The IIPF committee promises that the programme will be an exciting one. It consists of a Welcome function and a Gala Dinner to name but a few events that will be taking place. Please check the programme on this conference website on a regular basis to make sure that you are up to date with the latest conference news.
Programme at a Glance
| TIME |
VENUE |
PROGRAMME |
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| WEDNESDAY, 12 AUGUST 2009 |
| |
| 12h00 - 18h00 |
Strelitzia Conservatory |
Pre-registration of delegates |
| 12h00 - 15h00 |
Frances Drake Room (The Westin) |
IIPF Executive Committee Meeting (includes light lunch) |
| 15h00 - 18h00 |
Frances Drake Room (The Westin) |
IIPF Board Meeting (includes light lunch) |
| 19h00 - late |
Harbour View Room (Radisson Hotel) |
IIPF Board Dinner |
| |
| THURSDAY, 13 AUGUST 2009 |
| |
| 07h00 |
Strelitzia Conservatory |
Registration |
| 09h30 - 10h00 |
Auditorium 2 |
Opening ceremony
Hans Werner Sinn (President and Chair of session)
"Developing Countries: Changes and Challenges"
Prof. Carolina Koornhof (Dean Faculty of Economic and Management
Sciences, University of Pretoria)
Mr Proksch (GTZ)
Ravi Kanbur (Scientific Committee)
Niek Schoeman (Local organiser)
|
| 10h00 - 10h30 |
Auditorium 2 |
Presidential address |
| 10h30 - 11h00 |
Strelitzia Conservatory |
Coffee break |
| 11h00 - 12h30 |
Auditorium 2 |
Plenary session Keynote speaker 1
Louis Kasekende - Chief Economist African Development Bank
"Public Policy and Economic Development in Africa" |
| 12h30 - 14h00 |
Strelitzia Restaurant |
Lunch |
| 14h00 - 15h30 |
Auditorium 2 |
Plenary session Keynote speaker 2
Vito Tanzi - (former Undersecretary of State in the Italian Ministry of
Economy and Finance and a former Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department
of the International Monetary Fund)
"The economic role of the state before and after the current crisis" |
| 15h30 - 16h00 |
Strelitzia Conservatory |
Coffee break |
| 16h00 - 17h30 |
Breakaway venues |
Working Group Session 1 |
| 17h45 - 18h45 |
Auditorium 2 |
General Assembly of IIPF Members |
| 19h00 - 21h00 |
Ballroom West (CTICC) |
Welcome Cocktail |
| |
| FRIDAY, 14 AUGUST 2009 |
| |
| 07h00 |
Strelitzia Conservatory |
Registration / Information |
| 09h00 - 10h30 |
Breakaway venues |
Working Group Session 2 |
| 10h30 - 11h00 |
Strelitzia Conservatory |
Coffee break |
| 11h00 - 12h30 |
Breakaway venues |
Working Group Session 3 |
| 12h30 - 18h00 |
|
Excursion including light lunch |
| 18h00 - 21h30 |
"Moyo" at Spier |
Dinner |
| 21h30 |
|
Coaches depart Moyo, back to hotels |
| |
| SATURDAY, 15 AUGUST 2009 |
| |
| 07h00 |
Stralitzia Conservatory |
Registration / Information |
| 07h45 - 08h45 |
|
GTZ Breakfast Session
Tax Evasion and Avoidance - Challenges for Technical Cooperation (Chair: Michael Keen) |
| 09h00 - 10h30 |
Breakaway venues |
Working Group Session 4
AND
Finanz Archiv Editorial Board Meeting |
| 10h30 - 11h00 |
Strelitzia Conservatory |
Coffee break |
| 11h00 - 12h30 |
Auditorium 2 |
Plenary Keynote speaker 3
Otaviano Canuto - new Vice President of the World Bank for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management
"The Conduct of fiscal policy in developing countries : Lessons from the Trenches". |
| 12h30 - 14h00 |
Stralitzia Restaurant |
Lunch |
| 14h00 - 15h30 |
Auditorium 2 |
Plenary Keynote speaker 4
Tony Venables - BP Professor of Economics, University of Oxford.
"Harnessing natural resources to premote development" |
| 15h30 - 16h00 |
Strelitzia Conservatory |
Coffee break |
| 16h00 - 17h30 |
|
IIPF Board Meeting |
| 16h00 - 17h30 |
Breakaway venues |
Working Group Session 5
AND
GTZ Working Session
Putting Theory into Practice - External Support to Institutional Reforms in
African Countries (Inputs: Ghana, Kenya and Ravi Kanbur)
AND
IIPF Board Meeting |
| 18h30 - 19h00 |
Ballroom Foyer (The Westin) |
Pre-dinner drinks |
| 19h00 - 23h30 |
Grand Ballroom (The Westin) |
Gala Dinner (sponsored by Absa Bank) |
| |
| SUNDAY, 16 AUGUST 2009 |
|
| 07h00 |
Strelitzia Conservatory |
Registration / Information |
| 09h00 - 10h30 |
Breakaway venues |
Working Group Session 6 |
| 10h30 - 11h00 |
Strelitzia Conservatory |
Coffee break |
| 11h00 - 12h30 |
Auditorium 2 |
Plenary Keynote speaker 5
Michael Keen - Chief for TAX Policy IMF
"Challenges for TAX Policy and Administration in Developing Countries" |
| 12h30 - 14h00 |
Auditorium 2 |
Next year's conference host;
Prize Giving Ceremony: GTZ Award for best Africa papers;
Musgrave Prize;
IIPF Young Economist Award
Close of conference |
| 14h00 |
Strelitzia Conservatory |
Lunch packs will be available |
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