CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A panel of University of Illinois business experts will explore the roots, consequences and lessons of the nation’s deepest economic collapse since the Great Depression during a June 13 forum in downtown Chicago.
The forum will provide a comprehensive analysis of the lingering crisis, from factors that may have triggered the meltdown to the long-term implications for workers, businesses and the global economy, said U. of I. finance professor David Ikenberry, associate dean for executive programs and an organizer of the forum.
“Today, our citizens are clearly suffering from one of the worst economic downturns our nation has ever experienced,” he said. “Not since the Great Depression has our country been forced into such a careful self-assessment of how it organizes its economic affairs.”
Along with the causes and impact of the crisis, the forum also will probe whether government efforts to stem the economic slide have been effective and how the recession might influence all facets of future business enterprise, Ikenberry said.
The forum, sponsored by the U. of I. Executive MBA program, will be from 9 a.m. to noon June 13 in the Executive MBA classrooms on the fourth floor of the Illini Center, 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago. The program is free, but reservations are required because seating is limited. To register, go to http://illinois.edu/goto/emba.
Panelists include Larry DeBrock, a noted economist and dean of the College of Business; Hadi Esfahani, an economics professor who worked as an economic policy researcher for the World Bank; Rajshree Agarwal, a professor of business administration who studies the influence of entrepreneurship and innovation on economic growth; Gregory Northcraft, a professor of business administration and of labor and employment relations whose research includes managerial decision-making and employee motivation; and Ikenberry, an expert on investing and corporate finance.
Tom Hudson of “First Business,” a nationally syndicated financial program broadcast on about 150 television affiliates in the U.S. and distributed internationally, will moderate the forum.
