MEDIA ADVISORY: Government Financial Accountability in the Wake of Greek Debt Crisis on Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30

Contact: Eddie North-Hager at (213) 740-9335 or edwardnh@usc.edu

WHAT: The USC Global Leadership Summit is a two-day conference featuring some of the world’s leading economic experts discussing the pathway to progress beyond the European financial crisis.

WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30.

WHO:  Speakers include:

• Ed Balls (Harvard Kennedy School, British Labor Party) will discuss the “Center Left Manifesto for Government Financial Transparency and Accountability.”
• Jörg Asmussen (former European Central Bank  board member and German Ministry of Finance) will discuss “The Role of Government Financial Transparency and Accountability in Western Democracy — A Senior EU Policy Maker’s Perspective.”
• David Walker (senior strategic advisor for PwC and former head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office) will discuss “The Vital Role of the Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Government Independent Auditor’s Report.”
• Volker Wieland (German Council of Economic Experts) will discuss “Maastricht 2.0: Safeguarding the future of the Eurozone.”
• Evangelos Venizelos (former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Hellenic Republic) will discuss “Using International Transparency Standards to Understand the Impact of the 2012 Greece PSI/OSI on the 2015 Debt Burden.”
• Thomas Miller (former US Ambassador to Greece) will discuss “Financial Stability: National and Regional Security.”
• William W. Holder (Dean of the USC Leventhal School of Accounting)
• Jacob Soll (Professor of History and Accounting) will discuss “Greek Debt and Financial Accountability.”

WHERE: Tutor Campus Center Forum Room, USC University Park Campus, Los Angeles.

PARKING: RSVP to (213) 740-9335 or edwardnh@usc.edu for information.

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Sponsored by USC Martens Economic History Forum, the USC Leventhal School of Accounting, USC Huntington-Early Modern Studies Institute and the Charles & Agnes Kazarian Foundation.