Australia's Commodity Boom

Emerging economies, such as Australia, have been constantly rising up the economic ladder. Check out this Economist article that looks at Australia's strongest and longest commodity boom!

http://www.economist.com/node/18486183?story_id=18486183

Emerging Economies Experience Setbacks

In the wake of the disaster in Japan and the turmoil in the Middle East, the emerging markets are facing extreme setbacks. Come along to SAEF 2011 to join us in discussing these pressing current events!

http://www.economist.com/node/18440781?story_id=18440781

New Speaker Bjorn Dingsor Confirmed!

SAEF is proud to present our latest confirmed speaker, Bjorn Dingsor. Mr. Dingsor will add his expertise in global commodities trading to the third panel, 'The Emerging Energy Monster - Can We Rein in Our Hungry Nations?' Please see Mr. Dingsor's bio below and look forward to hearing his thoughts on April 17th!

Bjorn Dingsor
Bjorn founded Norwegian Energy in 1988, introducing fuel swaps mainly to Scandinavian ship owners, and managing the risk using the future, forward and physical markets based on fundamental oil research. From this he started the collaboration with Morgan Stanley Commodities in 2000. Bjorn started out working for Statoil in the early 1980s, first as an analyst developing and simulating the contract price formulas for natural gas sales to Europe and later as a crude oil trader London. He also worked on the upgrading of a major refinery in Belarus in his capacity as a director of Norwegian Energy.

SAEF in the Saint!

Follow this link to read an article about this year's conference in the Saint, the University of St Andrews student newspaper!

http://www.thesaint-online.com/2011/03/speakers-gather-in-st-andrews-for-economic-forum/

SAEF 2011 Speaker Professor Felix FitzRoy

Visit this webpage to access Professor Felix FitzRoy's publishings regarding income and unemployment:

http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/personnel/photos/index_html?key=1944

China and India Nuclear Power Freeze

In the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis, the future of emerging market energy is in jeopardy. China suspended its plans to build 28 new reactors, and India may follow suit in the near future. Join us to discuss these pressing issues in Panel 3: 'The Emerging Energy Monster - Can We Rein in Our Hungry Nations?'

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFTOE72F08820110316?sp=true

Property Market in Emerging Markets- Economist Article

Check out this interesting article by the Economist relating to the Emerging Market topic that will be present at the forum!

http://www.economist.com/node/18250463