Business Week 2014 (June 23-26)
From London to Rio: the business and politics of mega sport events.
Wednesday 25 June 2014: Hosted by Economics, Mathematics and Statistics
The Ronald Tress Memorial Lecture
Neale Coleman CBE: Economic regeneration and the impact of major sporting events.
Neale introduces the subject of his talk at Business Week. The Deputy Chair of the London Legacy Development Corporation also talks about the regeneration of Stratford and the preparation for the London Olympics.
Panel:
Professor John Driffill: Professor of Economics, Birkbeck, Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics
Professor Maurice Roche: Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield
Professor Chris Gratton: Emeritus Professor of Sport Economics Sheffield Hallam University
Stephen Gifford: Former Director of Economics, Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
For further discussion please view the hashtag #bbkbizweek on twitter or follow @BirkbeckBEI
Full videos of all talks are available: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/bizweek/
Information on the Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics (including our courses): http://www.bbk.ac.uk/business/departments/economics-mathematics-and-statistics
