Thursday, June 23, 2016

ECOBATE 2016 speakers Profs: Sir Vince Cable; Yanis Varoufakis & David Llewllyn. Gaston Reinesch (Central Bank Governor)

The fourth ECOBATE conference (European Conference on Banking and the Economy) is to be held on Wednesday 12th October in Winchester and the submission date for papers is 1st July.  These conferences are unusual as they have always attracted interest from academics and from the general public. Lord Adair Turner  acknowledges the influence of ECOBATE founder Richard Werner on his thinking:
'Richard's writings on monetary policy and the importance of a credit focus are absolutely important, and very important to the evolution of my thinking.' 

The format will be similar to earlier years with free public sessions and keynote speakers from mid-afternoon:

  • Sir Vince Cable, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. Hon. Prof. Univ. of Nottingham.
  • Professor David T. Llewellyn, Prof. of Banking, Univ. of Loughborough
  • Gaston Reinesch, Gov.Banque Centrale du Luxembourg, Member of the General Council of the European Central Bank (ECB)
  • Professor Yanis Varoufakis, Prof. of Economic Theory,Univ. of Athens, Greece; former Minister of Finance, Greece

This year's ECOBATE will be held under the auspices of the Association for Research on Banking and the Economy a new charity (Reg. No: 1166422) set up by Professor Richard A. Werner with charitable objects as follows (Charity Commission website):

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY THOSE INTERESTED IN THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY) ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY AND TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT. THIS MAY INCLUDE AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS OR GRANTS AND ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS.

Also announced is a series of Oxford Seminars starting in October at Linacre College , Oxford.

See also links to blogposts: ECOBATE 2011 (1-4) ; ECOBATE 2013 (1-4) ; ECOBATE 2014 (1-3)
posted by Charles Bazlinton. Author, The Free Lunch - Fairness with Freedom

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