Themes to be considered at the conference include, but are not limited to:

• Financial markets and banking
• Capital flows and macroeconomic and financial stability
• Spillovers between advanced economies and emerging economies
• Challenges for emerging markets economic growth and financial stability, and implications for the global economy
• Institutional development and reforms and their impacts on the real and financial sectors
• Relative role of institutions versus economic policies for the economic growth and development
• International financial institutions and their impacts on the emerging economies during the post-crisis era
• Impact of the global financial crisis, and European and Greek crises on the real and financial sectors
• Regional economic integration and the cross-border trade and investment among the emerging economies
• Comparative studies on the economic transition and system changes in Asia, Europe and the Americas
• Country-specific studies on the reforms of financial markets, industrial and technology sectors, foreign trade and investment regimes, etc.
• Vulnerabilities in emerging market economies and policy options
• Monetary policies and fiscal policies, their interactions, and their effects on the economies
• Sustainable development of the global economy and emerging markets in the context of arising geo-political conflicts
• Emerging markets and the future of the international monetary system