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Warwick Emerging Markets Society event
Warwick Emerging Markets Society starts the 2nd term with an exciting panel debate.
PANEL DEBATE
What is the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015? What impact will it have on Western nations? Will the AEC rival the EEC? Is the future of AEC positive with the political issues currently arising?
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015, is the uniting of 10 ASEAN countries: Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia, and Brunei. This will bring a new era of economic cooperation to all 10 countries, with increased labour mobility, accelerating economic growth and social and cultural development.
Join us on THURSDAY JANUARY 16TH AT 6:30PM IN S0.11 to learn about the economic, development and political issues surrounding AEC through an interactive panel debate with Rajak Naik and Anne Booth, and Juanita Elias as our moderator. Through this panel debate we aim to encourage a thought-provoking discussion and to provide the opportunity for delegates to exchange ideas with our speakers.
There will be free pizza at the end
SPEAKERS AND MODERATOR INFORMATION
Rajay Naik is Director of Government and External Affairs at The Open University – the UK’s largest University – and Chairman of UK Programmes at the Big Lottery Fund – the largest funder of charities in the UK. Rajay is also a Commissioner at the Department of Health; a Member of the National Careers Council and the UK-ASEAN Business Council. Rajay was one of five panel members on Lord Browne's Review of Higher Education. Previously he held senior roles in Local Government at Coventry City Council; Central Government at the Cabinet Office and in the voluntary sector at the Royal Society of Arts. He is a former Chairman of the British Youth Council; Trustee of the National Youth Agency, vInspired and Changemakers Foundation; and Council Member of the Learning and Skills Council. Rajay holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from The University of Warwick.
Anne Booth has recently retired from SOAS, University of London, where she was Professor of Economics with reference to Asia since 1991. Before that she was a research fellow at the Australian National University and a lecturer at the University of Singapore. She carried out fieldwork for a dissertation in Indonesia in 1972/3, and has been returning to that country on a regular basis ever since. She has published widely on Southeast Asian economic history, and in recent years has been working on the legacies of colonialism in East and Southeast Asia. Her book, Colonial Legacies in East and SoutheastAsia was published by the University
Juanita Elias is a former Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Manchester. Her interests focus on politics and international studies and Southeast Asia. Amongst others she is the author of Fashioning Inequality: The Multinational Firm and Gendered Employment in a Globalising World (2004), co-editor of the book The Global Political Economy of The Household in Asia(2013) and co-author of the textbook International Relations: The Basics. Additionally she has recently organised the event The Everyday Political Economy of Southeast Asia and moderated the Influential Women: Changing the Face of Global Development discussion.
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