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                INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCIAL STABILITY
                AND IMPLICATIONS OF BASEL II
                16-18 May 2005
                Istanbul, Turkey


                SUNDAY, 15 MAY 2005

                17:00-19:00 REGISTRATION
                19:00-21:00 WELCOME RECEPTION

                MONDAY, 16 MAY 2005

                08:00-09:00 REGISTRATION
                09:00-09:30 WELCOME SPEECH
                                    (Sureyya SERDENGECTI Governor-Central Bank of Turkey)
                09:30-10:00 Ali BABACAN
                                    (Minister of State)
                10:00-10:30 Jaime CARUANA
                                    (Governor-Bank of Spain & Chairman-Basel Committee on Banking Supervision)
                10:30-11:00 Josef TOSOVSKY
                                    (Chairman- Financial Stability Institute)

                11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK

                SESSION I (11:30-13:00)

                PERSPECTIVES ON FINANCIAL STABILITY

                11:30-12:00 Financial Stability, A Framework for Central Banks
                                     Lars HEIKENSTEN
                                     (Governor- Bank of Sweden )
                12:00-12:30 On the Practice of Financial Stability in Greece: The Implications of Basel II
                                     Nicholas GARGANAS
                                     (Governor-Bank of Greece)
                12:30-13:00 Some Lessons from Recent Financial Crises
                                     Mario I. BLEJER
                                     (Director-Center for Central Banking Studies, Former Governor-Central Bank of Argentina)

                Moderator: Prof. Subidey Togan (Professor-Bilkent University)

                13:00-14:30 LUNCHEON HOSTED BY CENTRAL BANK OF TURKEY

                SESSION II (14:30-16:30)

                OVERVIEW OF BASEL II AND ITS REFLECTIONS ON FINANCIAL STABILITY

                14:30-15:00 Basel II, Risk Management, and Financial Stability
                                      William RUTLEDGE
                                     (Executive Vice President in charge of Bank Supervision Group-Fed NY)
                15:00-15:30 The New Basel Capital Accord
                                      Prof. Charles GOODHART
                                     (Professor, Member of the Financial Markets Group-LSE)
                15:30-16:00 Rethinking Bank Regulation
                                     Gerard CAPRIO Jr.
                                     (Director, Financial Sector Operations and Policy Department-World Bank)
                16:00-16:30 Basel II in the EU
                                     Iris Jandrasits
                                     (Seconded National Expert, Banking and Financial Conglomerates-EU Commission)

                Moderator: Durmus Yilmaz (Monetary Policy Committee Member-Central Bank of Turkey)

                19:00-22:00 Cocktail and Special Performance Hosted by Central Bank of Turkey (By Invitation Only)

                TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2005

                SESSION I (09:00-12:30)

                IMPLICATIONS OF BASEL II
                09:00-09:30 Implications of Basel II on Financial Stability and Central Bank Policies
                                     Dr. Erdem BASCI
                                     (Vice Governor-Central Bank of Turkey)
                09:30-10:00 Basel II and its Implications
                                     Dr. Susan SCHMIDT BIES
                                     (Member of the Board of Governors-FED)
                10:00-10:30 New Basel Accord and its Macroeconomic Implications on Turkey
                                     Ibrahim CANAKCI
                                     (Undersecretary-Turkish Treasury)

                10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK

                11:00-11:30 Supervisory and Regulatory Concerns
                                     Ahmet SIRIN
                                     (Vice Chairman-Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency)
                11:30-12:00 Preperation and Implementation of Basel II-Chilean Experience
                                     Enrique MARSHALL
                                     (Senior Superintendent-Superintendencio de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras-Chile)
                12:00-12:30 Implications for Banks
                                      Ersin ÖZINCE
                                     (Chairman- Banks Association of Turkey)

                Moderator: Dr. M. Ibrahim TURHAN (Board Member-CBRT)

                12:30-14:30 LUNCHEON HOSTED BY CENTRAL BANK OF TURKEY

                SESSION II (14:30- 16:00)

                IMPLICATIONS OF BASEL II(Cont.)

                14:30-15:00 Basel II and Market Discipline
                                     Prof. Richard HERRING
                                     (Jacob Safra Professorof International Banking -Wharton University)

                15:00-15:30 Implementation, Compliance and Rating Agencies
                                     Frederik C. MUSCH
                                     (Global Chairman-Price Waterhouse Coopers)

                15:30-16:00 Financial Markets, Crises Indicators and the Importance of Financial Stability
                                     Asli DEMİRGUC-KUNT
                                     (Finance Research Manager, Development Economics,
                                     and Adviser, Financial Sector Operations and Policy-World Bank)

                Moderator: Prof. Kursat AYDOGAN (Vice Rector-Bilkent University)

                19:00-22:00 Farewell Dinner Hosted by Central Bank of Turkey (By Invitation Only)
                WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2005

                SESSION I (09:00-12:45)

                SHARING EXPERIENCES ON ASSESSING FINANCIAL STABILITY
                09:00-09:30 Sir Andrew LARGE
                                     (Deputy Governor, Financial Stability- Bank of England)
                09:30-10:00 Risk Assessment and Oversight-the FSAP experience
                                     David MARSTON
                                     (Assistant Director, Monetary and Financial Systems Department-IMF)
                10:00-10:30 Current Issues of the Financial Stability in Hungary
                                      Zsigmond JARAI (Governor-Bank of Hungary)

                10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK

                11:00-11:30 Grzegorz BIELICKI
                                     (Director, Banking System Off-Site Analysis Division in the General Inspectorate of
                                     Banking Supervision-Bank of Poland)
                11:30-12:00 Where Do We Stand in Financial Stability Analysis?
                                    I. Hakki ARSLAN
                                     (General Manager, Banking and Financial Institutions Department-Central Bank of Turkey)
                12:00-12:30 Assessing Financial Stability: Conceptual and Organizational Challanges
                                     Peter PRAET
                                     (Executive Director-Bank of Belgium)

                Moderator: Fernando MONTES-NEGRET(Sector Director-World Bank)

                CLOSING REMARKS BY GOVERNOR SUREYYA SERDENGECTI

                12:45-14:00 LUNCHEON HOSTED BY CENTRAL BANK OF TURKEY

                19:00-21:00 Dinner hosted by Central Bank of Turkey (By Invitation Only)