Financing Sovereignty: The Implications of Sovereign Debt in the United States and Abroad

As discussions on the borrowing levels of sovereign nations, the role of private banks and the social implications of austerity measures permeate the airwaves, this event could not be more timely! Please join us as we bring together some of the most prominent voices in the debate to discuss the legal, economic, political and social implications of sovereign debt.

When: Friday April 27, 2012. 8:00 am to 2:30 pm

Where: University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, in the William R. Davis Courtroom and the Reading Room in Starr Hall

8:00 am - 8:30 am: Breakfast and Registration

8:30 am - 9:00 am: Welcome and Introductory Remarks

9:00 am - 10:45 am: The Legal and Economic Implications of Sovereign Debt

Patricia McCoy (Moderator)

Professor of Law and Director of the Insurance Center at the University of Connecticut School of Law

Thomas Laryea

Partner at SNR Denton and former Assistant General Counsel to the International Money Fund

Anna Gelpern

Professor of Law at American University's Washington College of Law

Michael P. Malloy

Distinguished Professor and Scholar at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, former Special Counsel (Enforcement and Disclosure Policy) at the Securities and Exchange Commission, and author of Anatomy of a Meltdown: A Dual Financial Biography of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis (Aspen, 2010)

10:45 am:  BREAK

11:00 am – 12:45 pm: The Social and Political Implications of Sovereign Debt in the United States and Abroad

James Kwak (Moderator)

Associate professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law,  Fellow at the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance and Co-author of of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown (Pantheon, 2012) and White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt and Why it matters to You (Random House, 2012)

Nicholas Georgakopoulos

Harold R. Woodard Professor of Law at Indiana University‘s Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Christiane Lemke

Max Weber Chair in German and European Politics at New York University and Professor of Political Science at the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany

Sophie Meunier

Research Scholar in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Director of the European Union Program at Princeton University
 

1:00 – 2:30 pm:  Lunch and Keynote Address

Simon Johnson

Former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, Professor of Global Economics and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Co-author of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown (Pantheon, 2012) and White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt and Why it matters to You (Random House, 2012)

Please RSVP by April 20^th 2012 by clicking here. If you have any questions, please email G. Janie Crocco Giovannina.Crocco@students.law.uconn.edu.

If you require reasonable accommodations for a disability, please contact Jane Thierfeld Brown at (860)570-5130 or via e-mail jane.brown@law.uconn.edu.