29 July - "The World Economy in 2012: Implications for Malaysia"

The “Penang in Asia” Lecture Series is organised by SERI-Penang Institute to bring together renowned scholars, public intellectuals and thinkers from diverse fields to Penang to speak about issues relevant to the State in its historic role as the cultural, intellectual and economic centre of Asia.

The 1st Penang In Asia Lecture Series is scheduled on

Date:  29 July 2011 (Friday)
Time:  4pm - 6pm
Venue: Theater 2, Wawasan Open University

Prof Woo Wing Thye is a Professor of Economics at the University of California at Davis, Yangtze River Scholar at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, Director of the East Asia Program within The Earth Institute at Columbia University, and Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.  Prof Woo is also the Senior Visiting Fellow of SERI.

Programme
3.45pm -  Registration and light refreshments
4.00pm -  Introduction by SERI Executive Director:  YB Liew Chin Tong
4.15pm -  Public lecture by Prof Woo Wing Thye
5.15pm -  Questions and Answers
5.45pm -  Ends