LSE Local Economic Development Forum 2018
WINNERS & LOSERS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
17th Feb 2018
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New Academic Building, LSE,
London WC2A 3LJ
The LED Forum
2018
ABOUT
Welcome to the 11th edition of the LED Forum !
Every year, students of the MSc Local Economic Development programme at the London School of Economics have the opportunity to welcome academics, professionals, alumni and fellow students to their annual LED Forum. The one-day forum serves as a platform for students to interact with professionals and experts in relevant fields.
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We think that in our globalised world, in the aftermath of Brexit and Trump’s election, increasing inequalities between cities and limited resources, our world and policymakers are than ever pressured. The Forum will focus on “Winners and Losers in the Global Economy”, looking at developed and developing countries. Our speakers will talk about economic development governance in conflict zones; legal and policy frameworks for land development in Rwanda; making local economies work for women, regional implications of Brexit, and much more !!
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This year, top speakers from the UN Economic Commission for Europe, Financial Times, Adam Smith International, Amnesty International, SQW, Emerge International and LSE academics will be present. Are you ready for a thought-provoking, exciting and stimulating day?
Students, alumni, professors, policymakers, consultants... Everyone is welcome !
Our
Speakers
Gulnara Roll
Senior expert in Environment, Urban Planning, Sustainable Development with an extensive experience of managing teams, networks and projects, Gulnara Roll works at the UN since 2009 with the preparation and submission of UN official documents; drafting reports, studies, publications; managing large scale projects and teams; fundraising; organising intergovernmental meetings and negotiations. She is currently working for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
Riccardo Crescenzi​
Prof Riccardo Crescenzi is (Full) Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. He is also an Associate at the Centre for International Development (CID) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and is affiliated with the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and the Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC) at the LSE. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Taubman Centre, Harvard University. Until September 2014 he was Programme Director of the MSc in Local Economic Development
Sarah O'Connor
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Sarah O’Connor is the Financial Times' employment correspondent, writing articles, reports and features on the world of work. She also writes a column for the Comment section. She joined the FT in 2007 and has covered the US economy from Washington, the UK economy from London and the financial crisis from Iceland. Graduate from Cambridge University, she received in 2013 the British Press Awards for her works in Business and Finance. She will be one of the panelists during the Forum talking about regional implications of Brexit.
Tristan Salmon
Tristan Salmon is a Senior Manager for Adam Smith International working across a portfolio of projects in Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf region. He has over twelve years' experience providing technical assistance to private companies, governments and NGOs. His technical strengths are in local economic development, labour markets, governance, and monitoring & evaluation. He has delivered projects in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Syria, South Sudan, Egypt, Brunei and the Philippines.
Chiara Capraro
Chiara works at Amnesty International but previously was a policy and advocacy manager for economic rights at Womankind Worldwide. Before that, Chiara was Gender Policy Adviser at Christian Aid where she led work on gender responsive tax and fiscal policy. Before moving to the UK, Chiara worked in Southern India with women living with HIV and in Italy with women migrants, supporting them to access health care and other services, overall fighting gender discrimination. ​
Neil Lee
Neil Lee is an Associate Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE. He is the Director of the MSc in Local Economic Development and the BSc in Geography with Economics. His research focuses on cities and the social dimensions of economic change - at the moment he is working on inclusive growth, spatial variation in access to finance for innovative or high technology firms, and the impact of personality on economic geography. He is also an affiliate of LSE London, the Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC) and the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE). He has spent time at TCLab at Columbia University. Before this, he was Head of the Socio-Economic Centre at The Work Foundation.
Chris Gibbon
Chris Gibbon is a management consultant at SQW, an international independent provider of research, analysis and advice in economic and social development for the public, private and voluntary sectors. He is experienced in writing research and evaluation reports, project management, data analysis, bid writing, and presenting findings to clients. Specialised in spatial development, he speaks at academic and trade conferences. His recent clients include BIS, the Greater London Authority, Warner Bros, local authorities and local enterprise partnerships (LEPs).
​Dan Hardy
Consultant at SQW since 2016, Dan Hardy will present, during the Forum, a workshop with his colleague Chris Gibbon. Hardy was a research assistant for 3 years at the London School of Economics under the supervision of Dr Andrés Rodriguez Pose and researched and published a paper on industrial parks and technology in emerging countries. Before, he had the opportunity to be a consultant at the World Bank working especially on the World Bank Country Economic Memorandum, on the case of Georgia.
​Hadley Rose
Hadley Rose is an international legal consultant with experience working in multiple countries and contexts. She has direct experience working on behalf of victims in domestic and international criminal justice systems. She has also drafted laws and built capacity in legislative drafting and legal analysis in multiple country contexts. Rose has strong legal and social sciences research and writing skills, which she uses to inform programming, policy, and advocacy efforts. She puts many of these skills to use as a legal trainer, utilizing a practical skills approach to all training work, and is an expert in developing and integrating tailored case studies to teach legal skills.​
​Samuel Lowe
As a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, Sam Lowe works especially on trade issues, Brexit, customs and regulatory barriers. Lowe graduated from the University of East Anglia with a Master in Conflict, Governance and International Development. Before joning the CER in January 2018, he worked for Friends of the Earth (an environmental campaigning community) and co-founded the UK Trade Forum (trade and investment policy experts committed to improving the quality of public debate around these issues). He regularly writes articles for the Financial Times, The Times, The Guardian and BBC Newsnight on trade issues, environmental policies, Brexit and UK-US trade relationships.
​Max Nathan
Max Nathan is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham in urban and spatial economics, economics of diversity, innovation and digital economy. Since 2013, he is also the Deputy Director of What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth, a centre in collaboration with LSE, the Centre for Cities and Arup which aspire to develop effective local growth policies. Max Nathan has worked as a research fellow in different institutions such as the LSE, the National Institute for Economic and Social Research and the Department for Communities and Local Government in the UK.
Schedule
9:00 - 10:00
Registration
10:00 - 10:15
Opening Speech - Dr Neil Lee
10:15 - 11:15
Keynote Speech - Dr Gulnara Roll
11:30 - 12:30
Workshop 1 - Mr Tristan Salmon
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Local economic development governance in the conflict zones
Workshop 2 - Ms Chiara Capraro
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How to make local economies work for women
13:30 - 14:30
Workshop 1 - Mr Chris Gibbon and Mr Dan Hardy
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Economic strategies in peripheral regions, the case of Cornwall
Workshop 2 - Ms Hadley Rose
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Legal and policy frameworks for land development in Rwanda
14:45 - 16:00
Panel: Regional implications of Brexit - the winner takes it all?
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Chair: Professor Riccardo Crescenzi
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Panelists: Ms Sarah O’Connor, Max Nathan and Samuel Lowe
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16:00
Drinks and Networking
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Break
Registration
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**FREE**
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