IIEA Events Feed http://www.iiea.com/event/feed IIEA Events Feed Can Chinese Consumers Save the Global Economy? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Iiea-events/~3/CQrIYLCz52g/can-chinese-consumers-save-the-global-economy Normal.dotm 0 0 2011-03-11T14:07:00Z 2011-03-11T14:07:00Z 1 155 887 IIEA 7 1 1089 12.0

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Dr. Karl Gerth will deliver an address on Can Chinese Consumers Save the Global Economy? Growth economies such as China and India are witnessing an unprecedented expansion of the middle class, accompanied by the associated increase in consumption. As much as one third of China’s population can now be classified as middle class and consumer culture is deeply entrenched in all areas of life. Dr. Gerth will discuss whether this demand can boost the flagging global economy.

About the speaker:

Dr. Gerth is the author of numerous papers and two books; As China Goes, So Goes the World and China Made: Consumer Culture and the Creation of the Nation. He is currently researching two further publications on conceptualising consumerism and the Chinese Communist Party. Dr. Gerth is a Lecturer in Modern Chinese History in Oxford University, with a special focus on consumerism, nationalism and environmentalism. He was awarded a PhD from Harvard University. 

]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:45:00 GMT http://www.iiea.com/events/can-chinese-consumers-save-the-global-economy 2012-04-26T11:45:00Z http://www.iiea.com/events/can-chinese-consumers-save-the-global-economy The Growth Engines of the World Economy to 2025 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Iiea-events/~3/rhJ8H5SXbqQ/the-growth-engines-of-the-world-economy-to-2025 About this event:

Jim O’Neill will deliver a keynote address on The Growth Engines of the World Economy to 2025. In the ten years since he coined the acronym BRIC, the transformation of the global economy, driven by Brazil, Russia, India and China, has led O’Neill and his colleagues in Goldman Sachs to recently re-classify these “emerging economies” as “growth economies.”

Such countries are characterized by an economy that accounts for at least 1% of current global GDP, a factor that has already led Goldman Sachs to extend “growth economy” classification beyond the BRICs to include Mexico, Turkey, South Korea and Indonesia.


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Jim O’Neill was appointed chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management in 2010. As chairman, he is involved in helping to guide all aspects of GSAM’s business around the world. Prior to this, he was head of global economics, commodities and strategy research at Goldman Sachs.

Jim earned a degree in economics from Sheffield University in 1978 and a PhD from the University of Surrey in 1982. He received an honorary doctorate from the Institute of Education, University of London, in 2009 for his educational philanthropy. Jim founded SHINE, an educational charity over eleven years ago, benefiting the most disadvantaged people in urban London. He is the author of The Growth Map: Economic Opportunity in the BRICs and Beyond (2011). 

]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:45:00 GMT http://www.iiea.com/events/the-growth-engines-of-the-world-economy-to-2025 2012-03-23T12:45:00Z http://www.iiea.com/events/the-growth-engines-of-the-world-economy-to-2025 Keynote Speech on Irish Climate Policy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Iiea-events/~3/zUxthq3ahyU/keynote-speech-on-irish-climate-policy About the Speech:

Following the recent launch of his Roadmap for Climate Policy and Legislation, Minister Hogan will deliver a keynote address on his vision for Irish climate policy, reflecting on the climate challenge to 2020 and beyond.

About the Speaker:

Phil Hogan was appointed Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in 2011. He has held a range of positions, including Spokesman for Environment, Heritage and Local Government in the 30th Dáil, and Minister of State in the Department of Finance from 1994 to 1995. He also served in the Senate from 1987-1989. One of Fine Gael’s most experienced politicians, Minister Hogan has held his Carlow-Kilkenny seat in the Dáil since 1989 and served as the party’s Director of Elections in the 2011 General Election.

]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:45:00 GMT http://www.iiea.com/events/keynote-speech-on-irish-climate-policy 2012-02-29T12:45:00Z http://www.iiea.com/events/keynote-speech-on-irish-climate-policy The Political and Security Outlook for Afghanistan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Iiea-events/~3/0rj6olSrV7Q/the-political-and-security-outlook-for-afghanistan About the Speaker:

 

Former Foreign Minister of Lithuania, Vygaudas Ušackas, was named the European Union Special Representative and Head of the European Union Delegation in March 2010. He previously had a distinguished career in the Lithuanian foreign service and served as the Ambassador of Lithuania to the United Kingdom and to the United States of America. He was Chief Negotiator for Lithuania’s Accession to the European Union.

 

 

 

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As Allied troops prepare to hand full control of the country’s persistently volatile security situation to the Afghan security forces by 2014, Vygaudas Ušackas will give a first-hand account of the prevailing political and security environment. Following the major international conference in Bonn in December 2011, he will also assess the current and prospective roles of different local, regional and international actors, and the outlook for Afghanistan to 2014 and beyond.

]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:45:00 GMT http://www.iiea.com/events/the-political-and-security-outlook-for-afghanistan 2012-02-27T12:45:00Z http://www.iiea.com/events/the-political-and-security-outlook-for-afghanistan The Future of Energy Policy in Ireland and Europe http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Iiea-events/~3/A-VJPuQmAPM/the-future-of-energy-policy-in-ireland-and-europe About the Speaker:

Minister Rabbitte is a Full-time T.D. for Dublin South West since he was first elected to Dáil Eireann in 1989. He has served in a number of different portfolios in opposition and was Justice Spokesperson in the last Dáil. He was the Dáil’s longest serving member of the Public Accounts Committee and was a prominent member of the DIRT Inquiry into tax evasion.

He was Leader of the Labour Party from 2002 to 2007. He served as Minister of State to the Government 1994 -1997 and Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with responsibility for Commerce, Science and Technology.

About the Speech:

In this address, Minister Rabbitte will reflect on some of the most challenging issues, which face the European energy sector such as the completion of the internal energy market, improving electricity infrastructure and interconnection between Member States, as well as fostering employment opportunities.

Minister Rabbitte will also detail the conclusions of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting, which will take place in Brussels on 14 February 2012.

This address is the second event in the 2012 ESB Lecture Series.

]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:45:00 GMT http://www.iiea.com/events/the-future-of-energy-policy-in-ireland-and-europe 2012-02-24T12:45:00Z http://www.iiea.com/events/the-future-of-energy-policy-in-ireland-and-europe Terry Stewart Memorial Lecture http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Iiea-events/~3/8yf9l-GH8CM/terry-stewart-memorial-lecture Xavier Prats-Monné, Deputy Director-General of DG Education and Culture at the European Commission will deliver a keynote speech on “Getting Young People Back to Work – European Solutions to National Problems.” The Terry Stewart Memorial Lecture is being held in cooperation with the European Commission.

Terry Stewart devoted his working life to the European ideal, fostering closer contacts between the Commission and Irish political, economic and social life. After a decade in Brussels, he was appointed Head of the Commission Representation in Ireland, after which he returned to Brussels as a Director in the Directorate General for Social Affairs. Terry was one of the founding directors of the IIEA, and later its Director General and Vice-Chairman. During a long and distinguished career, Terry also worked with Ivernia Tourism (part of Bórd Fáilte) and Gaeltarra Éireann as Development Director.

Concrete action to overcome high youth unemployment in Europe was one of the key outcomes of the European Council meeting of 30 January 2012. Each member state is mandated to outline the initiatives it will take on employment, education and skills. In addition, Ireland is one of eight eurozone states that have been selected by the European Commission to benefit from a new European taskforce to tackle the youth unemployment crisis.

Xavier Prats-Monné is the Deputy Director-General of DG Education and Culture at the European Commission, where he is responsible for educational mobility, the modernisation of European education and training systems, and Erasmus. From 2007 to 2010, he served as Director for employment policy and Europe 2020 as a European Commission “Sherpa” to the G20. He previously served as one of five founding members of the European Impact Assessment Board and as Director of the European Social Fund.

]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:45:00 GMT http://www.iiea.com/events/terry-stewart-memorial-lecture 2012-02-23T12:45:00Z http://www.iiea.com/events/terry-stewart-memorial-lecture Principles and Priorities Underpinning Humanitarian Aid http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Iiea-events/~3/sNTU7rcn7P0/principles-and-priorities-underpinning-humanitarian-aid Normal.dotm 0 0 1 165 943 IIEA 7 1 1158 12.0

The EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Dr. Kristalina Georgieva, will deliver a keynote address on Principles and Priorities Underpinning Humanitarian Aid on Monday 20 February at 12.45 p.m. at the Irish Aid Volunteering & Information Centre, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1. She will discuss the importance of strengthening the synergy between humanitarian aid and development policy, and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of this aid. She will also underline the need for a principled approach to humanitarian action, based on impartiality, neutrality and non-discrimination. This is the second event in the IIEA/Irish Aid Development Matters series.

Prior to joining the European Commission in 2010, Dr. Georgieva held various positions at the World Bank. She was Associate Professor at the University of National and World Economy, and a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics. Dr. Georgieva holds an M. A. in Political Economy and Sociology and a PhD in Economic Science.

The IIEA would like to acknowledge the support of Irish Aid in the Development Matters series.

Please note that this event is taking place at an out-of-house venue.

]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:45:00 GMT http://www.iiea.com/events/principles-and-priorities-underpinning-humanitarian-aid 2012-02-20T12:45:00Z http://www.iiea.com/events/principles-and-priorities-underpinning-humanitarian-aid Global Leadership in Transition: A View of Global Economic Challenges from China http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Iiea-events/~3/wo1ENV0X7Do/global-leadership-in-transition-a-view-of-global-economic-challenges-from-china About the Speech:

In his speech, Professor Xue will focus on China’s perception of current global economic challenges in the context of the obstacles and prospects for transforming the G20 into a more effective and responsive mechanism for global governance.

Speaking at the G20 Cannes Summit in November 2011, Chinese President, Hu Jintao, stated that the world economy is now at a crossroads, emphasising that the international financial crisis has created an opportunity to build a new system of global economic governance premised on the pursuit of win-win cooperation.

About the Speaker:

Dr Xue is professor and Dean of the School of Public Policy and Management and Executive President of the Development Research Academy for the 21st Century at Tsinghua University. He is also currently Nonresident Senior Fellow at the John L Thornton China Center, Brookings; Adjunct professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University; Fellow at the IC² Institute; Vice President of the China Association of Public Administration, a body under the General Office of the Chinese State Council; and Vice President of the Chinese Institute of Science and S&T Policy Deputy Secretary General of the National Steering Committee for MPA Education.

]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:45:00 GMT http://www.iiea.com/events/global-leadership-in-transition-a-view-of-global-economic-challenges-from-china 2012-02-20T12:45:00Z http://www.iiea.com/events/global-leadership-in-transition-a-view-of-global-economic-challenges-from-china Dealing with the Crisis – the Strength of the European Approach http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Iiea-events/~3/dPPksp8bZEY/dealing-with-the-crisis--the-strength-of-the-european-approach About the Speech:

At this IIEA breakfast briefing, European Commission Vice-President, Maros Sefcovic will address the EU response to the Euro crisis, including the new treaty, its implications for the institutional dynamics of the Union, and the future of the “Community Method” of decision-making. He will also discuss the state of relations between the EU’s core institutions, two years after the Lisbon Treaty’s entry into force.

About the Speaker: 

Maros Sefcovic is Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration. He previously served as European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth from 2009 to 2010. A career diplomat before his appointment to the Commission, he has held posts as Slovakian Permanent Representative to the EU and as Ambassador to Israel, and as Director General of the EU and Bilateral Affairs Divisions of the Slovakian Department of Foreign Affairs.

Please note the earlier than usual time of this address.

]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:45:00 GMT http://www.iiea.com/events/dealing-with-the-crisis--the-strength-of-the-european-approach 2012-02-17T08:45:00Z http://www.iiea.com/events/dealing-with-the-crisis--the-strength-of-the-european-approach Iceland and the EU http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Iiea-events/~3/KUNQ1h1wyak/iceland-and-the-eu About the speech:

Iceland applied for EU membership in the wake of its financial crisis of 2008. Since then its application process has progressed at an unprecedented speed. Will Iceland quickly follow Croatia to become the EU’s twenty-ninth member? Or will differences in key areas such as fisheries, agriculture and environmental policy prove too difficult to overcome? Ambassador Jóhannesson is ideally placed to comment on the negotiation process and the prospects of Icelandic accession to the EU.  

About the speaker:

Ambassador Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson is one of Iceland’s most experienced international negotiators. In 2009, he was appointed as the Chief Negotiator for EU Accession after serving four years as Iceland’s Ambassador to the EU. He has also represented Iceland at the World Trade Organisation, the European Free Trade Association and the United Nations.

]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:45:00 GMT http://www.iiea.com/events/iceland-and-the-eu 2012-02-15T12:45:00Z http://www.iiea.com/events/iceland-and-the-eu