{"id":3376,"date":"2017-09-04T09:49:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T08:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qpol.qub.ac.uk\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2017-09-04T09:49:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T08:49:16","slug":"2017-eaton-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/2017-eaton-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2017 Eaton Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Eaton Lecture at Queen\u2019s is a&nbsp;<strong>distinguished annual event<\/strong>, hosted by Queen\u2019s University Belfast and funded through the generosity of an endowment from the Eaton Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017 the Eaton Lecture was delivered by&nbsp;<strong>Professor Meric Gertler, President of the University of Toronto<\/strong>.&nbsp; President Gertler, an internationally renowned expert on the economic dynamism of city-regions, spoke on \u2018Universities and Urban Regions: A Partnership for Prosperity\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can view Professor Gertler&#8217;s lecture below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Queen&#039;s University, Belfast - Eaton Lecture 2017 (1)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sq58B1LpBd4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The following\u00a0panel discussion\u00a0was also held with Professor Bjorn Asheim (University of Stavanger), Professor Kevin Morgan (Cardiff University), Ms. Suzanne Wylie (Belfast City Council), Dr Joanne Stuart (Catalyst NI), Dr Linda Fox-Rogers (QUB) and chaired by William Crawley (BBC).\u00a0 The event was run in association with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/Connect\/Public-engagement\/BusinessEngagement\/ChiefExecutivesClub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chief Executives\u2019 Club at Queen&#8217;s<\/a> and drew together over 140 participants in the University\u2019s Great Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Queen&#039;s University, Belfast - Eaton Lecture 2017 (2)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B-ruziDB8Mw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The first Eaton Lecture was delivered by Frederick S. 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