Warwick Economics Summit
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The Warwick Economics Summit is an entirely student-run, international forum at the University of Warwick
in England, United Kingdom
, where hundreds of students annually gather to listen to speakers knowledgeable in the social sciences. More than a weekend of economics-based talks, the Summit encompasses the broader spheres of development, politics and international relations.
Students from various UK universities - among them the London School of Economics
, Oxford
or Cambridge University
- annually descend upon the University of Warwick for the weekend, but they are also joined by delegates from across the world. The latest Summit in 2011 welcomed students from a broad range of countries, among them the United States (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, Princeton University
), Italy (Bocconi University
), Sweden (Malmö University), Russia (Kazan State University) and Turkey (Bilkent University
).
Each year, the summit features around ten main speakers. In addition, several smaller 'micro-talks' are held.
Notable past guests include:
Speakers included:
, (Head of the National Bank of Poland
), as the honoured guest speaker.
Speakers included:
Speakers included:
In addition, it was held on the same weekend of the first Economics Ball, organised by Warwick Economics Society.
Speakers included:
Now in its third year, the Economics Summit continued to grow in popularity. Around 300 students from Warwick and an increasing number of other universities attended.
Speakers included:
Speakers included:
The first Economics Summit, hosted by the Warwick Economics Society, took place between the 25 and 27 January 2002. This marked the first inter-university undergraduate Economics event in the UK. About 170 students including 40 non-Warwick students attended.
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
in England, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, where hundreds of students annually gather to listen to speakers knowledgeable in the social sciences. More than a weekend of economics-based talks, the Summit encompasses the broader spheres of development, politics and international relations.
Students from various UK universities - among them the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
or Cambridge University
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
- annually descend upon the University of Warwick for the weekend, but they are also joined by delegates from across the world. The latest Summit in 2011 welcomed students from a broad range of countries, among them the United States (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
), Italy (Bocconi University
Bocconi University
Bocconi University is a private university located in central Milan, beside Parco Ravizza. Bocconi provides undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education, in addition to a range of double degree programs, in the fields of economics, management, finance and law. According to many university...
), Sweden (Malmö University), Russia (Kazan State University) and Turkey (Bilkent University
Bilkent University
İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, commonly referred to as Bilkent University or Bilkent, is the first private, nonprofit university in Turkey with the fundamental aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research...
).
Format and speakers
The Summit typically begins on a Friday with a welcome reception followed by talks, discussion seminars and a panel debate throughout the weekend.Each year, the summit features around ten main speakers. In addition, several smaller 'micro-talks' are held.
Notable past guests include:
- Prof. John F. Nash (Nobel Laureate 1994 - "Nash equilibriumNash equilibriumIn game theory, Nash equilibrium is a solution concept of a game involving two or more players, in which each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players, and no player has anything to gain by changing only his own strategy unilaterally...
") - Alistair DarlingAlistair DarlingAlistair Maclean Darling is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament since 1987, currently for Edinburgh South West. He served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010...
(Shadow Chancellor of the ExchequerShadow Chancellor of the ExchequerThe Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Parliamentary system is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who is responsible for shadowing the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The title is in the gift of the Leader of the Opposition but is informal. The Shadow Chancellor has no constitutional...
) - Prof. John KayJohn Kay (economist)John Kay is a leading British business economist of centrist persuasion.Kay was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh University, and Nuffield College, Oxford...
(UK economist) - John Authers (Global Head of the business and finance column Lex of the Financial Times)
- Kevin KallaugherKevin KallaugherKevin Kallaugher is a political cartoonist for The Economist and the former cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun. He is known as KAL at The Economist.-Editorial cartoon career:...
(Editorial cartoonist for The Economist) - Patrick Birley (CEO of European Climate ExchangeEuropean Climate ExchangeThe European Climate Exchange manages the product development and marketing for ECX Carbon Financial Instruments , listed and admitted for trading on the ICE Futures Europe electronic platform. It is no longer a subsidiary of the Chicago Climate Exchange but rather a sister company...
, the world's largest futures exchange for emissions trading) - Prof. Kandeh YumkellaKandeh YumkellaKandeh K. Yumkella is the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization .-Education:* 1991 - Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois...
(Director General of United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationUnited Nations Industrial Development OrganizationThe United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
) - Harriet LambHarriet LambHarriet Lamb is a leading campaigner for fair trade and has been Executive Director of the United Kingdom Fairtrade Foundation since 2001. She was born in England, lived in India as a child and then grew up and was educated in the UK, taking a first degree in political science at Cambridge...
(Executive Director of The Fairtrade FoundationThe Fairtrade FoundationThe Fairtrade Foundation is a charity based in the United Kingdom that works to empower disadvantaged producers in developing countries by tackling injustice in conventional trade, in particular by promoting and licensing the Fairtrade Mark, a guarantee that products retailed in the UK have been...
) - Johannes F. LinnJohannes F. LinnJohannes Linn is Executive Director of the Wolfensohn Center for Development and Senior Fellow of the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution....
(former World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
Vice President) - Prof. Charles BeanCharlie BeanCharles Richard "Charlie" Bean is Deputy Governor at the Bank of England.Bean attended Brentwood School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and was a contemporary of the comedian Griff Rhys Jones at both and the writer Douglas Adams at Brentwood School. He worked at Her Majesty's Treasury. He gained...
(Deputy Governor at the Bank of EnglandBank of EnglandThe Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world...
). - Prof. Ewald NowotnyEwald NowotnyEwald Nowotny is an Austrian economist and social democratic politician and currently president of the National Bank of Austria and member of the European Central Bank ’s governing council....
(Governor of the National Bank of Austria) - Prof. Marek BelkaMarek BelkaMarek Marian Belka is a Polish professor of Economics, a former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, former Director of the International Monetary Fund's European Department and current Head of National Bank of Poland.- Biography :...
(Head of the National Bank of PolandNational Bank of PolandNarodowy Bank Polski is the central bank of Poland. It controls the issuing of Poland's currency, the złoty. The Bank is headquartered in Warsaw, and has branches in every major Polish town...
and former Prime Minister)
2011
The 10th Warwick Economics Summit was held on 18–20 February 2011.Speakers included:
- Nick LeesonNick LeesonNicholas "Nick" Leeson is a former derivatives broker whose fraudulent, unauthorized speculative trading caused the collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdom's oldest investment bank, for which he was sent to prison...
, Infamous trader whose unchecked risk-taking caused 'the biggest financial scandal of the 20th century', on "The Original Rogue Trader" - Tim HarfordTim HarfordTim Harford is an English economist and journalist, residing in London. He is the author of four economics books, presenter of BBC television series Trust Me, I'm an Economist, and writer of a humorous weekly column called "Dear Economist" for The Financial Times, in which he uses economic theory...
, FT 'Dear Economist' columnist and author of 'The Undercover Economist', on "The Economics of Sex, Alcohol and Happiness" - Peter Backus, Teaching Fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Warwick, on "Why I don't have a girlfriend"
- Daniel Franklin, Executive Editor of The Economist and the Editor of The World in 2011, on "Mega Trends"
- Andy HaldaneAndy HaldaneAndy Haldane is Executive Director of Financial Stability at the Bank of England-Education:In 1988, Haldane received a BA in Economics from the University of Sheffield and in 1989 and MA in Economics from the University of Warwick...
, Executive Director of Financial Stability, The Bank of England, on "Finance and Stability" - Linda Yueh, Director of the China Growth Centre, Oxford University and Economics Correspondent, Bloomberg TV, on "The Economy of China: Why institutional reforms are key"
- Tim CongdonTim CongdonTim G. Congdon CBE ) is an economist, educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and St. John's and Nuffield colleges at the University of Oxford, with a long record of commenting on public policy issues, including writing sympathetically about the monetarist approach to macroeconomic policy...
CBE, Economist and journalist, on "Did Quantitative Easing save the world?" - Gregory Crawford, Econometrics lecturer at the University of Warwick, on "Doing Good with (Good) Econometrics"
- Paul MasonPaul Mason (journalist)Paul Mason is economics editor of BBC's Newsnight. He is the author of Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global and, more recently, a book on the global economic crisis: Meltdown - the End of the Age of Greed.- Early life :Mason was born in Leigh, Lancashire...
, Economics Editor for Newsnight, on "Currency Wars" - Greg Fisher, Chief Economist ResPublica, on "The endless possibilities of Economics today"
- Dr. Peter Dawson, Head of Postgraduate Teaching, University of Bath, on "Hosting major sporting events: panacea or poisoned chalice?"
- Duncan GreenDuncan Green- Previous Employment :Prior to working there he was employed as a Senior Policy Adviser on Trade and Development at the Department for International Development . He was responsible for looking at trade in goods. His post at DFID was originally a secondment from CAFOD. At CAFOD he had been their...
, Head of Research, Oxfam, on "What's new in development?" - George Magnus, Senior Economics Adviser, UBS Investment Bank, in the Summit's panel debate
- Jasmine BirtlesJasmine BirtlesJasmine Birtles is a financial and business commentator, journalist, TV presenter and radio presenter, author and humourist.Her consumer website Moneymagpie.com contains information on all aspects of making and saving money. She regularly appears on various TV and radio programmes, including GMTV,...
, Owner of Moneymagpie.com, in the Summit's panel debate - Hugh PymHugh PymHugh Pym is a British journalist and author. He is an instantly recognisable figure, standing at over two metres tall.-Early life and education:...
, Chief Economics Correspondent, BBC, in the Summit's panel debate - Philippe LegrainPhilippe LegrainPhilippe Legrain is a British economist and writer. He specialises in global and European economic issues, notably globalisation, migration and the post-crisis world.- Early life and background :...
, British economist, journalist and writer, in the Summit's panel debate
2010
On Sunday, January 17, 2010, Warwick Economics Summit hosted its first promotional event at Warwick Arts Center with Marek BelkaMarek Belka
Marek Marian Belka is a Polish professor of Economics, a former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, former Director of the International Monetary Fund's European Department and current Head of National Bank of Poland.- Biography :...
, (Head of the National Bank of Poland
National Bank of Poland
Narodowy Bank Polski is the central bank of Poland. It controls the issuing of Poland's currency, the złoty. The Bank is headquartered in Warsaw, and has branches in every major Polish town...
), as the honoured guest speaker.
Speakers included:
- Alistair DarlingAlistair DarlingAlistair Maclean Darling is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament since 1987, currently for Edinburgh South West. He served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010...
, Shadow Chancellor of the ExchequerShadow Chancellor of the ExchequerThe Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Parliamentary system is the member of the Shadow Cabinet who is responsible for shadowing the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The title is in the gift of the Leader of the Opposition but is informal. The Shadow Chancellor has no constitutional...
: As a British Labour Party politician Mr. Darling has been Member of Parliament since 1987. Since then he has been Secretary of StateSecretary of State (United Kingdom)In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State is a Cabinet Minister in charge of a Government Department ....
for various areas, such as for Work and Pensions or for Trade and Industry. In 2007 under Gordon Brown’s administration he was made Chancellor of the ExchequerChancellor of the ExchequerThe Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called the Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the...
, and he acts as Shadow Chancellor. Darling was one of only three people to have served in the Cabinet continuously from Labour's victory in 1997 until its defeat in 2010.
- Digby Jones, Lord Jones, Business Ambassador at UK Trade & InvestmentUK Trade & InvestmentUK Trade & Investment is a UK Government department working with businesses based in the United Kingdom to ensure their success in international markets, and encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice ....
, on "Recovery? - The Global Perspective": While being an active crossbencher in the House of Lords, Lord Jones also serves as Chairman to the International Business Advisory Board at HSBCHSBCHSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
, is Corporate Ambassador for Jaguar Cars and JCBJ. C. BamfordJCB is a global construction, demolition and agricultural equipment company headquartered in Rocester, United Kingdom. It is the world's third-largest construction equipment manufacturer. It produces over 300 types of machines, including diggers , excavators, tractors and diesel engines...
, and advises on a number of other paid and unpaid roles. After working for six years as Director-General of the Confederation of British IndustryConfederation of British IndustryThe Confederation of British Industry is a British not for profit organisation incorporated by Royal charter which promotes the interests of its members, some 200,000 British businesses, a figure which includes some 80% of FTSE 100 companies and around 50% of FTSE 350 companies.-Role:The CBI works...
, an organisation which promotes interests of around 200,000 businessman and of about 80 of FTSE 100 companies, he became adviser to Deloitte and Barclays CapitalBarclays CapitalBarclays Capital is a global British investment bank. It is the investment banking division of Barclays plc which has a balance sheet of over £1.2 trillion . Barclays Capital provides financing and risk management services to large companies, institutions and government clients. It is a primary...
, before serving as Minister of State for Trade and InvestmentMinister of State for TradeThe Minister of State for Trade is an executive position in the Government of the United Kingdom, in both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...
under Gordon Brown from 2007 until 2008. - Bob Janjuah, RBS Chief Markets Stragetist, on "Debt, Deflation and Denial": After several years in the loan markets, Bob Janjuah joined Swiss Bank CorporationSwiss Bank CorporationSwiss Bank Corporation was a large integrated financial services company located in Switzerland...
, where he became Global Head of Credit Research in the mid-90s including a three-year stint in Hong Kong. In Europe, he subsequently held a number of senior research and proprietary credit trading positions at HypoVereinsbankHypoVereinsbankUniCredit Bank Aktiengesellschaft is the sixth-largest private German financial institution, with a strong presence in Bavaria. The company is based in Munich, and together with Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, Commerzbank and Deutsche Postbank, it belongs to the Cash Group...
or ABN AmroABN AMROABN AMRO Bank N.V. is a Dutch state-owned bank with headquarters in Amsterdam. It was re-established, in its current form, in 2009 following the acquisition and break up of ABN AMRO Group by a banking consortium consisting of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Santander and Fortis...
. Since 2003 he has focused on macro credit strategy at ABN Amro, Bear StearnsBear StearnsThe Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. based in New York City, was a global investment bank and securities trading and brokerage, until its sale to JPMorgan Chase in 2008 during the global financial crisis and recession...
and RBS. - Dr. Paul WilmottPaul WilmottPaul Wilmott is a researcher, consultant and lecturer in quantitative finance. He is best known as the author of various academic and practitioner texts on risk and derivatives, and for Wilmott magazine and Wilmott.com , a quantitative finance portal....
, Researcher in Quantitative Finance on "Common Mistakes in Risk Management": Dr. Paul Wilmott studied Mathematics at Oxford University, where he also founded the Diploma in Mathematical Finance. He was a founding partner and risk manager of the volatility arbitrageVolatility arbitrageIn finance, volatility arbitrage is a type of statistical arbitrage that is implemented by trading a delta neutral portfolio of an option and its underlier. The objective is to take advantage of differences between the implied volatility of the option, and a forecast of future realized volatility...
hedge fund Caissa CapitalCaissa CapitalCaissa Capital was a hedge fund founded by Jonathan Kinlay in 2002, based on his research on volatility arbitrage in the late 1990s. In addition to Kinlay, who was head of research and portfolio management, the management team comprised International Chess Grandmaster Ron Henley as head of trade...
and is author of best selling books on Quantitative Finance praised for presenting complex topics so they are accessible to everyone. Dr. Wilmott is proprietor of Wilmott MagazineWilmott MagazineWilmott Magazine is a mathematical finance and risk management magazine, combining technical articles with humor pieces. Each copy of Wilmott is 11 inches square, runs about 100 pages, and is printed on glossy paper...
and the popular quantitative finance community website Wilmott.com and Course Director for the Certificate in Quantitative Finance at 7city Learning, a financial services training company. - Prof. Abhinay Muthoo, Head of the Department of Economics at Warwick University on "Democracy and Economic Performance": Prof. Muthoo was educated at London School of Economics and the University of Cambridge. He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard and has previously taught at several universities across the UK, including LSE or the Universities of Cambridge, Bristol and Essex. Prof. Muthoo has published research papers on a variety of topics in top economics journals, such as The Economic Journal, and a book with Cambridge University press on bargaining, which has been well received.
- Kevin KallaugherKevin KallaugherKevin Kallaugher is a political cartoonist for The Economist and the former cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun. He is known as KAL at The Economist.-Editorial cartoon career:...
, KAL, editorial cartoonist for The EconomistThe EconomistThe Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
: After university at Harvard College he drew cartoons for tourists in Trafalgar Square and on Brighton Pier in Britain. Soon The Economist recruited him to become the first resident cartoonist in the history of the magazine. Later on, he joined The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore SunThe Baltimore Sun is the U.S. state of Maryland’s largest general circulation daily newspaper and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries....
as editorial cartoonist. KAL's work for The Sun and The Economist has appeared in more than 100 publications worldwide, including The International Herald Tribune, Le MondeLe MondeLe Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
, Der SpiegelDer SpiegelDer Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.-Overview:...
or The AustralianThe AustralianThe Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....
. - Karen Chouhan, Director of Equanomics-UK: Karen Couhan is the founder and Director of Equanomics-Uk, an initiative to build a UK community led alliance that reshapes race related policy through an economic lens and analysis. She also is a founding member and CEO of the 1990 Trust, the first UK national Black organisation protecting the interest of Britain's Black Communities.
- Matthew TaylorMatthew Taylor (Labour politician)Matthew Taylor is Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce in the United Kingdom.-Background:...
, CEO of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA): Having joined the Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
in 1994 he became the Party's Campaign Co-ordinator and later the Party's Assistant General Secretary. For the May 2005 general election he was charged with drawing up the Labour Party's manifesto under Tony Blair. Following the re-election he was given the post of Chief Adviser on Strategy to the Prime Minister and left in 2006 to become CEO of the RSA. - Fred HarrisonFred Harrison (author)Fred Harrison is a British author, economic commentator and corporate policy advisor, notable for his stances on land reform and belief that an over reliance on land, property and mortgage weakens economic structures and makes companies vulnerable to economic collapse...
, Economist and Research Director of “Land Research Trust”: Fred Harrison is famous for being the first economist to have predicted the global financial crises of 2007-2010, as early as 1997. He has researched on the wider economic issues of land and property and introduced the concept of the eighteen year business cycle based on land value fluctuations. During his ten years he spent in Russia, he advised the Russian Parliament on the importance of tax reform. He has been very active in UK media writing several books and articles on economic theories as well as giving many TV and radio interviews. - Lorely BurtLorely BurtLorely Jane Burt is a British politician and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Solihull.-Early life:She went to University College, Swansea, achieving a BSc in Economics...
, Liberal Democrat Member of British Parliament for Solihull: Before her political career, Lorely Burt held positions at British companies in the field of personnel and training, set up an award-winning training company, later worked as a director in the marketing and financial services sector and as a part-time consultant. She became the first female Chair of the Liberal DemocratsLiberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
and for her commitment in politics she received an award for most "business friendly" Member of Parliament.
- Liam HalliganLiam HalliganLiam Halligan is a British economist, journalist and broadcaster.Halligan is currently Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management - an asset management firm. Halligan is also an economics commentator...
, British economist and journalist on "The Sub-Prime debacle": Besides his role as Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management, the largest Russia- & CIS-focused asset management firm, Halligan is one of UK's leading economics commentators. He held, amongst others, research posts at London School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
or the International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
, and co-founded Russian Economic Trends in Moscow. Liam Helligan was a Political Correspondent for the Financial TimesFinancial TimesThe Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
and wrote articles for newspapers such as The EconomistThe EconomistThe Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
or The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, which earned him numerous awards. He had radio shows on the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
or Channel 4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
and is especially known for the highly respected "Economics Agenda" column in The Sunday Telegraph. - Prof. Dan ArielyDan ArielyDan Ariely is an Israeli American professor of psychology and behavioral economics. He teaches at Duke University and is the founder of The Center for Advanced Hindsight.-Biography:...
, Behavioral Economist: Dan Ariely grew up in Israel, where he studied Physics and Mathematics. He holds Ph.D. degrees in Cognitive Psychology and in Business and is considered one of the leading behavioral economists. He has been a researcher at the Federal Reserve BankFederal Reserve BankThe twelve Federal Reserve Banks form a major part of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. The twelve federal reserve banks together divide the nation into twelve Federal Reserve Districts, the twelve banking districts created by the Federal Reserve Act of...
, has given numerous talks in universities, such as Harvard. He was professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, teaches at Duke University, US, and is also Head of the eRationality Research Group at the MIT Media LabMIT Media LabThe MIT Media Lab is a laboratory of MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Devoted to research projects at the convergence of design, multimedia and technology, the Media Lab has been widely popularized since the 1990s by business and technology publications such as Wired and Red Herring for a...
. He is author of Predictably IrrationalPredictably IrrationalPredictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions is a 2008 book by Dan Ariely, in which he challenges readers' assumptions about making decisions based on rational thought. Ariely explains, "My goal, by the end of this book, is to help you fundamentally rethink what makes you and...
, a book on decision making which became a New York Times best seller. - Prof. Nikolaus Wolf, German Economist: Prof. Wolf is Professor of Economic History at Humboldt University of BerlinHumboldt University of BerlinThe Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
, Germany. Among others, he has previously held positions at London School of Economics or University of Warwick. Prof. Wolf won the Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award in Global Economy and the Gino Luzzatto Prize for the best dissertation on Economic History. - Dr. Pete Lunn, Research Officer at Economic and Social Research InstituteEconomic and Social Research InstituteThe Economic and Social Research Institute is a think tank in Dublin, Ireland. Its research focuses on Ireland's economic and social development in order to inform policy-making and societal understanding....
on "The Impact of Behavioural Economics": An economist and former BBC journalist, Dr. Pete Lunn has an unusual background for an economist having studied Neuroscience before doing an M.Sc. in Economics. He then spent over a decade in journalism, mostly with BBC NewsnightNewsnightNewsnight is a BBC Television current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians. Jeremy Paxman has been its main presenter for over two decades....
in London. His recent research and published books lie in the fields of behavioral economics. - Nic Marks, Founder of the Centre for Well-Being at New Economics FoundationNew Economics FoundationThe New Economics Foundation is a British think-tank.NEF was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit with the aim of working for a "new model of wealth creation, based on equality, diversity and economic stability"....
(NEF): Nic Marks is a recognised expert in the field of well-being research and undertakes innovative research in the use of well-being indicators in public policy. He was the lead author of NEF's innovative Happy Planet IndexHappy Planet IndexThe Happy Planet Index is an index of human well-being and environmental impact that was introduced by the New Economics Foundation in July 2006. The index is designed to challenge well-established indices of countries’ development, such as Gross Domestic Product and the Human Development Index...
, an indicator of human well-being, which gained extensive media coverage. Nic Marks was also an advisor to the UK Government Office for Science's Foresight project on "mental and capital well-being".
2009
Speakers included:- John Authers, Global Head of the business and finance column Lex of the Financial TimesFinancial TimesThe Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
: As the FT's principal commentator on markets and investments, he developed the daily Short View into one of the Financial Times' most popular columns and became a financial journalists. He holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, a Masters in Journalism as well as an MBA from Columbia University, where he appeared on the Dean's ListDean's ListA Dean's List is a category of students in a college or university who achieve high grades during their stay in an academic term or academic year. In secondary schools, or high schools, the term Consistent Honor List or Honor Roll is more common, but Dean's List and Consistent Honor List are...
.
- Patrick Birley, CEO of European Climate ExchangeEuropean Climate ExchangeThe European Climate Exchange manages the product development and marketing for ECX Carbon Financial Instruments , listed and admitted for trading on the ICE Futures Europe electronic platform. It is no longer a subsidiary of the Chicago Climate Exchange but rather a sister company...
, the world's largest futures exchange for emissions trading: Patrick Birley started as the second employee of South African Futures Exchange, which he helped develop into a derivatives exchanges. Birley has over 20 years of experience in the financial markets and was chief executive of LCH.Clearnet Ltd, Europe’s largest clearing house, before he came to European Climate Exchange. His previous roles include senior management positions at the London Metal Exchange, FTSE Group and the South African Futures Exchange. - Paul Donovan, Deputy Head of Global Economics at UBS Investment Bank and member of Royal Economic SocietyRoyal Economic SocietyThe Royal Economic Society is incorporated by a Royal Charter dated 2 December 1902. It is one of the oldest economic associations in the world. Currently it has over 3,300 individual members, of whom 60% live outside the United Kingdom...
- Ian Stewart, Macroeconomic Research Director of Deloitte and former Chief Economist for Europe at Merril Lynch
- Kevin KallaugherKevin KallaugherKevin Kallaugher is a political cartoonist for The Economist and the former cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun. He is known as KAL at The Economist.-Editorial cartoon career:...
, KAL, editorial cartoonist for The EconomistThe EconomistThe Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
: After university at Harvard College he drew cartoons for tourists in Trafalgar Square and on Brighton Pier in Britain. Soon The Economist recruited him to become the first resident cartoonist in the history of the magazine. Later on, he joined The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore SunThe Baltimore Sun is the U.S. state of Maryland’s largest general circulation daily newspaper and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries....
as editorial cartoonist. KAL's work for The Sun and The Economist has appeared in more than 100 publications worldwide, including The International Herald Tribune, Le MondeLe MondeLe Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
, Der SpiegelDer SpiegelDer Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.-Overview:...
or The AustralianThe AustralianThe Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....
. - Kate Barker CBEKate BarkerKate Barker CBE is a British economist.Barker grew up in Stoke-on-Trent. She received a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Hilda's College, Oxford in 1979 and worked for a large pension fund in London...
, British economist and former external member of the Monetary Policy CommitteeMonetary Policy CommitteeThe Monetary Policy Committee is a committee of the Bank of England, which meets for two and a half days every month to decide the official interest rate in the United Kingdom . It is also responsible for directing other aspects of the government's monetary policy framework, such as quantitative...
: Between 1985 and 1994 she was the Chief European Economist at the Ford Motor Company. From 1994-2001 she was Chief Economic Adviser at the Confederation of British IndustryConfederation of British IndustryThe Confederation of British Industry is a British not for profit organisation incorporated by Royal charter which promotes the interests of its members, some 200,000 British businesses, a figure which includes some 80% of FTSE 100 companies and around 50% of FTSE 350 companies.-Role:The CBI works...
. From 2001-2010 Kate Barker served for the Monetary Policy Committee. She was educated at Oxford University, where she received a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. - Prof. Ewald NowotnyEwald NowotnyEwald Nowotny is an Austrian economist and social democratic politician and currently president of the National Bank of Austria and member of the European Central Bank ’s governing council....
, Governor of the Austrian National Bank: During his academic career Ewald Nowotny held several professorships, amongst others at Harvard University and at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, where he served as Full Professor for many years. As a social democratic politician he was a member of the Austrian Parliament for a long time. Prof. Nowotny also held a number of high-level positions in financial institutions. He previously worked as Vice President of the European Investment BankEuropean Investment BankThe European Investment Bank is the European Union's long-term lending institution established in 1958 under the Treaty of Rome. A policy-driven bank, the EIB supports the EU’s priority objectives, especially European integration and the development of economically weak regions...
and stepped down from his position as CEO of BAWAG P.S.K.BAWAG P.S.K.BAWAG P.S.K. Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft und Österreichische Postsparkasse Aktiengesellschaft is the fourth largest bank in Austria...
, one of Austria's biggest banks, in 2008. - Prof. Andrew OswaldAndrew OswaldAndrew Oswald is a Visiting Fellow at the IZA Institute in Bonn and a Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, UK. He is an ISI Highly Cited Researcher and has been a Professorial Fellow of the ESRC. He is currently a member of the board of editors of Science...
, UK economist and professor at Warwick University: Prof. Oswald received his PhD from Oxford University and went on to work at the London School of Economics, Princeton or Harvard University. He is now seen as one of the leading economic professors in the United Kingdom. - Prof. Richard G. Wilkinson, British researcher in social aspects of health: He retired from his position as professor at Nottingham in 2008. He was educated at LSE and the University of Pennsylvania.
2008
Speakers included:- Prof. John KayJohn Kay (economist)John Kay is a leading British business economist of centrist persuasion.Kay was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh University, and Nuffield College, Oxford...
, UK economist: His academic career included chairs at London Business School and Oxford's Said Business School. He is a visiting professor at the London School of Economics. As a director Prof. Kay established the Institute for Fiscal StudiesInstitute for Fiscal StudiesThe Institute for Fiscal Studies is an economic research institute based in London, United Kingdom which specialises in UK taxation and public policy...
, which is conducting research on UK taxation and public policy, as one of the most respected think tanks. Moreover, he has been a director of several investment companies and a director of the British Bank Halifax for nine years, one of the largest retail financial services businesses in Europe. He also founded and later sold the consulting firm London Economics, which he developed into Britain’s largest independent economic consultancy.
- Tim HarfordTim HarfordTim Harford is an English economist and journalist, residing in London. He is the author of four economics books, presenter of BBC television series Trust Me, I'm an Economist, and writer of a humorous weekly column called "Dear Economist" for The Financial Times, in which he uses economic theory...
: British Economist, journalist and writer (inc. "The Undercover Economist"). - Paul OrmerodPaul OrmerodPaul Ormerod is a Lancastrian economist who is currently researching complexity, complex systems, nonlinear feedback, the boom and bust cycle of business and economic competition...
: multidisciplinary UK economist and writer (inc. "Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction, and Economics"). - Philippe LegrainPhilippe LegrainPhilippe Legrain is a British economist and writer. He specialises in global and European economic issues, notably globalisation, migration and the post-crisis world.- Early life and background :...
: British Economist, journalist and writer (inc. "Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them). - Edgar Peters: Chief Investment Officer, Chief Strategist and Head of Asset Allocation at PanAgora Asset Management; specialist in chaos theory and fractals.
- Alex Singleton: journalist, political commentator and formerly the President of the Globalisation Institute.
- Stephen King, Chief Economist and Global Head of economics and asset allocation research at HSBC: Besides his engagement with HSBC, he has written columns for newspapers, such as the British Independent and the German Handelsblatt. He was previously Economic Adviser for HM TreasuryHM TreasuryHM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy...
and is a member of the European Central Bank Shadow Council, a forum for the discussion of all issues related to monetary policy in the Eurozone. Stephen King studied Economics and Philosophy at Oxford University. - Dr. Kori Udovički, UN Assistant Secretary-General, UN Development Program Assistant Administrator and UNDP Regional Director for Europe and Commonwealth of Independent StatesCommonwealth of Independent StatesThe Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....
: Prior to holding several senior management positions in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Dr. Udovicki worked at the International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
in Washington, D.C. for many years. As part of the government she first held the position of Special Advisor to the Serbian Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, soon became the country’s Minister of Energy and Mines and was then appointed Governor of the National Bank of Serbia. Dr. Udovički holds a Ph.D. and a M.Phil. in Economics, both from Yale University. Her uncle, Gonzalo Sánchez de LozadaGonzalo Sánchez de LozadaGonzalo Sánchez de Lozada y Sánchez de Bustamante , familiarly known as "Goni", is a Bolivian politician, businessman, and former President of Bolivia. A lifelong member of the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario , he is credited for using "shock therapy", the economic theory championed by then...
, is former President of Bolivia. - David Myddelton, Emeritus Professor of Finance and Accounting at the Cranfield School of ManagementCranfield School of ManagementCranfield School of Management is part of Cranfield University and a leading business school in the world. Cranfield University has provided management training since the late 1940s...
- Sam Williams, Warwick graduate and consultant with Frontier Economics LtdFrontier EconomicsFrontier Economics is a microeconomics consultancy headquartered in London with three additional offices in Europe. Frontier's sister company in Australia, Frontier Economics Pty Ltd, is headquartered in Melbourne with additional offices in Sydney and Brisbane...
- Stefan Biesdorf, Principal in McKinsey & Co's German Offices
2007
Theme - 'Challenging Paradigms'Speakers included:
- Harriet LambHarriet LambHarriet Lamb is a leading campaigner for fair trade and has been Executive Director of the United Kingdom Fairtrade Foundation since 2001. She was born in England, lived in India as a child and then grew up and was educated in the UK, taking a first degree in political science at Cambridge...
, Director of The Fairtrade FoundationThe Fairtrade FoundationThe Fairtrade Foundation is a charity based in the United Kingdom that works to empower disadvantaged producers in developing countries by tackling injustice in conventional trade, in particular by promoting and licensing the Fairtrade Mark, a guarantee that products retailed in the UK have been... - Dr. Madsen PirieMadsen PirieDr Duncan Madsen Pirie, PhD is a British researcher, author, and educator. He is the founder and current President of the Adam Smith Institute, a UK think tank which has been in operation since 1978.-Early life and education:...
, President of the Adam Smith InstituteAdam Smith InstituteThe Adam Smith Institute, abbreviated to ASI, is a think tank based in the United Kingdom, named after one of the founders of modern economics, Adam Smith. It espouses free market and classical liberal views, in particular by creating radical policy options in the light of public choice theory,... - Prof. Charles WheelanCharles WheelanCharles 'Charlie' Wheelan is the author of Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science and was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the special election for Illinois's 5th congressional district, the seat vacated by Rahm Emanuel....
, University of Chicago, author of "Naked Economics:Undressing the Dismal Science"
In addition, it was held on the same weekend of the first Economics Ball, organised by Warwick Economics Society.
2006
Speakers included:- Prof. Dr. Norbert WalterNorbert Walter (economist)Norbert Walter is a German economist. He was the chief economist of Deutsche Bank from 1990 to 2009.Born in Weckbach, Bavaria, Walter studied economics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, earning his Diplom in 1968.In 1990, he succeeded Franz-Josef Trouvain as chief...
, Managing Director at Deutsche BankDeutsche BankDeutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...
Research and Chief Economist of DB Group - Prof. Dean BakerDean BakerDean Baker is an American macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, with Mark Weisbrot. He previously was a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor of economics at Bucknell University. He has a Ph.D...
, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in WashingtonWashington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
- Prof. Charles BeanCharlie BeanCharles Richard "Charlie" Bean is Deputy Governor at the Bank of England.Bean attended Brentwood School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and was a contemporary of the comedian Griff Rhys Jones at both and the writer Douglas Adams at Brentwood School. He worked at Her Majesty's Treasury. He gained...
is the Executive Director and Chief Economist of the Bank of EnglandBank of EnglandThe Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world... - Prof. Kandeh YumkellaKandeh YumkellaKandeh K. Yumkella is the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization .-Education:* 1991 - Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois...
is Director-General of UNIDOUnited Nations Industrial Development OrganizationThe United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
(United Nations Industrial Development Organization). He is also the former Minister for Trade, Industry and State Enterprises of the Republic of Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneSierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
. - Prof. Paul De Grauwe is a well-known global economist, regular Financial TimesFinancial TimesThe Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
columnist and Economic Policy Adviser to the European Union President. Formerly he has worked for the International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
and for the Belgian Parliament as Chairman of the Economic and Finance Committee. - Vincent CableVincent CableDr. John Vincent "Vince" Cable is a British Liberal Democrat politician and economist who is currently the Business Secretary in the coalition cabinet of David Cameron. He has been Member of Parliament for Twickenham since 1997....
MP is the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Liberal DemocratsLiberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
. - C.C. Edordu is the former President of the African Export and Import Bank.
- Lord Leon BrittanLeon Brittan, Baron Brittan of SpennithorneSir Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, QC, PC, DL is a British barrister, politician and former Conservative Member of Parliament, as well as former member of the European Commission and former Home Secretary of the United Kingdom...
is Vice-President of UBS, ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
peer in the House of LordsHouse of LordsThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
and also works as consultant for Herbert Smith. He was a member of the European CommissionEuropean CommissionThe European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
from 1989 to 1999, serving as Vice President for much of the time. During his time at the Commission he held two of the most important portfolios, competition policy and trade policy . - David Daly is the Director of Nike Football Club Business. From 2001 to 2005 he was based in Manchester working as GM of Manchester United Merchandising. He is working on an assignment as GM of Juventus Football Club Merchandising.
2005
Now firmly established as a major event in Warwick and with increasing numbers of external delegations. 500 students from top UK universities attended and a total of 1,034 wait-listed students.Speakers included:
- Prof. John F. Nash, 1994 Nobel Prize Laureate
- Geoffrey Dicks, Chief Economist of Royal Bank of ScotlandRoyal Bank of ScotlandThe Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company in which the UK Government holds an 84% stake. This stake is held and managed through UK Financial Investments Limited, whose voting rights are limited to 75% in order for the bank to retain its listing on the...
, UK. - Prof. Ray Rees, world insurance specialist
- Prof. M. Miller, Expert in Financial Crisis, University of WarwickUniversity of WarwickThe University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
.
2004
Theme - 'Money for Nothing: The Dire Straits of The Modern Economy'Now in its third year, the Economics Summit continued to grow in popularity. Around 300 students from Warwick and an increasing number of other universities attended.
Speakers included:
- John KayJohn Kay (economist)John Kay is a leading British business economist of centrist persuasion.Kay was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh University, and Nuffield College, Oxford...
, UK economist - Tony Golding, author of The City: The Great Expectations Machine
- Prof. Jean-Pierre LehmannJean-Pierre LehmannJean-Pierre Lehmann is Professor of International Political Economy at IMD and the Founding Director of The Evian Group at IMD. In August 2011, he was appointed Senior Fellow at the , a think-tank producing innovative thinking and research on global issues from Asian perspectives.- Biography...
of IMD and pinoeer of the EVIAN group.
2003
Theme - 'Globalisation and Development'Speakers included:
- Clive Crook, former Deputy Editor of The EconomistThe EconomistThe Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
- Dr. Lopez-Claros, former economist at the International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
- Jean LambertJean LambertJean Denise Lambert is an English politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the London Region. A member of the Green Party of England and Wales, she has been an MEP since 1999...
, MEPMember of the European ParliamentA Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,... - Johannes F. LinnJohannes F. LinnJohannes Linn is Executive Director of the Wolfensohn Center for Development and Senior Fellow of the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution....
, former Vice President at the World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
2002
Theme - 'No longer inevitable? The future of the World Economy after 11th of September'The first Economics Summit, hosted by the Warwick Economics Society, took place between the 25 and 27 January 2002. This marked the first inter-university undergraduate Economics event in the UK. About 170 students including 40 non-Warwick students attended.