Dr J. Soedradjad Djiwandono Seminar on Recent Global Crisis and Policy Responses - A Critical Assessment

On Wednesday, April 14, 2010, President University honorably welcomed Prof. J. Soedradjad Djiwandono to the main campus as the speaker in the seminar on recent global crisis and policy response – a critical assessment. Prof. J. Soedradjad Djiwandono is Emeritus Professor of Economics, the University of Indonesia (UI), and Professor of IPE, the Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), a graduate school of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
Prof. Dr. Ermaya Suradinata – the rector of President University, Mr. Syonanto Wijaya – the chairman of President Foudation, vice-rectors, deans, lecturers, and businessmen attended the seminar together with hundreds of students.
During his two hour seminar, Prof. J. Soedradjad Djiwandono enlighten the audiences with the causes and costs of the recent global financial crisis from the point of view of an expert, who is not only the researcher, but also the insider with years of experiences in banking governing. He also expressed his personal views regarding the policies responded to the crisis and in comparison between the 2007-2008 crisis with the 1997-1998 crisis in Indonesia.
The seminar was a prestigious opportunity for lecturers and students of President University to understand thoroughly about the current crisis, which inspired further researches and studies in macroeconomics, banking and finance.