Brasília, 1 November 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.
Please, observe the time zones, and thanks for all the suggestions.
Best regards,
Arthur Wittenberg.
Monday, 2 November
11:00am – 12:00pm (PT) – Stanford – “The Perfect Weapon” Special Screening & Panel Discussion
11:00am – 12:00pm (BRT) – Valor – Entrevista com o Deputado Rodrigo Maia
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST) – Harvard – Amy Catalinac (New York University), “How Pork-Barrel Politics Holds Japan’s Governing Coalition Together”
2:00pm – 2:45pm (EST) – Wilson Center – Elections in the Time of COVID-19: Brazilian Edition
2:00pm – 3:00pm (GMT) – King’s – Michael McMahon: Monetary Policymakers’ Uncertainty
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – UCL – Theorising and mapping modern economic rents
4:30pm – 5:30pm (EST) – Harvard – It’s still the economy, stupid: what can we expect from Trumponomics vs Bidenomics?
5:00pm – 6:30pm (GMT) – UCL – The Referendum on Chile’s process towards a Constitutional Assembly
Tuesday, 3 November
10:00am – 11:00am (CET) – Gothenburg – Rethinking Value Creation – for innovation-led inclusive & sustainable growth, with Professor Mariana Mazzucato
Wednesday, 4 November
10:00am – 11:00am (GMT) – Cambridge – Innovation, Competitive Advantage and the Productivity Puzzle
11:00am – 12:00pm (BRT) – IDP – A crise fiscal dos estados
11:00am – 12:00pm (BRT) – Valor – Entrevista com Christopher Garman, diretor executivo da Eurasia Group para as Américas
11:00am – 12:00pm (GMT) – Cambridge – Politics of Economics during COVID-19
12:00pm – 1:00pm (CET) – Hertie – Global regulatory regimes for platform governance
1:00pm – 2:30pm (EST) – Columbia – Lessons from the Esplanada: From tough to smart on crime – how prevention and intelligence can lead to a safer Brazil, with Raul Jungmann
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – UCL – Meet the Policymaker: What role do Government expert advisory committees play in the policy making process?
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – Oxford – How significant is Russian influence on global politics?
2:00pm – 3:30pm (GMT) – LSE – Behavioural Science and a Post-COVID World
5:30pm – 6:30pm (GMT) – Oxford – Skoll Chats: In-conversation with Roman Krznaric
6:00pm – 7:00pm (BRT) – FGV – Difusão de políticas públicas e a América Latina
6:00pm – 7:20pm (GMT) – Institute for Government – Data Bites #14: Getting things done with data in government
6:30pm – 7:45pm (GMT) – UCL – The Fate of European and International Trade after the US Elections
Thursday, 5 November
9:30am – 10:30am (GMT) – Institute for Government – Communicating Brexit: How can the government persuade the public to prepare?
12:00pm – 1:00pm (GMT) – Government of Ireland – Strengthening prevention in policy, with Professor Paul Cairney
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST) – Harvard – Challenges and Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy Over the Next Decade
2:00pm – 5:10pm (KSA) – The Economist – Investing for Impact: Mainstreaming socially-responsible finance
4:05pm – 5:35pm (EDT) – Columbia – Development Workshop: Decentralized Targeting of Agricultural Credit Programs: Private versus Political Intermediaries, with Dilip Mookherjee
5:30pm – 7:00pm (GMT) – UCL – Book launch: ‘Argentina in the Global Middle East’
7:00pm – 8:00pm (GMT) – Oxford – Remote Work in Governments: Challenges and Opportunities
Friday, 6 November
11:00am – 12:00pm (EST) – Columbia – Smart Cities Center Poster Session
12:00pm – 1:30pm (EST) – Columbia – New Developments in China’s financial and economic system in the 2nd edition of China Macro Finance: A US Perspective
Arthur Wittenberg 