One of the world’s most eminent economists, Professor Barry J. Eichengreen, will be a keynote speaker at the ITMA-ITMF World Textile Summit, in September.Prof Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent book, published this year, is ‘Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System’, and last year he co-edited ‘Emerging Giants: China and India in the World Economy’.
He is also a Research Associate of the US National Bureau of Economic Research and a Research Fellow of the UK’s Centre for Economic Policy Research. In the late 1990s he was Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund.
Prof Eichengreen, who will deliver insights into the future of the global economy and the industrial prospects for its major players, is the Summit’s second keynote speaker. It was earlier announced that former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan will engage with delegates on the topic of sustainability, in the light of the UN Global Compact to which several major textile firms are signatories.
“In 2011 the world economy is recovering from a shock that has seriously damaged the textile industry and disrupted international trade,” said Prof Eichengreen. “I’m delighted to have this opportunity to engage in discussion with industry leaders at the World Textile Summit and examine how a post-crisis world will look.”
