Brasília, 8 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, 9 November
9:00am – 10:00am (EST) – PIIE – European Banking Supervision, Six Years On
10:00am – 11:00am (GMT) – Oxford – “Africa & Capital Flight: Evidence from the FinCEN Files” Will Fitzgibbon, Augustin Armendariz, Taiwo Hassan Adebayo and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
10:00am – 4:00pm (CET) – WEF – Green Horizon Summit: The Pivotal Role of Finance
1:00pm – 2:15pm (EST) – Columbia – Managing Presidential Transitions and Governance: Perspectives from the White House
4:00pm – 5:15pm (CET) – Geneva Trade and Development Workshop – The Returns to Face-to-Face Interactions: Knowledge Spillovers in Silicon Valley, with David Atkin
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – UCL – Governing digital platforms in middle income countries
6:30pm – 8:00pm (GMT) – LSE – International Climate Politics after the US Presidential Election
Tuesday, 10 November
9:00am – 5:00pm (CET) – WEF – Green Horizon Summit: The Pivotal Role of Finance
10:00am – 12:00pm (PST) – Stanford – Digital Public Infrastructure Series: Where, What, and Who is Digital Public Infrastructure
12:00pm – 1:30pm (PST) – Stanford – China’s Fifth Plenum Decision and its Implications for China-U.S. “Decoupling”
1:00pm – 2:00pm (EST) – PIIE – Rebuilding the Global Economy: Role of the US Treasury Department
3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST) – Stanford – Virtual Associates Meeting on The 2020 Election: “What Happened, Why and What It Means” a Conversation with Dave Brady & Bruce Cain
4:00pm – 5:00pm (EST) – Harvard – FORUM: Financial Stability Factors and the Severity of the Current Recession
5:30pm – 7:00pm (GMT) – Cambridge – Science, evidence, and government; reflections on the Covid-19 experience
6:00pm – 7:00pm (GMT) – King’s – Cyber weapons are called viruses for a reason: statecraft, security and safety in the digital age, with Ciaran Martin
6:00pm – 7:00pm (BRT) – Cebri – Segurança Cibernética e Redes Privadas 5G para aceleração da transformação digital no Brasil
Wednesday, 11 November
9:00am – 10:15am (EST) – The World Bank – Recovery from the Pandemic across the World: Balancing Short-term and Long-term Concerns
11:00am – 1:00pm (CET) – WEF – Green Horizon Summit: The Pivotal Role of Finance
11:20am – 9:55pm (GMT) – Financial Times – The Global Boardroom
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST) – Yale – Can Britain have a Grand Strategy after Brexit?
12:00pm – 1:00pm (GMT) – UCL – Up Close & Policy: Research, Parliament and evidence on digitisation
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – Institute for Government – Lord Maude in conversation with Bronwen Maddox: reform at the centre of government
1:00pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – Oxford – The value and the future of public service media
1:00pm – 4:00pm (GMT) – King’s – International Longevity Policy and Governance Summit
2:00pm – 4:00pm (BRT) – FGV – Latin America Pathways – 5th Edition
2:00pm – 4:00pm (GMT) – Political Studies Association – PSA Parliaments Annual Conference: The Impact of Covid-19 on Parliaments
4:00pm – 5:00pm (GMT) – Oxford – Black Sea gas: Economic and Geopolitical Implications
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – LSE – Empires Past & Present: the idea of empire
Thursday, 12 November
3:20am – 9:55pm (GMT) – Financial Times – The Global Boardroom
9:00am – 10:00am (BRT) – Insper – 22ª Oficina de Impacto Socioambiental: A Visão do Investidor sobre Medição de Impacto
10:00am – 3:00pm (GMT) – UCL – Rapid Reviewing Methodologies for Evidence-Informed Decision-Making
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST) – Harvard – What Do the Data Reveal About (the Absence of Black) Financial Regulators?
12:15pm – 1:30pm (EST) – Harvard – What’s the EU for? Thinking about EU-level Public Goods in a Post-COVID World
4:00pm – 5:00pm (EST) – Harvard – The Future of U.S. Trade Policy
5:00pm – 7:00pm (BRT) – FGV – As Agências Reguladoras em Resposta à Covid-19
6:00pm – 8:00pm (GMT) – King’s – Competition Law & Policy in Brazil: Developing a Brazilian Approach to Antitrust
Friday, 13 November
2:20am – 9:00pm (GMT) – Financial Times – The Global Boardroom
8:00am – 9:00am (EST) – Columbia – Central Bank Digital Currencies
9:00am – 11:00am (GMT) – UCL – Four Fridays for Corruption: Informal Practices, Corruption, and Institutional Change
10:00am – 4:00pm (GMT) – King’s – London Political Economy Network: COVID-19 and the crisis of financialised capitalism
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST) – Yale – The Global Health Speaker Series: Dr Juan Pablo Uribe
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST) – Harvard – The Fed’s Monetary Policy Framework Evaluation in the wake of COVID-19
12:15pm – 1:15pm (EST) – Harvard – The Impact of Airbnb on the Residential Housing Market Before COVID-19: Estimates from New York City
1:00pm – 2:30pm (EST) – Harvard – American Politics Speaker Series: “The Bureaucracy: Congress’ Backdoor to Policy Influence”
5:00pm – 7:00pm (BRT) – FGV – Perspectivas da Regulação da Água no Brasil
5:00pm – 6:30pm (GMT) – King’s Brazil Institute – Eleições Municipais no Brasil: pontos e contrapontos
Arthur Wittenberg 