Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 3, 2003|Volume 32, Number 5

Conference to explore
the future of globalization

The Yale Center for the Study of Globalization will host a major international conference on "The Future of Globalization: Explorations in Light of Recent Turbulence" on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10 and 11.

The conference, which is co-sponsored with The World Bank, will take place 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday and 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday in the Law School's Levinson Auditorium, 127 Wall St. It is free and open to the public.

The conference will feature a range of noted speakers, including Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning author of "Globalization and Its Discontents"; Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and now head of the Ethical Globalization Initiative; Jagdish Bhagwati, author of the forthcoming book "Does Globalization Have a Human Face?"; Mark Malloch Brown, the administrator of the United Nations Development Program; and Hernando de Soto, president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy.

Topics to be discussed will include how to make globalization work better; global trade, migration and investment; and growth and social inclusion. The final Saturday session will present experts reflecting on globalization's effects on local and regional experiences in Africa, the Middle East, China, Argentina and Bangladesh.

A full conference program can be found on the center's website at www.ycsg.yale.edu. For information about the conference or the center, call (203) 432-1900.

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