DAY 1: Wednesday, 15 September

08:30-09:00 Registration Session 1 Setting the political and economic scene 09:00-9:45 The world economy since 1945 and the changing functions of international economic institutions (UN, World Bank, IMF, GATT/WTO,BIS) Charles Simkins, St Augustine College

09:45-10:30 Global political power transitions, state regimes and distributive conflict within and between states Raphael de Kadt, St Augustine College

10:30-11:00 TEA

Session 2A The role of the state in a social market system and in a global context 11:00-11:45 The relevance of social market economics in the current global situation Jörg M. Winterberg, Rektor SRH Hochschule Heidelberg

Session 2B Business and the public good 11:45-12:30 Merchants of Modernity: Business and the Public Good Ann Bernstein, Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) 12:45-1:30 LUNCH Session 3 Sociological and theological aspects of economic globalization 13:45-14:30 The sociological implications of economic globalization David Fryer, Rhodes University

14:30-15:15 Catholic social thought and the global economy, with special emphasis on Caritas in Veritate Rodney Moss, St Augustine College

15:15-15:30 TEA

Session 4 Economic globalization and people 15:30-16:15 The challenges of international migration Aurelia Wa Kabwe-Segatti, Forced Migration Studies Programme, WITS

16:15-17:00 Education for all: economic and social inclusion imperatives Nick Rowe, St Augustine College

DAY 2: Thursday, 16 September

Session 5 Ethics and the global economy 09:00-09:45 Ethical challenges of the current economic system: the common good: access to global forums, distributive justice, management of the global commons, and climate Marilise Smurthwaite, St Augustine College

09:45-10:30 New Directions in Global Financial Governance and Regulation Laurence Boulle, Mandela Institute, WITS

10:30-11:00 TEA

Session 6 New directions

11:00-12:00 New Directions in Economics and Ethics Gerard Walmsley, St Augustine College

12:15 LUNCH AND CLOSURE