Friday, December 26, 2008

Invitation to Khazanah Penang Lecture

Khazanah Nasional Bhd will be organising its Khazanah Penang Lecture #4.

Date: 8th January 2009 (Thursday)

Time: 4:00pm – 5:45pm
Venue: Seminar Room 1, Kompleks Masyarakat Penyayang, Jalan Utama, 10450 Penang

Speaker: Jakob von Uexkull

Topic: “The Global Economic Crisis: What Next?”


Synopsis: Jakob von Uexkull is the founder and chairperson for the World Future Council (WFC). He is also the founder of the Right Livelihood Award and co-founder of The Other Economic Summit (TOES), the former being commonly referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prize. Jakob’s rationale of creating the WFC is basically to add an ethical perspective to the mostly economical and political considerations that decide about the most important questions of our time. And so we ask, in this time of a global economic crisis… what next?

Programme:

3.30pm – 4.00pm Arrival & Registration
4:00pm – 4:15pm Opening remarks by Dato’ Anwar Fazal
4.15pm – 5:15pm Presentation by Jakob von Uexkull “The Global Economic Crisis: What Next?”
5.15pm – 5:45pm Q&A Session
5.45pm
End Programme

If interested, please confirm your attendance by email to
Mr Aziz Kevin.