World Academy of Art & Science

GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGE
An inquiry into the root causes and remedy for the problem of unemployment

We cordially invite you to participate in the GEC web seminar
on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 1530 to 1730 UTC

Simultaneous cast at 730 PST, 1030 EST, 1630 CET, 2100 IST

Full employment can be achieved by implementing practical methods already applied in countries such as Switzerland, Uruguay and Brazil. This two-hour seminar will explore monetary innovations for reducing unemployment that can be applied at the local and national level by governments and NGOs. It will be recorded as a webcast and hosted on the GEC conference site after the meeting.

Bernard Lietaer is a Fellow of the Academy with more than 25 years experience working on innovations in money systems. He was the co-designer of the convergence mechanism that created the Euro, the European single currency; he served as President of Belgium's Electronic Payments System; and was general manager and currency trader for the world's most successful currency fund. He is the author of 14 books, including Future of Money, translated in 18 languages.

GEC PROJECT TEAM
November 16, 2009