SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

PEPM 20th Anniversary Weekend

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Date: April 27-28, 2012

Twenty years ago, the Program in Economic Policy Management (PEPM) was created to educate mid-career professionals with designing and implementing economic policies. On April 27 and 28, we plan to bring together twenty years of graduates of the program to celebrate our 20th Anniversary. In addition, two panels at SIPA’s annual Alumni Day will take a look forward, as well as looking back, at issues in economic policy.

 

The cost for the full weekend is $150 per person; for Saturday only, the cost is $80 per person.

PEPM 20th Anniversary Schedule: Friday, April 27 - Saturday, April 28
Hotel Block Information | Registration

 

PEPM 20th Anniversary Schedule

FRIDAY, APRIL 27
Location: International Affairs Building, 1501

12:00pm
Reception, Registration, and Luncheon

12:00pm-12:30pm

Guests arrive, register and join opening reception.

• Welcome by Robert Lieberman, Interim Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
• Opening Remarks by Guillermo Calvo, Director of the Program in Economic Policy Management
• David Caughlin Discusses Alumni Networking

12:30pm-1:00pm

Guests take lunch and are seated.

 

1:00pm-2:15pm

Alumni Panel #1:  The European Crisis and Emerging Markets’ Resilience

• Ludwig Marek, PEPM 2007 (Moderator), Product Manager, Citi Capital Advisor (CCA),
• Camilo Soto, PEPM 1995 President and CEO, Valfinanzas, Colombia
• Alberto Rigoni, PEPM 2006 Head of Business & Channel Support, International Market, UniCredit Leasing S.p.A.
• Isfandyar Khan, PEPM 2002 Financial Specialist, Europe and Central Asia, The World Bank
• Anjali Varma, PEPM 2008, Macquarie, Country Risk

2:15pm-2:30pm

Break

2:30pm-3:45pm

Alumni Panel #2: PEPM Alumni Career Panel

• Christopher Reim, PEPM 2011 (Moderator), Freelance Development Consultant
• Patricia Seex, PEPM 2008, DFID - Lagos
• Gyaltshen Penjor, PEPM 2001, Operations Specialist, Development Policy & Analysis Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

3:45pm-4:00pm

Break

4:00pm-4:30pm

PEPM Alumni Experiences and Feedback Session

 

6:00pm-9:00pm

Evening Cocktail and Networking at the Boat Basin (79th Street and Riverside Drive)

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 28
Location: Columbia Faculty House, 64 Morningside Drive

SIPA Alumni Day, 11am-4pm

The School of International and Public Affairs’ annual Alumni Day is geared toward bringing SIPA alumni together from all parts of the world, to discuss the top issues of the day with faculty and fellow alumni. In celebration of PEPM’s 20th anniversary, two panels will focus on the past and future of economic policy management, although PEPM alumni are invited to attend the other panels as well.

10:00am – 11:00am

Faculty House, Garden Room 1

Breakfast and discussion with World Bank Institute Staff and the Executive Director for Japan to the World Bank

This breakfast is for current and former PEPM Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program recipients.

11:00am        

Welcome

Roger Baumann, Chair, SIPA Alumni Council and Robert Lieberman, Interim Dean, SIPA

11:45am         

Panel #1:  *PEPM 20th Anniversary Panel* (Seminar Room #1)

Key Economic Policy Issues in the Past Twenty Years

 

• Arvid Lukauskas (Chair), PEPM Executive Director and former Acting Director of PEPM from 2002-2007
• Michael Connolly, (Director of PEPM 1994-1995), Professor of Economics, University of Miami School of Business Administration; Professor of Finance, Hunan University, PRC
• Juan Pablo Jimenez, (PEPM 2000, and PEPM Faculty Member) Division of Economic Development, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Robert Mundell, (PEPM Faculty Member 1992-1996), Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1999, University Professor, Columbia University
  

Additional Alumni Day Morning Panels:

• The Global Human Rights Crisis
  
• The American Election: What Can We Expect?
  
  

1:00pm-2:30pm:

Lunch and Keynote Speaker- President Rooms #2 and 3

Robert Kopech, MIA ‘77
Vice President and Group Chief Risk Officer

“Myths, Mendacity, and Mismanagement”

2:45pm     

Panel #1: *PEPM 20th Anniversary Panel (Seminar Room #1)

Economic Policy Under Duress: The Way Forward

 

• Guillermo Calvo (Chair), Director of Program in Economic Policy Management; Professor of International and Public Affairs
• Richard Clarida, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Columbia University
• Ron Findlay, (PEPM Faculty Member 1992-2008), Ragnar Nurkse Professor of Economics, Columbia University
• Michael Gavin, (PEPM Director and Faculty Member 1992-1994), Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets Strategy, Barclay’s Capital
• Francisco Rivera-Batiz, (Director of PEPM 1996-2002), Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

Additional Alumni Day Afternoon Panels

• Grassroots Organizations and the Impact of Social Media
  
• Climate Change and Politics
  

6:00pm-9:00pm          

Closing Reception and Dinner at the Columbia Club
featuring: Keynote Speaker -  Dani Rodrik, Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School

 

Hotel Blocks

Because we know that many of our alumni will be traveling from all over the world to attend Alumni Day and Reunions, we’ve reserved a limited number of rooms at two hotels on the Upper West Side. Please call the hotels directly and ask for the Columbia University/School of International and Public Affairs block.

On the Avenue 2178 Broadway at W. 77th St. 212-362-1100 $259/night

Registration

The cost to attend PEPM’s 20th anniversary is $150 for both days; for Saturday only, it is $80.