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Webinars of the week - 26 October
This is a week with some interesting webinars on the role of banks and central banks, lobbying and advocacy, corruption and a 2-day conference at Oxford on political theory.
A thread
http://arthurwittenberg.com/2020/10/25/webinars-of-the-week-26-october/
This is a week with some interesting webinars on the role of banks and central banks, lobbying and advocacy, corruption and a 2-day conference at Oxford on political theory.
A thread
http://arthurwittenberg.com/2020/10/25/webinars-of-the-week-26-october/
Brasília, 25 October 2020.
Dear colleagues,
This is the selection of free webinars for this week about political economy, public policy and business-government relations. All webinars are in English, except the ones with a title in Portuguese.
Dear colleagues,
This is the selection of free webinars for this week about political economy, public policy and business-government relations. All webinars are in English, except the ones with a title in Portuguese.
Please, observe the time zones, and thanks for all the suggestions.
Best regards,
Arthur Wittenberg.
Best regards,
Arthur Wittenberg.
Monday, 26 October
8:30am – 9:30am (EDT) – Atlantic Council - A conversation with Qatar Development Bank CEO Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al Khalifa ( https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/a-conversation-with-abdulaziz-bin-nasser-al-khalifa/)
11:00am – 2:45pm (GMT) – Oxford - Graduate Political Theory Conference, Day 1 ( https://oxgradconference.wixsite.com/oxfordgradconference)
11:00am – 2:45pm (GMT) – Oxford - Graduate Political Theory Conference, Day 1 ( https://oxgradconference.wixsite.com/oxfordgradconference)
11:45am – 12:45am (EDT) – Atlantic Council - The US and Central Europe: Shaping the post-COVID-19 transatlantic agenda ( https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/the-us-and-central-europe-shaping-the-post-covid-19-transatlantic-agenda/)
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EDT) – Yale – Book discussion: “The Virus in the Age of Madness”, with Bernard-Henry Lévy, John Kerry and Emma Sky ( https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5OO-IXQgQCibgo-FHsLTog)
2:00pm – 3:30pm (GMT) – King’s - Book launch: Votes, Drugs, and Violence - The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico ( https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/votes-drugs-and-violence-the-political-logic-of-criminal-wars-in-mexico)
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – UCL - Schumpeter, the entrepreneurial state and China ( https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/events/2020/oct/schumpeter-entrepreneurial-state-and-china)
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – UCL - Schumpeter, the entrepreneurial state and China ( https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/events/2020/oct/schumpeter-entrepreneurial-state-and-china)
Tuesday, 27 October
10:00am – 12:00pm (GMT) – King’s - Competition Law and Policy in China ( https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/competition-law-and-policy-in-china)
11:00am – 2:45pm (GMT) – Oxford - Graduate Political Theory Conference, Day 2 ( https://oxgradconference.wixsite.com/oxfordgradconference)
11:00am – 2:45pm (GMT) – Oxford - Graduate Political Theory Conference, Day 2 ( https://oxgradconference.wixsite.com/oxfordgradconference)
11:00am – 12:05pm (BRT) – The Economist - The Disrupters: The Future of Corruption ( https://events.economist.com/events-conferences/americas/the-disrupters-the-future-of-corruption-latam)
5:00pm – 6:30pm (GMT) – Oxford – Can Carbon Markets Work? ( https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/can-carbon-markets-work)
5:00pm – 6:30pm (GMT) – Oxford – Can Carbon Markets Work? ( https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/can-carbon-markets-work)
5:00pm – 6:30pm (GMT) – LSE - Lives versus Livelihoods: evaluating policies to address COVID-19 ( https://www.lse.ac.uk/global-health-initiative/Events-and-Networking/Webinars/Lives-versus-Livelihoods-evaluating-policies-to-address-COVID-19)
Wednesday, 28 October
8:30am – 10:00am (PT) – Stanford – Corporate Sustainability: Going Far Beyond Advocacy ( https://app.certain.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x3220881abcd)
9:00am – 10:00am (EDT) – PIIE - Are megabanks still a problem? ( https://www.piie.com/events/are-megabanks-still-problem)
9:00am – 10:00am (EDT) – PIIE - Are megabanks still a problem? ( https://www.piie.com/events/are-megabanks-still-problem)
12:30pm – 2:00pm (EDT) – Wilson Center – Lobbying and Corruption in Democratic Brazil ( https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/lobbying-and-corruption-democratic-brazil)
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – UCL – How does campaigning and lobbying influence policy? ( https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-does-campaigning-and-lobbying-influence-policy-tickets-123325727571)
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – UCL – How does campaigning and lobbying influence policy? ( https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-does-campaigning-and-lobbying-influence-policy-tickets-123325727571)
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – Oxford - Seven building blocks for reflective journalism
2:00pm – 3:00pm (GMT) – LSE - Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World, with Fareed Zakaria ( https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2020/10/202010281400/ten)
2:00pm – 3:00pm (GMT) – LSE - Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World, with Fareed Zakaria ( https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2020/10/202010281400/ten)
3:00pm – 4:00pm (EDT) – Atlantic Council/IRelGov - 2020 Road to the White House: Why Latin America and the Latino vote matter ( https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/2020-road-to-the-white-house-why-latin-america-and-the-latino-vote-matter/)
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – LSE – The Rise and Rise of Big Tech ( https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2020/10/202010281600/tech)
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – LSE – The Rise and Rise of Big Tech ( https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2020/10/202010281600/tech)
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – Canning House - Bolivia & Chile: Current Affairs Briefing ( https://www.canninghouse.org/events/bolivia-chile-current-affairs-briefing)
4:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT) – Berkeley/Harvard/Yale - Environmental Economics and Energy Seminar ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0a8kXI_T4GFtWXav13LyfobLFYc3-AlIx6iFDNtI7_H2hPQ/viewform)
4:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT) – Berkeley/Harvard/Yale - Environmental Economics and Energy Seminar ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0a8kXI_T4GFtWXav13LyfobLFYc3-AlIx6iFDNtI7_H2hPQ/viewform)
4:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT) – Harvard - The Monetary Policy Consequences of COVID-19 ( https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/monetary-policy-consequences-covid-19)
4:30pm – 6:00pm (GMT) – Manchester - Political economies of energy transition: wind and solar power in Brazil and South Africa ( https://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:f13c-kfz8lqq1-7nj5vb/gdi-webinar-political-economies-of-energy-transition-wind-and-solar-power-in-brazil-and-south-africa)
4:30pm – 6:00pm (GMT) – Manchester - Political economies of energy transition: wind and solar power in Brazil and South Africa ( https://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:f13c-kfz8lqq1-7nj5vb/gdi-webinar-political-economies-of-energy-transition-wind-and-solar-power-in-brazil-and-south-africa)
5:00pm – 6:30pm (GMT) – LSE - Absent Management in Banking: how banks fail and cause financial crisis ( https://www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-History/Events/2020-21/Alumni-Lecture-2020)
6:00pm – 7:00pm (GMT) – King’s – Professor Sir David Omand and his new book: ‘How Spies Think – 10 Lessons in Intelligence’ ( https://thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/professor-sir-david-omand-how-spies-think/)
6:00pm – 7:00pm (GMT) – King’s – Professor Sir David Omand and his new book: ‘How Spies Think – 10 Lessons in Intelligence’ ( https://thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/professor-sir-david-omand-how-spies-think/)
7:00pm – 8:30pm (BRT) – IDP – Introdução à avaliação de impacto: conceitos básicos e exemplos práticos ( https://www.idp.edu.br/openclass/avaliacao-de-impacto/)
Thursday, 29 October
8:00am – 12:00pm (GMT) – LSE - COVID-19: impact on the economy and central bank policies ( https://www.lse.ac.uk/iga/events/2020-virtual/COVID-19-impact-on-the-economy-and-central-bank-policies)
12:00pm – 1:15pm (GMT) – King’s - Sino-Pakistani relations: politics, military and regional dynamics ( https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/sino-pakistani-relations-politics-military-and-regional-dynamics-1)
12:00pm – 1:15pm (GMT) – King’s - Sino-Pakistani relations: politics, military and regional dynamics ( https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/sino-pakistani-relations-politics-military-and-regional-dynamics-1)
12:00pm – 1:15pm (CT) – Chicago - Fighting Corruption: Lessons from Latin America, with Sergio Moro, Laura Alonso and Rafael Di Tella ( https://www.chicagobooth.edu/research/stigler/events/fighting-corruption-lessons-from-latin-america)
12:00pm – 1:30pm (EDT) – Columbia – Geopolitical Outlook 2020-2021 ( https://events.columbia.edu/cal/event/eventView.do?b=de&calPath=%2Fpublic%2Fcals%2FMainCal&guid=CAL-00bb9e28-74f7d362-0174-fad44c2d-000054d6events@columbia.edu&recurrenceId=)
12:00pm – 1:30pm (EDT) – Columbia – Geopolitical Outlook 2020-2021 ( https://events.columbia.edu/cal/event/eventView.do?b=de&calPath=%2Fpublic%2Fcals%2FMainCal&guid=CAL-00bb9e28-74f7d362-0174-fad44c2d-000054d6events@columbia.edu&recurrenceId=)
12:00pm – 1:00pm (PT) – Stanford - Speaker Series: A Conversation with David Miliband ( https://events.stanford.edu/events/890/89072/)
12:00pm – 1:00pm (PT) – Stanford - Clients and Constituents: Political Responsiveness in Patronage Democracies ( https://events.stanford.edu/events/891/89145/)
12:00pm – 1:00pm (PT) – Stanford - Clients and Constituents: Political Responsiveness in Patronage Democracies ( https://events.stanford.edu/events/891/89145/)
12:30pm – 1:30pm (CET) – Hertie - Exogenous shocks, benchmarking, and legislative debates ( https://www.hertie-school.org/en/events/event-detail/event/exogenous-shocks-benchmarking-and-legislative-debates)
2:00pm – 3:00pm (EDT) – Deloitte - Preparing an integrated cybersecurity approach for the advent of 5G ( http://www.usdbriefs.com/calendar/thyme/thyme/event_view.php?eid=16504&instance=2020-10-29)
2:00pm – 3:00pm (EDT) – Deloitte - Preparing an integrated cybersecurity approach for the advent of 5G ( http://www.usdbriefs.com/calendar/thyme/thyme/event_view.php?eid=16504&instance=2020-10-29)
6:00pm – 7:30pm (GMT) – UCL - It’s More Than the Economy, Stupid: What Can We Expect from the 2020 US Presidential Election? ( https://www.ucl.ac.uk/political-science/events/2020/oct/its-more-economy-stupid-what-can-we-expect-2020-us-presidential-election)
Friday, 23 October
8:00am – 9:00am (JST) – The World Bank – The 82nd World Bank Group Morning Seminar “Semiannual Report of Latin America and the Caribbean Region: The Cost of Staying Healthy” ( https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2020/10/30/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-the-cost-of-staying-healthy)
12:00pm – 1:30pm (EDT) – Harvard – The Future World Order: Digital Trade ( https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/future-world-order-digital-trade)
1:00pm – 2:30pm (CET) – BIS - Per Jacobsson Lecture - Central bank cooperation and US dollar liquidity: what can we learn from the past? ( https://www.bis.org/events/per_jacobsson_2020.htm)
1:00pm – 2:30pm (CET) – BIS - Per Jacobsson Lecture - Central bank cooperation and US dollar liquidity: what can we learn from the past? ( https://www.bis.org/events/per_jacobsson_2020.htm)
1:00pm – 2:00pm (EDT) – Squire Patton Boggs - What the US Election Means for Labor and Employment Legislation ( https://www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/insights/events/2020/10/virtual-discussion-what-the-us-election-means-for-labor-and-employment-legislation)
3:00pm – 4:30pm (GMT) – Canning House - Combatting Corruption in Latin America ( https://www.canninghouse.org/events/combatting-corruption-in-latin-america)
3:00pm – 4:30pm (GMT) – Canning House - Combatting Corruption in Latin America ( https://www.canninghouse.org/events/combatting-corruption-in-latin-america)
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – Oxford - Banking on Failure: Cum-Ex and Why and How Banks Game the System ( https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/banking-failure-cum-ex-and-why-and-how-banks-game-system)
This thread can be read here: http://arthurwittenberg.com/2020/10/25/webinars-of-the-week-26-october/
