Brasília, 21 March 2021.
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, 22 March
1:00pm – 2:00pm (EDT) – Yale – Misinformation in the Time of COVID: The Way Forward
2:00pm – 2:45pm (CET) – BIS – Innovation Summit 2021
4:00pm – 5:00pm (GMT) – Institute for Government – How can governments combat the spread of misinformation?
Tuesday, 23 March
9:00am – 10:30am (BRT) – Cebri – Prospects for Brazil-Japan-US Cooperation in a Shifting International Political Environment
10:00am – 1:05pm (CET) – BIS – Innovation Summit 2021
4:00pm – 5:00pm (GMT) – LSE – Regimes of Inequality: the political economy of health and wealth
Wednesday, 24 March
9:00am – 10:00am (EST) – PIIE – Will the euro area ever complete its banking union?
10:00am – 1:30pm (CET) – BIS – Innovation Summit 2021
1:00pm – 2:00pm (EDT) – Columbia – The Future of Diplomacy in Uncertain Times – George W. Ball Lecture
3:00pm – 4:00pm (GMT) – Oxford – Financial Patterns and International Architectures: Grand corruption, Nigeria and the Role of the West
4:00pm – 5:00pm (GMT) – Canning House – Latin America and the Global Clean Energy Transition
Thursday, 25 March
10:00am – 1:00pm (CET) – BIS – Innovation Summit 2021
11:00am – 12:00pm (GMT) – King’s – Conversations with Strategy: Former MI6 Chief, Sir John Sawers on intelligence and diplomacy
12:00pm – 1:00pm (GMT) – King’s – Women, Power, Science & Misinformation – In Conversation with Angela Saini
3:00pm – 4:00pm (GMT) – LSE – The Hype Machine: how social media disrupts our elections, our economy and our health
4:00pm – 5:00pm (EST) – Atlantic Council – A conversation with President of Colombia Iván Duque and US Senators Roy Blunt and Ben Cardin
6:00pm – 7:30pm (BRT) – Cebri – A Cabeça do Agricultor na Era Digital: Estudo McKinsey 2021
Friday, 26 March
11:00am – 1:00pm (EST) – Brookings – Defending democracy against its adversaries
12:00pm – 1:30pm (EDT) – Georgetown – Unfaithful Friends? Explaining Elite Disintegration in China’s State-Business Relations
12:30pm – 2:00pm (GMT) – King’s – Brazil-UK commercial relations post-Brexit
Arthur Wittenberg 