George Soros' lecture at CEU

Public Lecture by George Soros, Founder of CEU and Honorary Chairman of its Board of Trustees

Comments on the Global Financial Crisis

Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Time: 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Location: CEU Auditorium



Dear CEU Community Members

We are privileged to announce a Public Lecture by George Soros, Founder of CEU and Honorary Chairman of its Board of Trustees

Comments on the Global Financial Crisis

Chair: Lajos Bokros, COO/Professor, Department of Public Policy/
Department of Economics
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Time: 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Location: CEU Auditorium

George Soros is not only a legendary financier and philanthropist, but also a widely-read author. His latest book, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means was released in April 2008.

The opening sentence, summarizing his sense of urgency about the turmoil in the financial world, “We are in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s.” has of course proved to be an accurate prophecy. As the subsequent global financial crisis has unfolded, he has been asked to speak and write on this topic in the leading financial and news publications and television worldwide.

As there will be an enormous amount of interest in this lecture we are restricting it to the extended CEU community for this reason. We also ask you to indicate whether you will be attending by Monday, November 10, at noon. Seats cannot be reserved, except for one group of students originally included in program, and will be on a first come-first served basis. Your response regarding your attendance will give us an indication of numbers and thus assist us in arranging additional seating, including a screening area.

Please RSVP to soroslecture@ceu.hu by November 10 at 12 noon.

For your reference we have some background reading materials before the lecture. These are available on www.ceu.hu/soroslecture

Your

Yehuda Elkana