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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Roundtable Discussion on Commodities Trading

Third World Studies Center

College of Social Sciences and Philosophy

University of the Philippines Diliman


invites you to a roundtable discussion on


Commodities Trading and the Global Economic Crisis

with

Grenville Craig

(PhD, Yale University /

President, Tiverton Trading Inc.)


April 20, 2009

10:00AM – 11:30AM

Third World Studies Conference Room

Lower Ground Floor, Palma Hall

University of the Philippines

Diliman, Quezon City



Grenville Craig is the President of Tiverton Trading Inc, and prior to this was a pioneer commodities trader with the Commodities Corporation in Princeton, New Jersey. Craig received a BA in History from Harvard University, an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a PhD in Economics from Yale University.

In this roundtable discussion, Dr. Craig will discuss the basics of commodities trading, its growth and development as an alternative area of economic activity, its relationship with past crises on food and energy, and its prospects amidst the current global economic crisis.

Interested attendees may also send their questions in advance by posting on the blog or thru email at uptwsc@gmail.com.

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