T20 Event: The China G20 Presidency: Delivering on Growth and the SDGs

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 12:00 AM EDT (UTC–04:00)
Private Event: Conference
Apr
13

CIGI will co-sponsor this event with Brookings, with Tom Bernes and Barry Carin acting as panelists throughout the one-day event. The focus will be on China’s G20 presidency and the topics they hope to tackle through the Think20 (T20) ahead of the summit.

The conference will cover four topics:
(i) reinvigorating growth strategies;
(ii) policy coordination and spillovers;
(iii) investing in sustainable infrastructure; and
(iv) the G20 and the implementation of the 2030 agenda on sustainable development. These are all central issues of global concern and that will figure prominently in the G20 this year.

Partners: Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), the Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (RDYC), Deutsches Institut fur Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in Germany, and the Lowy Institute.

Participants: Domenico Lombardi, Thomas Bernes, Barry Carin

Attending: Susan Schadler, Jim Haley, Kevin Carmichael, Miranda Xafa, Alisha Clancy, Samantha St. Amand

Event Speakers

Thomas A. Bernes is a CIGI distinguished fellow. After an illustrious career in the Canadian public service and at leading international economic institutions, Tom was CIGI’s executive director from 2009 to 2012.