Hilary Sunman and Nick Bates, will speak on Title and the notice of meeting to be confirmed

Tuesday 8th July 2008 at 18.00 for 18.30 pm

David Parish will be lining up a panel for this. Speaker, title and the notice of meeting to be confirmed

Jeremy Drew is hoping to organise the autumn speaker Robert Cochrane, title and the notice of meeting to b e confirmed

The 2008 programme is under active preparation. Dates and speakers have yet to be confirmed. Possible topics include:

· The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative;

· Pharmaceuticals patents, pricing, and Third World markets James McLeod pursuing

· Russia and energy David Parish pursuing

· Growth diaagnostics Clive Daniels pursuing

· World Bank transport sector policy

WHERE WE MEET

Meetings are normally held at The Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS), University of London, 28 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DS www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies. ICS is located at the North West Corner of Russell Square (close to SOAS, click for map).

MEETING TIMES AND FORMAT

The usual meeting time is 6.00 for 6:30 p.m. and as of October 2005 the usual date will be the second Tuesday of the month, although this is flexible to accommodate speakers. The meeting itself lasts until about 8 pm, and we aim to be out of the drinks room by 9 pm.

Our standard format is a discussion meeting with an initial keynote address followed by questions and contributions from the floor. The keynote address may be by a Guest Speaker or by an ICEA member. We aim to hold nine meetings a year. In the interests of topicality and to accommodate speakers’ travel arrangements, we work to a short-term rolling programme rather that fixing an annual programme in advance.

MEETING CHARGES

A small charge is made to cover the costs of drinks and other refreshments, which are served before and after the meeting. The current charges are £4 for members, £2.50 for students, and £10 for non-members.