Brasília, 21 November 2020.
Dear colleagues,
This is the selection of free webinars for this week about political economy, public policy and business-government relations.
Please, observe the time zones, and thanks for all the suggestions.
Best regards,
Arthur Wittenberg.
Monday, 23 November
8:00am – 9:00am (GMT) – Financial Times – Leading the Banking Industry through the Crisis, and Beyond
9:00am – 10:00am (EST) – PIIE – Rebuilding the Global Economy: Role of the Federal Reserve System
10:00am – 12:00pm (CET) – Deloitte – Deloitte Risk & Regulatory Academy: Credit Risk
11:00am – 12:30pm (GMT) – LSE – Risk Landscape: review 2020 & preview 2021
12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST) – Harvard – Energy Policy Seminar: Suzi Kerr on “Climate Teams: Generating Large-Scale Supply of High-Integrity International Units
12:00pm – 1:00pm (CET) – Hertie – From Rhetoric to Voting: The Role of Public Opinion in International Negotiations
1:00pm – 2:00pm (EST) – Harvard – Populism & Trends in Foreign Policy: A Conversation with Rory Stewart
1:00pm – 2:00pm (EST) – Wilson Center – DOJ’s Role in Fighting Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering in Latin America
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – UCL – Ripe for reform: UK scrutiny of international trade agreements
6:00pm – 7:00pm (GMT) – UCL – Public Affairs & Lobbying: “All you ever wanted to know about working in public affairs and lobbying in the UK but were afraid to ask…”
Tuesday, 24 November
8:30am – 9:30am (EST) – PIIE – Big Tech Companies in Chinese Finance
8:30am – 3:00pm (BRT) – DIT – IV UK-Brazil Mining Forum
9:00am – 10:30am (EST) – Wilson Center – Brazil, No Longer the Country of Impunity? The Lessons of Operation Car Wash
10:00am – 12:00pm (CET) – Deloitte – Deloitte Risk & Regulatory Academy: Basel IV
11:00am – 12:00pm (PST) – Stanford – U.S-Russia Relations in the Biden Administration, with Angela Stent
1:00pm – 2:15pm (GMT) – LSE – China: Engage – Avoid the New Cold World War
1:15pm – 2:00pm (EST) – Atlantic Council – A conversation with Former US National Security Advisor Lt. General H.R. McMaster
4:00pm – 6:00pm (GMT) – Canning House – Culture and the Covid Crisis
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – LSE – Two Faces of Populism
5:30pm – 6:30pm (EST) – Harvard – The First 100 Days: A Conversation with Peggy Shepard on Climate and Environmental Policy in the Biden Administration
6:00pm – 7:00pm (GMT) – Cambridge – The end of free markets and return of the state?
6:00pm – 7:00pm (GMT) – King’s – In conversation with former Head of the Armed Forces, General the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux
Wednesday, 25 November
9:00am – 10:30am (BRT) – India Brazil Chamber of Commerce – InfraInvest India Brazil
2:00pm – 3:00pm (GMT) – The Economist – The 50 trillion dollar question: closing the Emerging Market’s Capital Gap
2:00pm – 3:45pm (CET) – Centre on Regulation in Europe – Deploying very high capacity networks: competition rules and cooperation in the telecom sector
4:00pm – 5:00pm (GMT) – LSE – How To Be A Liberal
5:00pm – 7:00pm (BRT) – Fundação FHC – Marcilio Marques Moreira completa 89 anos: um legado liberal para a sociedade brasileira
Thursday, 26 November
10:00am – 3:00pm (GMT) – UCL – Rapid Reviewing Methodologies for Evidence-Informed Decision-Making
4:00pm – 5:30pm (GMT) – Canning House – Mujer en negocios: debates sobre igualdad de oportunidades en el sector privado
Friday, 27 November
8:30am – 9:30am (EST) – The World Bank – Systemic Climate Action for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
10:00am – 12:00pm (CET) – Deloitte – Deloitte Risk & Regulatory Academy: Non-Financial Risk – The New Dimension
1:00pm – 3:00pm (GMT) – UCL – Four Fridays for Corruption: Bribery, Anti-social Behaviour and Local Governance
Arthur Wittenberg 