A series of seminars followed by a panel discussion on the topic ‘TTIP: A Blessing or a Curse’. Interested members of the public are warmly invited to attend.
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TTIP – a blessing or a curse?
Kleve/Kamp-Lintfort, 16 June 2016: In collaboration with the Faculty of Society and Economics and under the supervision of Prof. Dr Alexander Brand, Professor of Political Science specialising in International Relations at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, an exciting and stimulating programme in English on the topic of TTIP is taking place.
The students of the Debating Society invite all students at the university to three seminars on 13 June, 15 June and 20 June 2016, each at 6 pm on the Kleve campus. The seminars will address the questions ‘What exactly is TTIP? What is this free trade agreement about? Why is TTIP the subject of such heated debate?’ and ‘Why is so little information being made available to the public?’ will be explored. As part of these seminars, students will be introduced to and given a clearer understanding of this complex topic through an interactive exchange of views, various role-plays and group work. Armed with this knowledge, the students will take part in an open discussion session on 21 June 2016 at 6 pm in Building 1, ground floor, Room 005 (Seminar Room 1), to which all interested members of the public are warmly invited. Professors and lecturers from Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences will explain the free trade agreement from the perspectives of international law, economics and the agricultural sector.
The panellists taking part in the discussion will be Prof. Dr Hasan Alkas, Professor of Microeconomics specialising in international markets; Prof. Dr habil. Gregor van der Beek, Professor of Economics specialising in finance; Ms Zunera Rana, research assistant in the field of economics specialising in macroeconomics and finance; Prof. Dr John Henry Dingfelder Stone, Professor of Law specialising in international and public law; Prof. Dr Oliver Serfling, Professor of Economic Policy and Development Economics at the Faculty of Society and Economics; and Prof. Dr Dietrich Darr, Professor of Agribusiness and Head of the Agribusiness degree programme at the Faculty of Life Sciences.
