Date: Wednesday 19 October 2016
Time: 6.30-7.30pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Lilja Alfreðsdóttir
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone

Can Iceland's rapid recovery from the unprecedented economic collapse in 2008 provide lessons for the international economy? Iceland’s road to recovery from the financial crisis has been a considerable success story marked by a combination of extraordinary measures, sound long-term economic policies and successful cooperation with the International Monetary Fund. Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Lilja Alfreðsdóttir will focus on the decisive steps that the Government of Iceland has taken in tackling the substantial challenges caused by the economic collapse of the Icelandic economy in 2008.

Lilja Alfreðsdóttir (@liljaalfreds) is Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade. Before her appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs in April 2016, Ms Alfreðsdóttir served as Deputy Director of the Central Bank of Iceland’s General Secretariat and International Affairs Department. Since her graduation from Columbia University, Alfreðsdóttir has been a central banker, apart from temporary secondments to Iceland’s Prime Minister’s Office as a Special Liaison and previously, to the International Monetary Fund’s Nordic-Baltic Executive Office as an Advisor. Ms. Alfreðsdóttir holds a Master’s degree in International Economic Policy from Columbia University and received a Fulbright grant during her studies. She holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Iceland. At the Central Bank and in previous positions, Lilja has focused her career on international economic affairs and domestic policy making.

Kevin Featherstone is Head of the European Institute, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics at LSE.

The LSE European Institute (@LSEEI) is celebrating its Twenty Fifth Anniversary in 2016. It is a centre for research and graduate teaching on the processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe. In the most recent national Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) the Institute was ranked first for research in its sector.

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