and Peace: The Way Forward for
Georgia. Public Forum at a
Tbilisi
University
Moderators:
Paata Sheshelidze, President, New Economic
School of
Georgia
Gia Khubua, Rector of
Tbilisi
State
University
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
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15:45 – 16:00
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Coffee break
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16:00 – 16:45
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The Challenge of Promoting Liberal reform. The Role of the Media
Speakers:
Zviad Koridze, freelance journalist,
Georgia
Jaroslav Romanchuk,
Mises Center,
Belarus
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16:45 – 17:30
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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)
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17:30 – 17:45
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Coffee break
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17:45 – 18:30
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Creating Monetary Stability and Financial Sector Freedom
Speaker:
Warren Coats,
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
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18:30 – 19:00
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Closing Remarks
Speakers:
Kakha Bendukidze, State Minister for Coordination of Economic Reforms of
Georgia
Gia Jandieri, Vice President, New Economic
School of
Georgia
Tom Palmer, Cato Institute, USA
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20:00 – 20:30
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Reception
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20:30 – 23:00
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Post-socialist Lessons for 2006
Dinner address and gala dinner
Speaker: Mart Laar, Adviser to the President of Georgia and Former Prime Minister,
Estonia
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8:30 – 9:30
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Breakfast
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10:00 – 15:00
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Optional Tour of Georgian Countryside and Wineries
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