Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS
Room: Queen Anne Court
16 Feb 2019 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Transforming Finance aims to address the practical potential of a socialist finance. It will analyse the dominant power of the global financial system and outline the various ways that people are organising to challenge this power. Its aims are to use academic knowledge and lived experience to answer an unresolved but deeply important question: how can we make finance work for rather than against society?
Since the financial crisis in 2008, ordinary people have needed to understand finance and its effect on our everyday lives. From the housing market and the NHS, to foreign wars and stagnant wages, finance touches on almost every aspect of the economy. The economic disruption was substantially caused by a deregulated finance sector that had been deliberately designed to facilitate greed and personal enrichment. Despite the sheer scale of the crisis becoming clear, many people have found it difficult to imagine an alternative to the current finance system.
The conference is brought to you by People's Private Equity and the Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance & Accountability. At PPE we are pioneering new financial ideas, institutions and instruments designed to work for people, not profit. We explore finance’s role in society and the economy, and aim to use that knowledge to transform the finance sector. Join us as we discuss the scale of the problems we currently face, and develop practical solutions.
Our conference is open and inclusive, with something for everyone. A wide range of panels will appeal to people with different levels of knowledge and expertise. All are welcome, from financial novices through to academics and finance professionals.
Programme
Session 1, 12:15 – 13:15
Transforming macroeconomic financial institutions: Central bank & National investment bank
Transforming Workplaces: Pubs, clubs and culture
Introductory session: What is finance and why does it have so much power?
Session 2, 14:15 – 15:15
Building successful alternative financial institutions
Transforming Workplaces: Legal sector
Introductory session: Getting a job in the city
Final Plenary, 15:45 – 17:15
Transforming Finance: Next steps/ call to action - the stakes
Confirmed speakers
Fran Boait - Executive Director at Positive Money
Brett Scott - Journalist, Campaigner, Author
Lavinia Steinfort - Researcher at Transnational Institute
Matthew Lawrence - Economist and former senior research fellow at IPPR
Ben Beach - Activist, organiser and architecture research student
Siôn Whellens - Cooperative worker at Calverts and director of Cooperative London
Jeff Powell - Senior lecturer in Economics at University of Greenwich
Adotey Bing-Pappoe, lecturer in Economics at University of Greenwich
Maria Nikolaidi - Senior lecturer in Economics at University of Greenwich
Laurie Macfarlane - Economics editor at openDemocracy
Costas Lapavitsas - Professor of Economics at SOAS
Grace Blakeley - Economics commentator & Research Fellow at IPPR
There are three different ticket prices depending on your affordability.
Please book here (https://gre.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5269bb92e1e07acaa53c7be16&id=5608d92447&e=5ab34a37ac )
Included in the ticket price are the days events, food and an art exhibition.
We don’t want the cost of a ticket to prevent anyone from attending, so if you want to apply for a free ticket, please email peoplesprivateequity@gmail.com.