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Warwick Economics Summit• The Warwick Economics

Summit is an international forum where talented university students listen to some of the world's most revered and inspirational speakers

• Cover economics, social sciences, including development, politics, psychology and international relations

Warwick Economics Summit• 450 delegates will attend

the Summit this year

Ø Stanford University (USA)

Ø ESADE (Spain)

Ø Bocconi University (Italy)

Talks Seminars BallAwiderangeoftopicsdeliveredbyreveredspeakers

Uniquechancetointeractwiththespeakers

Dineanddancewithstudentsfromallovertheworld

Notable Sponsors

The Speakers – Stanley Fisher

• Israeli-American economist• Former Vice-Chairman of the Federal

Reserve• Served as Governor of the Bank of Israel• Former Deputy Managing Director of IMF

The Speakers- Gabriela Ramos

• OECD Chief of Staff• Sherpa to the G20• Responsible for G7 and G20• Leads Inclusive Growth Initiative• Former Head of OECD in Mexico and

Latin America• Former Director of Economic Affairs

(Mexican government)

The Speakers- Enrico Letta

• Former prime minister of Italy (2013-2014)

• Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

• Former Minister for European Affairs • Former Minister of Industry• Former Secretary to the Council of

Ministers

The Speakers- Sir Vince Stable

• British politician• Leader of the Liberal Democrats• Member of Parliament • Former Secretary of State for Business,

Innovation, and Skills• Former economic advisor to the

government of Kenya

The Speakers- Lionel Zinsou

• French-Binenese economist• Investment banker• Former prime minister of Benin (2015-

2016)• Currently president of Terra Nova (

French Think Tank)

Benefits for Student

• Listen to global leaders• Get the opportunity to interact with the speakers• Network with students and faculty from the most

prestigious universities in the world• Visit the University of Warwick ( one of the leading

universities in politics and economics)• Spend 5 days in the UK with your Webster

colleagues for free J

Accomodation

How to apply ?

• Step 1: Register via the Webster University Website• Step 2: Send your updated CV and a cover Letter to:

bkaltenboeck26@webster.edu• Deadline for Submitting: December 8th

• After submitting your documents a committee consisting of:Ø Prof. Antonakakis ( Business& Management Department)

Ø Ralph Schöllhammer (Advising)

Ø Dr. Pollak (Executive Board)

Ø Benedikt Kaltenböck (SGA)

…. will select 10 eligable candidates to attend the Summit

Travel Dates→ February 1st: Departure to Birmingham v 17:30 Erdberg-> 18:45 Bratislavav 20:55 Bratislava->22:30 Birmingham Int.v 23:00 Birmingham Int.-> 23:30 Leamington Spa

→ February 2nd-4th, Warwick Economics Summit 2018

→ February 5th, Off- Day

→ February 6th: Departure to Viennav 5:30 Leamington Spa-> 6:00 Birmingham Internationalv 7:20Birmingham->10:45Bratislavav 11:40Bratislava->12:40WienErdberg

v Students,whoneedaVISApleasespecificallysaysoinyourapplication!

Costs

• Flight: 75 EUR• Accommodation: 210 EUR• WES- Ticket: 80 EUR• Bus- Transfer: 10 EUR• If necessary: Visa Costs• Flight tickets, bus transfer, and accommodation

will be covered by the University and SGA• Additional expenses (shopping, restaurants, etc.)

won’t be covered

#WEStravels Competition• Take a photo. It can be a photo of yourself, a

landscape or groups of future delegates etc. make sure to have “#WEStravels” in some shape or form integrated into the photo. • Caption it. This can be something interesting about

the economy of your region’s growth, development, tourism or anything that you find special about it.Youcould touch upon any global and economic issues relating to your region or photo, including politics and finance which will tie in perfectly with the WES image. • The 5 best photos will be uploaded to the WES FB

page• Winners will be announced at the Summit Ball

Further Steps

• Please like the WES- FB page • For more information please visit

https://www.warwickeconomicssummit.com/ or visit Dr. Antonakakis in the B&M Department or myself in the SGA office

Thank You and

Good Luck !