You are Cordially Invited to Attend The Cornell Public Affair Society (CPAS) Fall Conference:
Looking Beyond the Financial Crisis
Saturday, November 21, 2009
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Ithaca Downtown
222 South Cayuga Street
Free and Open to the Cornell Community
The current global financial crisis has a number of implications. It is not the crisis of financial institutions alone. It also has a deep impact on issues including environmental protection, public health, food security, and labor rights. The public sector can play an important role in counterbalancing the effect of the world financial crisis. As public policy students, we are interested in exploring what short and long-term strategies public organizations should following in the future in order to improve their effectiveness in this scenario. How can the public sector adapt to the new financial and social conditions, keeping in mind the bureaucratic rigidities and constraints that characterize its structure?
Other questions we hope to explore include the following:
- Will the role of public administration in national economies be strengthened?
- Will international public organizations such as the World Bank and IMF undergo reform and modify their economic ideology?
- Will a greater global collaboration between governments and international institutions emerge?
The conference will be broken down into two panels. A Cornell faculty panel will run from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. and will include the following professors:
Professor Lance Compa - ILR - He will be analyzing how labor conditions and work environments have been impacted by the financial crisis.
Professor Norman Uphoff - IARD - He will be discussing the threats to food security posed by the global economic crisis.
Professor Theodore Lowi - GOVT - He will be talking about the changes in the global political environment brought about by the financial collapse.
Professor Alan McAdams - Johnson School - He will be elaborating on environmental management policies for the future.
Professor Mildred Warner - CRP - She will be discussing the role of public organizations following the financial crisis.
A CIPA alumni panel will run from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Alumni participants will discuss way to approach the job market in the given economic scenario and will also discuss job opportunities that are available in their respective organizations. A list of participating panelists will be posted shortly.
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