Positive Money STUDENT CONFERENCE

[marian farrell]

Positive Money STUDENT CONFERENCE

13th & 14th November

'Banking Shapes the World: How Money & Banking is at the Root of Debt, Crisis & Poverty'

(NB: Positive Money is the new name for Call4Reform. If you know a current student please let them know about this).

http://www.positivemoney.org.uk/studentconference

At this student conference, discover:

1. How the system of money and banking that we use is at the root of debt, crisis and poverty
2. Why fundamental reform, not better regulation, is the only solution
3. What we can do to make it happen

In a two-day student conference in central London, we'll be looking at a
alternative view of the financial crisis: that the root of the problem
is the fundamental design of the banking system, in which
profit-seeking companies (banks) have assumed the responsibility for
creating huge quantities of money (and debt) and lending it into the
economy.

The conference will also look at the consequences of living in a
‘debt-based’ money system whereby ever-increasing economic growth is
vital. Poverty, debt, environmental destruction, cuts in healthcare and
education, and the exponential rate at which we consume our natural
resources may all be consequences of the money and banking system we
live within, and therefore, to tackle the wider issues affecting our
world we need to tackle the issue of banking first.

http://www.positivemoney.org.uk/studentconference

Speakers include:

• Steve Baker MP - an advocate of fundamental reforms to the banking system
• Simon Dixon of Benedix - a former City market maker giving an insider's insight into why few people in the City can see the
  root of the problem
• Tony Greenham - Director of Business and Finance at the New Economics Foundation
• Tim Evans - chief executive of the Cobden Centre
• Jen Morgan - of the World Wildlife Fund and The Finance Lab
• James Tyler - owner of City trading firm Tyler Capital
• Josh Ryan-Collins - a specialist on monetary reform at the New Economics Foundation
• Toby Baxendale - an entrepreneur and owner of one of the largest seafood suppliers in the UK
• Ben Dyson - a specialist in money and banking who has worked on draft legislation for banking reform in both the US and UK

Delegates can expect:

• A comprehensive discussion of the real reasons behind the financial crisis, how a bank works, and the way money works and is created.
• Presentations focused on the societal and environmental consequences of allowing our money and banking system to operate in this manner.
• An opportunity to take part in discussion groups, share ideas, and network with your peers interested in the direction our society takes.
• To find out about the possibilities that could become reality if we adopt a new system of money and banking.
• Opportunities to become involved in learning about and participating in a wider movement to fix banking

Saturday evening involves a private afterparty near to the conference
venue, and there will be plenty of time for questions and discussion
between speakers and delegates throughout the two days. This is a
conference that will change your understanding of the world and offer
potential solutions to the wider social and economic problems that we
face today.

See the attached flyer for more details, and register at:

http://www.positivemoney.org.uk/studentconference