Wawasan Open University is hosting the 6th Khazanah Penang Lecture on “The Global Economic Crisis: Implications for Malaysia” which is to be presented by Professor Kwame Sundaram Jomo. This will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Datuk Seri Panglima Andrew Sheng.

Date: 6th August 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30 PM – 7.00 PM
Venue: Wawasan Open University (Lecture Theater 1) 54, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, Penang

Programme

4.30PM – 5.00PM: Registration & Tea
5.00PM – 5.15PM: Opening remarks by Datuk Seri Panglima Andrew Sheng
5.15PM – 6:00PM: Lecture by Prof KS Jomo
6.00PM – 7:00PM: Panel Discussion by Datuk Seri Panglima Andrew Sheng & Prof KS Jomo
7.00PM: End Programme

Prof KS Jomo is a prominent economist and social scientist and now the Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development in the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) since January 2005. Prior to this appointment, he was a Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. His teaching experience includes USM, Harvard, Yale College, UKM, Wolfson College, Cambridge and Cornell University.

Prof Jomo was also recently appointed as a member of Commission of Experts of the President of the United Nations General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System that is chaired by Prof Joseph Stiglitz. He is the founder and chair of the International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs), and sat on the Board of the United Nations Research Institute For Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva. He is a leading scholar and expert on the political economy of development, especially in Southeast Asia, and has authored over numerous monographs, books and academic papers.

Datuk Seri Panglima Andrew Sheng is a Board Member of Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Chief Adviser to the China Banking Regulatory Commission. He was recently appointed as an expert member of the National Economic Advisory Council of Malaysia. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Malaya and Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing.

He is a Justice of the Peace, a chartered accountant by training, and holds a first class Honours degree in economics and honorary doctor of law degree from the University of Bristol, UK.

All are Invited. Admission is free.