Public Lecture by Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova

Dear Friends!

KazSociety is delighted to invite you to a public lecture by Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova. The lecture will be on the topic of local content and how it relates to the economic development of a resource-rich country. This is very relevant to the issues Kazakhstan faces today, and will be of interest to all Kazakhstani students in the UK. The lecture will last approximately 30 minutes and will be followed by a Q&A session.

Professor Kalyuzhnova is a leading academic authority in her field. After working as an Economic Advisor to the President of Kazakhstan, Professor Kalyuzhnova founded and is Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies at the University of Reading. She has a wide knowledge of the transition and emerging economies. Professor Kalyuzhnova is an economic adviser on Caspian issues to the Rt. Hon. Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Q.C., House of Lords and an economic adviser to All-Party Parliamentary Group on Kazakhstan. Yelena is currently a Senior Visiting Research Fellow of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

This is the third public lecture which KazSociety has hosted. Previous speakers included Grigoriy Marchenko (chairman of Kazakhstan’s central bank), Bulat Zhamishev (Minister of Finance).

The public lecture will take place on Thursday, 12th of November at 6.00pm.

 Location: University College London (UCL), Roberts Building, G06 Ambrose Flemings LT.

Directions: the venue is accessed through Malet Place (a street crossing Torrington place). Nearest tube stations: Goodge Street, Warren Street, Euston Square, Euston.

Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=malet+place+london&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Malet+Pl,+London+WC1E+7JG,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.522536,-0.130742&spn=0.006128,0.01929&z=16