Brasília, 6 June 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, 7 June
8:00am – 9:30am (EDT) – Columbia – Post-Covid:What Governments Must Do to Re-start the Global Economy?
10:00am – 11:00am (EDT) – Atlantic Council – A conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
12:30pm – 2:00pm (BST) – Chatham House – Government decision-making in Russia: Not a one-man show
2:00pm – 5:30pm (BST) – Oxford – The Benefits and Limits of Transparency in Qualitative Research: A Workshop
2:00pm – 6:15pm (CEST) – CEPR – Political Economy, Cultural Economics and Gender
3:00pm – 4:00pm (EST) – Brookings – Why understanding the origin of COVID-19 is essential for policymakers: Discussing future regulations to prevent pandemics
3:30pm – 5:00pm (BST) – UCL – Is a European recovery possible without high-tech public corporations?
4:00pm – 5:00pm (BST) – Chatham House – A new America? US politics and global leadership ahead of the G7 summit
4:00pm – 5:30pm (BST) – Canning House – Designing a better Latin America
5:00pm – 5:30pm (BST) – Oxford – Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown: What the G7 Must Do
Tuesday, 8 June
9:00am – 10:00am – Atlantic Council – From the G7 to a D-10: Can a new coalition of democracies solve today’s global challenges?
10:00am – 11:00am – BritCham Brazil – Economic outlook and projections for the State of São Paulo
10:00am – 11:30am – King’s – Global Britain in the Global Order: UK Foreign and Security Policy after Brexit
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Institute for Government – How to run a successful Covid-19 inquiry
5:00pm – 6:00pm – LSE – The Response of Major Cities to the Challenges of the 21st Century
5:00pm – 6:30pm – Oxford – How to rescue journalism in an age of lies | 2021 Reuters Memorial Lecture, with Patricia Campos Mello
Wednesday, 9 June
10:00am – 11:00am (BRT) – BritCham Brazil – Cyber Security: What hasn’t been said yet
1:30pm – 3:00pm (BST) – Cambridge – The Euro’s Existential Problem: Economic Stagnation and the Risk of “Italexit” with Professor Lucio Baccaro
12:00pm – 1:30pm (EDT) – Harvard – Private-Public Collaboration in Productive Development Policies: The Experience of the Argentine Mesas Sectoriales, 2016-2019
2:00pm – 3:30pm (EDT) – Wilson Center – The State of Play in Brasília
5:30pm – 7:00pm (BST) – UCL – The global housing crisis and the home ownership myth
Thursday, 10 June
2:00pm – 3:00pm (BST) – Oxford – Governing Digital Platforms: Policy Options for a Principled Future
4:00pm – 5:00pm (BST) – The Economist – Can Brazil survive Jair Bolsonaro?
4:00pm – 5:00pm (BST) – King’s – Co-production, storytelling and design
5:30pm – 7:00pm (BST) – LSE – Haldane and LSE: applying political philosophy to public service in today’s polarised politics
Arthur Wittenberg 