UK WEN Career Conversations Event – 21 May

Event Programme

9:00 – 9:30     Arrival and registration 

9:30 – 9:45     Welcome and opening remarks

• Sir Prof Chris Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE and RES President 

9:45 – 10:30     Keynote speech: “Can’t we just print more money?
Having impact through communicating economics to a wider audience”

• Rupal Patel, Senior Economic Advisor, Bank of England and co-author of ‘Can’t we just print more money?’
  • Q&A chaired by Prof Almudena Sevilla CBE, Chair of UK WEN

10:30 – 11:00     Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:45    “Breaking the Fraud Feeling” – Overcoming imposter syndrome and stepping into your authentic self

• Dee Ladva, Founder and CEO, Live and Lead

11:45 – 12:45 Panel discussion: Career reflections: Challenges and advice

• Dr Marta Paczos, Senior Economic Adviser Macroeconomic Analysis and Modelling, Department for Business and Trade
• Professor Brit Grosskopf, University of Exeter Business School
  
• Kat Deyes, Associate Director, Frontier Economics
       Chair: Professor Sonia Bhalotra, University of Warwick 

12:45 – 13:00 Closing remarks

• Tera Allas CBE, Senior Economic Advisor, McKinsey & Company, and
  Ambassador for UK WEN
  

13:00 – 14:00 Networking lunch (optional)