Event Programme
Day one – Wednesday October 24th 2012
1.00 pm Registration and refreshments
1.45 pm Welcome remarks
John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
2.00 pm Leading indicator
2.15 pm A grand bargain: What is possible in post-election America?
2.45 pm The Bagehot Lecture
3.15 Afternoon break
3.45 pm Global economic outlook
The global economy today and its prospects for the future
4.30 pm Unburdening: de-leveraging and the consequences of debt
5.15 pm Hold spot for breaking news
5.45 pm Cocktail reception
6.30 pm The Buttonwood Gathering dinner
At a crossroads: the many challenges facing America
8.30 pm End of panel discussion
9.00 pm End of day one
Day two – Thursday October 25th2012
8.30 am Registration
8.45 am Opening remarks and recap of day one
9.00 am An Oxford-style debate on inequality
Using Oxford-style debate rules, two teams will debate the proposition below – one team proposing the motion and the other arguing against it. The audience will vote for or against the motion before and after the debate. The winning team is the one that has swayed the most audience members
Proposition: The rising concentration of wealth in America and other countries is dangerous and must be reversed
10.00 am Leading Indicator
10.15 am The long road ahead: resolving Europe’s debt crisis
11.00 am Morning break and refreshments
11.30 am Over-regulated: Has financial reform gone too far?
12.00 pm A fine balance: the next chapter of Chinese growth
12.45 pm Leading Indicator
1.00 pm Lunch
2.30 pm Unworkable: the challenge of structural unemployment
3.00 pm The energy equation: the implications of the natural-gas and oil shale revolutions
3.45 pm Leading indicator
4.00 pm Afternoon break
4.30 pm Growth engines: Brazil, India and beyond
5.00 pm Simulation
6.00 pm De-brief: Evaluating the results
6.15 pm Closing remarks
