What have we learned from European Economic Integration? A conference to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the 20th Anniversary of the Cecchini Report and the 15th Anniversary of Sussex European Institute 16 and 17 July, 2007, Conference Centre, University of Sussex Monday 16 July 2007 European Integration and the world Topic speaker institution discussant 10.00 Coffee & Welcome Prof Jim SEI Rollo 10.30 Key note address Prof University Alasdair of Sussex Smith 11.30 External Implications of the Single Market Peter Holmes University of Sussex 12.30 Michael Gasiorek CARIS, University of Sussex 13.30 Regional trading Arrangements Developing Countries and deep integration. lunch 14.30 Expanding the EU Jarek Pietras 15.15 Regional trading arrangements in Asia: what have they learned from Europe Coffee Keynote Address: From Economic Community to Economic Union: Europe at 50 Close Conference Dinner David Vines University of Oxford Helen Wallace University of Sussex 16.00 16.30 17.30 19.30 Prof Jim Rollo, Sussex European Institute University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RG United Kingdom Alan Mayhew T +44(0) 1273 877265 F +44(0) 1273 678571 www.sei.ac.uk www.sussex.ac.uk Tuesday 17 July Internal EU Integration 09.00 Coffee 09.30 Assessing proposals for Jim Rollo Economic Integration: a policy maker’s guide to the state of the Art 10.15 The Political Economy Francis of Integrating network McGowan industries SEI Peter Dodd DBERR Politics and Contemporary European Studies DBERR 11.00 20 years after Cecchini what have policy makers and business learned about European Integration from Economic Analysis 11.45 Cockfield Memorial Lecture: Where next on the single Market: the economic benefits of further liberalisation 12.30 Lunch Vicky Pryce Adriaan Dierx* and Fabienne Ilkovitz* European Commission 14.00 Free movement of Labour and deep integration: 14.45 Is the world breaking into natural trading blocs: Markets and regional Integration in Europe and globally? 15.30 Coffee 16.00 Closing Keynote Alan Winters World Bank/ University of Sussex IDS and the University of Sussex Prof Sherman Robinson Prof Tony Venables Alan Winters DFID and Oxford 17.00 Close *TBC Prof Jim Rollo, Sussex European Institute University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RG United Kingdom T +44(0) 1273 877265 F +44(0) 1273 678571 www.sei.ac.uk www.sussex.ac.uk