Brasília, 4 October 2020.
Dear colleagues,
This is the selection of 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.
Monday, 5 October
11:00am – 12:00pm (EDT) – Atlantic Council – Lubyanka federation: How the FSB determines the politics and economics of Russia
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EDT) – Harvard – Civil Society and Policy Advocacy in Contemporary East Asia
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EDT) – Harvard – Energy Policy Seminar: Anthony Leiserowitz on “Climate Change in the American Mind”
1:00pm – 2:15pm (BST) – UCL – Repealing the Fixed Term Parliaments Act
1:30pm – 2:30pm (BST) – Institute for Government – The UK internal market after Brexit: ensuring a ‘race to the top’ for the environment?
2:00pm – 3:00pm (EDT) – Atlantic Council – US-Brazil commercial relations: A deep dive into state-level economic engagement
2:00pm – 3:00pm (BST) – King’s College London – Ludwig Straub: Indebted Demand
4:30pm – 6:30pm (EDT) – Columbia – The Belt, Road, And Beyond: Domestic Motivations Of China’s Strategy and its Roles in the World
Tuesday, 6 October
9:00am – 3:00pm (12:30pm – 1:30pm (BST) – Oxford – Impact Lab Open Series: SDG’s and Big Business
1:00pm – 2:00pm (BST) – LSE – The Long Ascent: confronting the crisis and building a more resilient economy, with Kristalina Georgieva
2:00pm – 4:00pm (BST) – Canning House – Sustainable Development: Adaptation & Resilience
3:30pm – 5:00pm (EDT) – Wilson Center – Trump or Biden: What Will it Mean for Brazil and Bolsonaro?
4:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT) – Stanford – On the Watershed: The Implications of the 2020 China-India Border Crisis
5:00pm – 6:00pm (BST) – Oxford – Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data
6:30pm – 7:30pm (BRT) – Cebri – Conversa com o Embaixador Todd Chapman
Wednesday, 7 October
9:00am – 10:00am (EDT) – Atlantic Council – A conversation on transatlantic economic relations with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Justin Muzinich
11:00am – 12:00pm (BST) – King’s College London – The Insider Threat – Responding to Behavioural Indicators in Critical National Infrastructure Organisations
11:00am – 12:00pm (EDT) – Harvard – Follow the Ad: Uncovering Election Interference behind Data-Driven Digital Platforms
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EDT) – Columbia – Role of Bureaucracy in Successful Coronavirus Strategy: The Case of Kerala
1:00pm – 2:00pm (BST) – Oxford – Missing perspectives of women in COVID-19 news
2:00pm – 3:15pm (BST) – King’s College London – Politics in Times of COVID-19 – Responding to Radical Uncertainty
2:00pm – 4:00pm (BST) – DIT UK – Cities as leaders in promoting innovation in public procurement
5:00pm – 6:30pm (BST) – UCL – Autumn 2020 Research Seminar Series: Politics and the Image
Thursday, 8 October
11:00am – 12:00pm (EDT) – Cornell – The Battlegrounds: A State of Play: A conversation with Rep. Tim Ryan, Rep. Charlie Dent and Regina Zilbermints
11:30pm – 12:30pm (EDT) – PIIE – Global Economic Prospects: Fall 2020
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EDT) – Harvard – Message in a battle: Why communications matter in a pandemic
12:15pm – 2:00pm (EDT) – Harvard – China’s Rise in Europe: A Threat to U.S. Hegemony?
6:00pm – 7:30pm (BST) – UCL – The Russia Report
9:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT) – The World Bank – Banking Sector Performance During the COVID-19 Crisis
Friday, 9 October
9:30am – 10:30am (BST) – Institute for Government – The Future of UK-EU Security Cooperation
1:00pm – 2:00pm (EDT) – Stanford – The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Latin America (Book Talk)
1:00pm – 2:00pm (EDT) – Georgetown – Protecting Democracy: A Conversation on Election Integrity with Former DHS Secretaries
Arthur Wittenberg 