Leading Economists To Gather In Toronto April 10-12, 2014


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TO BUSINESS, FOREIGN, AND NATIONAL EDITORS:

Leading Economists To Gather In Toronto April 10-12, 2014

TORONTO, April 3, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Institute for

New Economic Thinking is hosting its fifth annual conference with its

partner the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) at

the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The conference topic is the

economics of innovation and the impact of innovation on society.

Speakers will include a roster of newsmakers, including former U.S.

Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Nobel laureates Joseph Stiglitz and

James Heckman, former co-CEO of Research In Motion Jim Balsillie, Bank

of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane, former head of the U.K.

Financial Services Authority Adair Lord Turner, Harvard University

professor and best-selling author Michael Sandel, and author, essayist

and President of PEN International, John Ralston Saul.

To See The Full Conference Program Please Visit The Below Link :

http://www.ineteconomics.org/toronto2014program

Who : The Institute for New Economic Thinking of New York and the

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) of Waterloo,

Ontario

What : Three-Day Economics of Innovation Conference Featuring World

Renowned Economists, Economic Policy Makers, and Practitioners

When: Thursday, April 10 to Saturday, April 12, 2014

Where : Fairmont Royal York Hotel 100 Front Street West Toronto,

Ontario

Members of the Media Interested in Registering for the Conference

Please Contact :

Eric J. Weiner , Director of Communications Institute for New

Economic Thinking +1 646-751-4915 | ejw@ineteconomics.org

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE FOR NEW ECONOMIC THINKING The Institute for New

Economic Thinking is an independent New York City-based economic

research and education foundation designed to broaden and accelerate

the development of a new field of economic thought that will lead to

real-world solutions to the great economic and social challenges of

the 21st century. Created in response to the global financial crisis

of 2008, the Institute is supporting this fundamental shift in

economic ideas by funding academic research, building communities of

new economic thinkers, and spreading the word about the need for

change. www.ineteconomics.org

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is an

independent, non-partisan think tank on international governance. Led

by experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI

supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate and

generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements. Conducting

an active agenda of research, events and publications, CIGI's

interdisciplinary work includes collaboration with policy, business

and academic communities around the world. CIGI was founded in 2001 by

Jim Balsillie, then co-CEO of Research In Motion (BlackBerry), and

collaborates with and gratefully acknowledges support from a number of

strategic partners, in particular the Government of Canada and the

Government of Ontario. www.cigionline.org

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