Experts from around the world gather in Glasgow to discuss how financial markets should be regulated in order to avoid a repeat of the credit crunch.

The Department of Law at the University of Glasgow is hosting the ‘Future of Financial Regulation Conference’ on March 30-31 in the Sir Charles Wilson building.

Delegates to the conference will include Prof Charles Goodhart of the London School of Economics, Prof Justin O’Brien of the Centre of Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, and Greg Tanzer, Secretary General of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions, with John McFall, chair of the Commons Treasury Committee, delivering an after-dinner speech.

Professor Iain MacNeil, Alexander Stone Professor of Commercial Law, said: “This conference will see leading economics academics from the UK and around the world gathering to discuss the future regulation of our financial markets to prevent a credit crunch scenario from reoccurring.

“The government will be listening very carefully to what these experts have to say. The economic crisis has shown us just what can happen without proper regulation and it is clear financial markets will have to change the way they operate in future.”

The plenary sessions each morning are open to the public free of charge. For the full programme of the conference visit www.gla.ac.uk/departments/schooloflaw/fofrconference2009/ and to register for a free entry voucher email j.crawford@law.gla.ac.uk

The University will also host the 36th Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business on 2-4 April. The theme of this year’s conference, organised by the Centre for Internationalisation and Enterprise Research, is resources, efficiency and globalisation.

Details of the conference can be found at www.gla.ac.uk/departments/cier/aibconference2009/

The conference is being funded by the ESRC World Economy and Finance Programme; Australian research network GOVNET, the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australia; and TIRI, an independent non-governmental organisation that works with governments, business and civil society to find practical solutions to making integrity work.

For more information contact Stuart Forsyth in the University of Glasgow Media Relations Office on 0141 330 4831 or email s.forsyth@admin.gla.ac.uk

First published: 27 March 2009

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