Columbia WES

Hi everyone!

The Warwick Economics Summit is inviting Columbia University students to participate in the virtual summit for free!

Save the date: 4th to 6th February 2022

Submit the interest form here: https://forms.gle/GP5JbKy2CgTDVfX29 by January 18th 2022

What you can expect for 2022 Virtual WES:

1. Interactive virtual 2 day experience
2. Talks by world-renowned speakers with live Q&A
3. Seminars hosted by sponsors and partners
4. Meet the speaker sessions
5. Virtual Careers Fair
6. Mentorship Opportunities from our alumni, partners and sponsors
7. Opportunity to interact with delegates from across the world

Video from the in person WES 2020 delegation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0CahK_Jiu8&t=3s

Warwick Economics Summit is an international student-led conference, which attracts revered and inspirational speakers from across the globe. Students from many different countries choose to attend the Summit to gain insight and experience from distinguished experts as well as network with attendees. The first edition took place in 2002 and every year since the Summit has grown to become the event it is today, welcoming over 500 delegates per year. The Summit is a unique opportunity for students to learn directly from renowned speakers in an environment tailored for spreading knowledge.

Past speakers include 5 Nobel laureates, Stanley Fischer (Former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve), Gabriella Ramos (OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20), John B. Taylor (Professor of Economics, Stanford University), Lionel Zinsou (former Prime Minister of Benin), Mario Monti and Enrico Letta (Former Prime Ministers of Italy).

If you have any questions about the summit or the application please email Polina at [email protected]

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Warwick Economics Summit is excited to announce the final WESPresents, Dame Moya Greene on Nov 9th, Tuesday at 3PM UKT (10am EST). Dame Moya Greene’s 40 year career spans both the private and public sectors. Register today by following the link below.

She was born in Newfoundland Canada and spent 17 years in increasingly senior roles in the Canadian federal civil service. She has held senior corporate Executive and Board roles in banking, infrastructure finance, rail manufacturing, and logistics culminating in her appointment in 2005 as CEO of Canada Post. In 2010 she was recruited to lead Royal Mail through a major restructuring including the successful listing of the enterprise on the London Stock Exchange.

Her leadership has been recognised on both sides of the Atlantic by universities and media including The National Post and the Financial Times. In 2018 Her Majesty the Queen bestowed on Greene the honour of a Damehood for services to business and to postal services. In 2020 she was admitted to the Order of Canada.

To register, follow the link and scroll down to ‘Live Streaming Registration’:

Careers in Economics Event 2021 Come and network with a range of employers and management consultancies and listen to a range of guest speakers. The event is for both undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Economics.

Reminder: 24 Hours Left to Pre-Register!

There are now only 24hours left until the pre-registration deadline for the Virtual WES2021 Weekend. You can find the pre-registration link and all the details on how to pre-register on the WES2021 Event Page: https://fb.me/e/1I0W9GyeE

Make sure to pre-register in order to be able / Once you have pre-registered, you will be able to secure your WES2021 ticket via a final registration on the 22nd of January. Only a limited number of free tickets will be distributed on a first-come first-serve basis. More information about the final registration will be posted soon!

Do keep an eye out on our social media, we have a final batch of speakers to be released!

We are extremely excited to announce our fourth panel for virtual WES 2021 - The Green Transition Panel. The panel consists of the following participants: Graciela Chichilnisky, Connie Hedegaard, and will feature pre-recorded messages from Kara Mangone and Anne Simpson. It will be chaired by Gillian Tett. Additional speakers may be added to this line up.

Note: The line up is subject to change, though all speaker releases are accurate at the time of the post. Further, the nature of participation by the speaker is subject to change too.

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At last, humanity is beginning to come to terms with the harsh reality that the battle against climate change is one that threatens our very existence. On that note, we aim to present a panel that discusses the steps forward with both nuance and urgency In an age of partisanship and division, global warming calls for global solutions. A discussion on the necessary conditions for governments, international institutions and intricately linked channels of trade and finance to fully shoulder their responsibility towards the planet would make for an intriguing and important conversation. The varying roles of developed and developing nations, preventing the effects of climate change from destroying the lives of the world’s poorest and the feasibility of a sustainable green transition are among the many crucial issues we hope this panel will address.

Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky is the co-founder and CEO of Global Thermostat, and co-creator of a carbon removal technology that can reverse climate change. Under Dr. Chichilnisky’s leadership, the company was awarded a Silver designation on Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s 2020 Most Fundable Companies List, and its technology was chosen by MIT Technology Review as one of the Ten Breakthrough Technologies of 2019, a list curated by Bill Gates.

Connie Hedegaard is a Danish Politician and Former European Commissioner for Climate Action. She was also a Minister of Denmark for Climate and Energy.

Kara Mangone is the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Sustainable Finance Group at Goldman Sachs. Previously, she led engagement with the firm's investors on corporate governance and sustainability.

Anne Simpson is the Managing Investment Director for Board Governance & Sustainability at CalPERS. In 2019, she was named as one of the 15 women leading the global fight on climate change by Time Magazine, and one of the 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance by Barron’s (Dow Jones) in 2020.

The Chair, Gillian Tett is chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US of the Financial Times. In 2014, she was named Columnist of the Year in the British Press Awards and was the first recipient of the Royal Anthropological Institute Marsh Award. Tett’s past roles at the FT have included US managing editor, assistant editor, capital markets editor, deputy editor of the Lex column, Tokyo bureau chief, and a reporter in Russia and Brussels.

We are excited to announce that virtual WES 2021 will be hosting live interviews with Esko Aho, Former Prime Minister of Finland, and David Davis, Former Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union!

Tickets are free but limited, and you’ll have to pre-register to secure a ticket. Pre-registration ends on the 4th of January 2021, head to our event page to stay up to date on ticket registration details: https://www.facebook.com/events/3c413802342007120/

Note: The line up is subject to change, though all speaker releases are accurate at the time of the post. Further, the nature of participation by the speaker is subject to change too.

Merry Christmas! Today we are excited to announce two Nobel Peace Prize winners for virtual WES2021:

1. Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Founder of Grameen Bank and pioneer of microfinance
2. José Ramos-Horta, Former President of East Timor and political activist

Tickets are free but limited, and you’ll have to pre-register to secure a ticket. Pre-registration ends on the 4th of January 2021, head to our event page to stay up to date on ticket registration details: https://www.facebook.com/events/3c413802342007120/

Note: The line up is subject to change, though all speaker releases are accurate at the time of the post. Further, the nature of participation by the speaker is subject to change too.

We are extremely excited to announce another speaker for virtual WES 2021 - Oliver Hart, Winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016.

Tickets are free but limited, and you’ll have to pre-register to secure a ticket. Pre-registration ends on the 4th of January 2021, head to our event page to stay up to date on ticket registration details: https://www.facebook.com/events/3413802342007120/

Note: The line up is subject to change, though all speaker releases are accurate at the time of the post. Further, the nature of participation by the speaker is subject to change too.

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Oliver Hart is currently the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1993. He is the 2016 co-recipient of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the British Academy, and the American Finance Association, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, and has several honorary degrees.

Hart works mainly on contract theory, the theory of the firm, corporate finance, and law and economics. His research centers on the roles that ownership structure and contractual arrangements play in the governance and boundaries of corporations. He has published a book (Firms, Contracts, and Financial Structure, Oxford University Press, 1995) and numerous journal articles. He has used his theoretical work on firms and contracts in several legal cases. He has been president of the American Law and Economics Association and a vice president of the American Economic Association.

Event Page | WES 2021 Pre-Registration Warwick Economics Summit 2021When: 5-7th of February 2021Where: Online (you will receive an access code between 25th January to the 5th Feb