Educational Program: How reporters can use the Hinrich-IMD Sustainable Trade Index 2022

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS

BY THE ASSOCIATION OF FOREIGN PRESS CORRESPONDENTS (AFPC-USA)

How reporters can use the Hinrich-IMD Sustainable Trade Index 2022

This educational program will provide foreign correspondents with the opportunity to learn from two experts, Steve Olson and Christos Cabolis, an overview of exactly what the Sustainable Trade Index (STI) is, about policy implications, and how reporters can use it. STI is a tool like the World Competitiveness Ranking, which helps shape the way we think about economies. The STI can also highlight forward-looking issues, for instance, how modern-day slavery will affect our approach to supply chains. And finally, this educational program will draw foreign correspondents' attention to some of the great visuals produced by the Visual Capitalist in their executive summary of the STI, which might be useful to draw upon for their reporting. This educational program is developed in partnership with the Hinrich Foundation (https://www.hinrichfoundation.com/). The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents (AFPC-USA) is solely responsible for the definition and development of this program.

WHEN: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 at 9 AM EST

VIRTUALLY | RSVP IS REQUIRED

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LECTURERS FOR THIS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

Stephen Olson is a Senior Research Fellow at the Hinrich Foundation.  Over the course of his more than 30-year international career, Olson has lived and worked in Asia, the Middle East, and the United States, holding senior executive positions in the private sector, international organizations, government, and academia.  He began his career in Washington, DC as a US trade negotiator, serving as a member of the US negotiating team during NAFTA and the US-Canada FTA.  He went on to serve as President of the Pacific Basin Economic Council in Hong Kong.  He subsequently became Vice-Chairman at the Cairo-based ARTOC Group for Investment and Development.  He has also held Visiting Professor positions at various universities. In his current position at the Hinrich Foundation, Mr. Olson conducts analysis and research on global trade and investment issues, including US-China relations, the global trade architecture, and sustainable trade.

Dr. Christos Cabolis is the Chief Economist and Head of Operations at the IMD World Competitiveness Center where he manages the five annual rankings related to competitiveness of 65 economies around the world and their performance with respect to digital and talent dimensions, smart city index, and most recently, the sustainable trade index. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Economics and Competitiveness at IMD.

Before joining IMD, Christos was an Associate Professor of Economics and Finance ALBA Graduate Business School at The American College of Greece. He was the Executive Director of the International Center for Finance at Yale School of Management from 2002-2004, where he is now Research Fellow. From 1997- 2002 he was a lecturer of Economics at Yale University where he also served as the Dean of Jonathan Edwards College. Christos has also taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

 Christos holds a BA from the University of Athens, an MA from the California State University, Long Beach, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has published in the Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Law and Economics, and Journal of Banking and Finance among others. Christos is also the recipient of the Inaugural "Jaime Fernandez de Araoz" Award in Corporate Finance.