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SUMMARY:Global ideas for global challenges: a panel in honour of Nick Ster
 n
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (LS
 E campus\, venue tbc to ticketholders)
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 22 April 2026 6.30pm - 8pmJoin us for this special p
 ublic event to mark Nicholas Stern's 80th birthday.Ideas matter. They have
  been core to the advances in health\, education\, and economic developmen
 t the world has seen since the second world war. But societies and global 
 institutions now need to evolve to address daunting challenges\, including
  climate change\, inequality and make the most of the opportunities and ma
 nage the risks arising from new technologies. The panel brings together th
 e leaders of the world’s premier economic institutions to discuss how id
 eas have evolved to shape our world and what is needed for the future.Meet
  our speakers and chairKristalina Georgieva has been serving as Managing D
 irector of the International Monetary Fund since October 1\, 2019. She beg
 an her second term on October 1\, 2024. Before joining the IMF\, Ms. Geor
 gieva served as CEO of the World Bank from January 2017 to September 2019\
 , where she also held the role of Interim President. Previously\, Ms. Geo
 rgieva helped shape the agenda of the European Union\, first as Commission
 er for International Cooperation\, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response\, 
 and later as Vice President for Budget and Human Resources. During her ac
 ademic career\, she was a visiting fellow at LSE.Since November 2019\, Chr
 istine Lagarde (@Lagarde) has been the President of the European Central B
 ank. Between 2011 and 2019\, she served as the eleventh Managing Director 
 of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prior to that she served as Fren
 ch Economic Finance Minister from 2007 to 2011 after having been Trade Sec
 retary from 2005 to 2007. A lawyer by background\, she practiced for 20 ye
 ars with the international law firm Baker McKenzie\, of which she became g
 lobal chairman in 1999.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (@NOIweala) is the Director-Gen
 eral of the World Trade Organisation. The first woman and first African to
  hold the position. She is an economist and international development expe
 rt with over 40 years of experience. She served as Nigeria’s first femal
 e and longest serving Finance Minister and was also the first female Forei
 gn Minister.Larry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE sin
 ce April 2024. A constitutional scholar\, university administrator\, and p
 hilanthropic leader\, he was previously the President of the William and F
 lora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School.More about thi
 s eventJoin us on campus or register to watch the event online at LSE Live
 . LSE Live is the home for our live streams\, allowing you to tune in and 
 join the global debate at LSE\, wherever you are in the world. If you can'
 t attend live\, a video will be made available shortly afterwards on LSE's
  YouTube channel.Launched in 2025\, the Global School of Sustainability at
  LSE (GSoS) is the centre of social science expertise for sustainability i
 mpact at LSE. We work in partnerships across the LSE community and beyond 
 to advance pioneering sustainability research and global policy engagement
 .The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was
  established by LSE in 2008 to create a world-leading multidisciplinary ce
 ntre for policy-relevant research and training on climate change and the e
 nvironment\, bringing together international expertise from across LSE and
  beyond\, including on economics\, finance\, geography\, the environment\,
  science\, law\, international relations\, development and political scien
 ce.STICERD brings together world-class academics to put economics and rela
 ted disciplines at the forefront of research and policy. Founded in 1978 b
 y the renowned Japanese economist Michio Morishima\, with donations from S
 untory and Toyota\, we are a thriving research community within LSE.Hashta
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