The Balsillie School of International Affairs, in partnership with the Ditchley Foundation, cordially invites you to join us for the first in a three-part series of ‘Critical Conversations’.  Our ‘Critical Conversations’ series serves as a forum which brings global thought leaders together to bridge important perspectives on intersectional issues currently challenging the global policy world.  

This inaugural event is entitled “Building Resilient Futures:  Covid, Climate and the Economy” - a discussion on possible measures to shape a future for global resilience that is economically sustainable and capable of meeting the twin threats of climate stress and the health burdens of COVID-19.

We are delighted to bring together the following global thought leaders who will lead the discussion:

• Diana Fox-Carney – Climate Policy Expert
• John Hancock – Senior Policy Adviser to the Director-General, World Trade Organization
• William White - former Chairman of the OECD Economic and Development Review Committee, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department at the Bank for International Settlements, and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada

Panel moderator:  Jatin Nathwani, Professor and STEM for Global Resilience Lead (BSIA/UW), Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy 

 The event is listed here: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/creating-resilient-futures-climate-covid-and-the-economy/

Registration is through Eventbrite, but we will also be posting the direct Zoom link to the webinar on the BSIA event page in the morning of the event.