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British Business and the Euro | 
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| Only with invitation | 
February 6,2002 | 
  
 
    
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London | 
  
 
    
| With the support of CDC-IXIS Capital Markets | 
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| Introduction | 
10:15 - 10:30 | 
  
 
    
| Martin Weale | 
CBE, Director, NIESR | 
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| Lionel Fontagné | 
Director, CEPII | 
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| First session: | 
10:30 - 13:00 | 
|  Macroeconomics Aspects of UK Integration into the Euro-Zone | 
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| Jean Pisani-Ferry | 
President, Conseil d'Analyse Economique | 
Chair | 
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| Ray Barrell | 
Senior Research Fellow, NIESR | 
General Discussant | 
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| Michael Artis | 
Professor, European University Institute | 
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11:15 - 11:30 | 
| Patrick Minford | 
Professor, University of Applied Economics, Cardiff Business School | 
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| Patrick Artus | 
Director, Economic and Research Department, CDC-Ixis | 
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| Second session: | 
14:00 - 16:30 | 
| EMU and Britain as a
Location of Economic Activity | 
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| The Attractiveness of London and Britain for Investment in Finance and Industry: Regulatory Issues and EMU Membership | 
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| Lionel Fontagné | 
Director, CEPII | 
Chair | 
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| Nigel Pain | 
Senior Research Fellow, NIESR | 
General Discussant | 
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| E. Philip Davis | 
Professor of Economics and Finance, Brunel University | 
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| Malcolm Levitt | 
Senior European Adviser, Price Waterhouse Coopers | 
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| Lord Haskins | 
Chairman, Northern Foods plc | 
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| Richard Portes | 
Director, CEPR  | 
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| Roundtable: | 
17:00 - 18:30 | 
| Probability and Time Schedule of a British EMU Membership | 
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| François David | 
CEO, Coface | 
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| Sir Samuel Brittan | 
Commentator and Author, The Financial Times | 
General Discussant | 
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| Vincent Cable | 
MP | 
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| Eric Chaney | 
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley | 
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| Anthony Orsatelli | 
Chief Executive Officer, CDC Ixis Capital Markets | 
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| The Rt Hon Lord Radice | 
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| Dr Jürgen Pfister | 
Head of Economic Research, Commerzbank AG | 
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