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Founded in 1986, the Program on International Financial Systems (PIFS) conducts the highest quality international research, provides an international forum for exchange of ideas, and educates international lawyers.
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| 2009 China - U.S. Symposium |
June 12-14, 2009 ♦ Harvard Law School ♦ Cambridge, MAPIFS and the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF)will co-host the Sixth Annual Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for China & the United States in June 2009. Keynote speeches wil be delivered by: Please visit the China - U.S. page for more details. |
| 2009 Japan - U.S. Symposium |
October 23-25, 2009 ♦ The Sanford I. Weill Center for Strategy and Executive Development ♦ Armonk, NYPIFS and the International House of Japan will co-host the Twelfth Annual Japan -U.S. Symposium from October 23 and 25, 20098 in Armonk, New York. Please visit the Japan - U.S. page for more details. |
| 2009 Russia - EU - U.S. Symposium |
November 12-14, 2009 ♦ Ritz Carlton ♦MoscowPIFS and University Higher School of Economics (U-HSE), Moscow are pleased to announce the inaugural Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for Russia, the European Union, and the United States. |
2009 Europe - U.S. Symposium |
March 26-28, 2009 ♦ UniManagement Center ♦ TorinoThe Symposium Report is now available. PIFS and the Center for European Policy Studies, co-hosted the seventh annual Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for Europe & the United States in March 2009. Please visit our Europe page for more details. Keynote Speeches Panelist/Chair Presentations |
| Forest Carbon Finance Summit 2009: Making Forest Carbon Markets Work |
March 6-8, 2009 ♦ World Wildlife Fund Offices & The Fairmont Hotel ♦ Washington, DCThe FCFS 2009 report is now available. PIFS, The World Wildlife Fund and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions jointly sponsored the innagural Forest Carbon Finance Summit 2009 in Washington, DC. The Summit drew together seventy senior executives, policy experts, investors, as well as legal and financial leaders in an “off the record” offsite meeting to enable frank engagement on whether and how the carbon markets can be useful to channel the required sums of capital to the forest countries to enable and encourage those countries to reduce emissions from deforestation. More... FCFS 2009 white papers, participant concept papers, and background materials are available here. The final presentation is available here.
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| 2009 Latin America- U.S. Symposium |
This event has been postponed due to the historic financial crisis. We look forward to rescheduling and holding a well balanced Symposium later this year.Details will be available on our Latin America page as they become available. |
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| 2008 China - U.S. Symposium |
The recently completed 2008 China - U.S. Symposium was held at the Dongjiao State Guest Hotel in Shanghai from September 5-7, 2008. Click here to see a short video of the event. The symposium final report is now available.
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| LATIN AMERICA U.S. SYMPOSIUM |
The report for the 2008 Latin America - U.S. Symposium is now available. |
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THE PRINCIPALS |
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Hal S. Scott Director |
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Daniel McCardell Deputy Director Prior to joining the Program on International Financial Systems, Dan served as Special Assistant to the President of the United States and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. In this capacity, Dan served as a key link to the American business community on policy and legislative issues on behalf of the White House, including on matters relating to taxes, trade, regulation, and competitiveness issues. |
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Robin Radin Associate
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Donald P. Kanak Senior Fellow |
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