Join Us at the Economics National Teacher Conference 2012!

Our speaker line up is now complete for tutor2u’s 10th Anniversary Economics Teacher National Conference! We are delighted to have some outstanding economists and communicators to talk on a range of current issues and the day provides a terrific opportunity to celebrate our marvellous subject and enrich our passion for what we do in the classroom ahead of the summer break!

Delegate Rates: £175 (+ VAT) for a single delegate £125 (+ VAT) for groups of two or more delegates from the same institution

Jim O’Neill, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and known throughout the world for his work on the rise of the BRIC nations will open the conference. Jim has a new book out - The Growth Map, economic opportunity in the BRICS and beyond - a great read for teachers and students

Jonathan Portes - In recent months Jonathan has been a prominent figure in the media commentating on a wide range of macroeconomic issues but notably on the lively debate about how best to drive economic growth and recovery in the UK. He is currently Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and previously, he was Chief Economist at the Cabinet Office, where he advised the Cabinet Secretary, Gus O’Donnell, and Number 10 Downing Street on economic and financial issues. Before that he held a number of other senior economic policy posts in the UK government. Jonathan writes a blog “Not the Treasury View” that has fast-gained a large following within the economics community and much wider afield. Jonathan is also a prolific user of Twitter!

Philip Coggan is the Buttonwood columnist of The Economist. Previously, he worked for the Financial Times for 20 years and in 2009, he was voted Senior Financial Journalist of the Year in the Wincott awards and best communicator in the business journalist of the year awards. His latest book, “Paper Promises: Money, Debt and the New World Order”, was published by Penguin in 2011 and has been widely acclaimed as one of the best new books on the global financial crisis.

Dambisa Moyo will be our key note speaker after lunch. She is tremendously well known from her books Dead Aid and How the West was Lost and she has built a fine reputation as an international economist who comments on the macroeconomy and global affairs. Her new book due for publication ahead of our June conference is Winner Take All - China’s Race For Resources and What It Means For Us, a book on an issue that will be right at the forefront of many of globalisation and environmental topics that we teach at AS and A2 level

Delegate Rates:
£175 (+ VAT) for a single delegate
£125 (+ VAT) for groups of two or more delegates from the same institution

The ETNC 2012 takes place on Wednesday 27 June 2012 at our traditional venue - the stunning British Library Conference Auditorium at St Pancras in Central London. Places can be provisionally booked using this form:

https://tutor2u.wufoo.com/forms/economics-teacher-national-conf-2012-booking-form/

The conference includes full morning and lunchtime refreshments and our tradition drinks party afterwards. WiFi is available for delegates and no visit to the BL is complete without a quick trip into the Library itself!