New York State Senate

Senate Standing Committee on Banks

Brian X. Foley, Chair

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. New York State Insurance Department 25 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004

I. Senator Brian X. Foley – Chairman, Banks Committee

II. Panel 1- Argentina’s Historic Default: Causes and Consequences

Dr. Robert Shapiro – Co-Chair, American Task Force Argentina Carolyn B. Lamm – Partner, White & Case LLP

Dr. Claudio Loser – Senior Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue; President, Centennial Group Latin America LLC; Former Western Hemisphere Director for the IMF

James M. Roberts – Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth, Center for International Trade and Economics (CITE), The Heritage Foundation

Mark Botsford – Argentine creditor, U.S. taxpayer Dr. Thomas Halper – Political Science Department Chair, Baruch College

Introductory Remarks

III. Panel 2- How Argentina Has Undermined New York Markets and Institutions

Dr. Richard W. Rahn – Chairman, Institute for Global Economic Growth

Dennis Hranitzky – Counsel, Dechert LLP

Alexander Yanos – Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Dr. Arturo Porzecanski – Distinguished Economist-in-Residence, American University School of International Service

John Missing – Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

IV. Panel 3- What the Legislature Can Do Robert Cohen – Partner, Dechert LLP

Robert Raben – Executive Director, American Task Force Argentina, The Raben Group

V. Closing Remarks Senator Brian X. Foley – Chairman, Banks Commitee