The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, in cooperation with the EU Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is organising a conference titled, “The Political Economy of the EU Sovereign Debt Crisis” on February 14, 2012 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
The conference is hosted to address the greatest challenge to date for the European Union, the debt crisis faced by the Eurozone.
“This conference is timely following the refinancing of Greek debt with help from Eurozone members,” said Christopher Napoli, Assistant Professor from The School of Politics, History and International Relations, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus and also a speaker at the conference.
“The burning question is also the possibility of a sustained recovery without massive capital injections from third parties like the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The crisis in the EU, one of the world’s leading economies effects the entire world economy as a domino effect. For this reason we need a global dialogue” Napoli said.
This conference will examine the sovereign debt crisis from three perspectives. First, it will explain the origins of the crisis. Second, it will evaluate the future of the monetary union, as well as options for reform. Third, it will examine the threat of contagion of the crisis on the broader global economy.
In addition to Christopher Napoli, speakers at the conference are Prof. Dr. Hubert Zimmermann, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, German; Dr. Milo Jones, Instituto de Empresa Business School, Spain. All speakers have extensive knowledge of the EU and have studies the evolution of the Eurozone over the past decade. Prof. Zimmermann has written extensively on the European monetary union, while Dr. Jones researches and consults in the area for large European MNCs.
The conference is targets senior officials from financial institutions, investment bankers, key decision makers from European MNCs, academics, diplomats and students.
The conference will be held at University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Kuala Lumpur Teaching Facility at Chulan Tower, Jalan Conlay, Kuala Lumpur.
The conference is free of charge, but guests are asked to pre register by contacting Christopher Napoli via email at christopher.napoli@nottingham.edu.my or fax at 03 8924 8013 before February 10th, 2012.
The School of Politics, History and International Relations at UNMC is the sister school of School of Politics and International Relations, Nottingham UK. The school was established in 2010 and enjoys close international links with Nottingham campuses in the UK and China. Students are exposed to a wide variety of subjects in International Relations including international political economy, international politics, conflict analysis, security studies, global resistance and diplomacy.
Nottingham graduates from this school has secured careers in the diplomatic community, international organisations, communications, lobbying and consulting, and academia.
Registration for the February intake is currently opened, for more information please consult www:nottingham.edu.my or email enquiries@nottingham.edu.my (Malaysian students) and international.enquiries@nottingham.edu.my (International students).
Posted on Monday 30th January 2012