"The Future of The Euro" - Free Lecture and Book Signing at Greenwich Library

Feb. 21, 2013 - PRLog -- The public is invited to attend a free World Affairs Forum Great Decisions event featuring Bernard Lietaer, Research Fellow, UC Berkeley and Jacqui Dunne, CEO, Danu Resource. Mr. Lietaer and Ms. Dunne will speak on “The Future of the Euro” at the Greenwich Library on March 18th at 7 PM.  

Bernard Lietaer co-designed and implemented the convergence mechanism to the single European currency system (the Euro) and served as president of the Electronic Payment System at the National Bank of Belgium (the Belgian Central Bank). He has studied and worked in the field of money for more than 30 years in an unusually broad range of capacities including as a Central Banker, a fund manager, a university professor, and a consultant to governments in numerous countries, multinational corporations, and community organizations. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Center for Sustainable Resources of the University of California at Berkeley. He also co-founded and managed GaiaCorp, a top performing currency fund whose profits funded investments in environmental projects.  

Jacqui Dunne is founder and CEO of Danu Resource and an award-winning journalist from Ireland. Danu Resource serves as a fiscal agent for funding, and works as the interface between the donors and the projects.  Ms. Dunne has been called an emerging leader in helping entrepreneurs develop technologies and initiatives that restore the earth's equilibrium globally.  She is the co-author, with Mr. Lietaer, of Rethinking Money:  How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into Prosperity.

Refreshments are courtesy of the Greenwich Library, a co-sponsor of the program.

Great Decisions, a program of the Foreign Policy Association, is presented by the World Affairs Forum, whose mission is to expand understanding of global affairs and America’s role in the world.  The Forum is an affiliate of the World Affairs Councils of America.  Programs, schedules and membership information are available at www.WorldAffairsForum.org.

For more information please contact the World Affairs Forum at (203) 356-0340 or info@worldaffairsforum.org.