General Presentations

The following is a list of upcoming events - seminars, conferences, workshops, etc - that are of general interest to New Zealand economists. Most events are organised independent of the NZAE; the NZAE have simply collated the list (see list of organisations and their calendars at bottom of table). Please note:

  1. Invitations to be sought from host organisations
  2. Check details at source before attendance
  3. Additions/Corrections to anthony.byett@xtra.co.nz

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Last updated: September 8, 2010
Date/time Event
08-Sep 19:00 Robb lectures: Managing climate change and promoting development: risks, scale and values.
--Lord Nicholas Stern of Brentford, Formerly Chief Economist of the World Bank
...Fisher & Paykel Appliances Auditorium, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland
08-Sep 19:00 Video link to Robb lectures: Managing climate change and promoting development: risks, scale and values.
--Lord Nicholas Stern of Brentford, Formerly Chief Economist of the World Bank
...Lecture Theatre 1 (RHLT1), Ground floor, Rutherford House, 23 Lambton Quay, Wellington
09-Sep 19:00 Robb lectures: Policies for low-carbon growth and development: Creating a new era of progress and prosperity.
--Lord Nicholas Stern of Brentford, Formerly Chief Economist of the World Bank
...Fisher & Paykel Appliances Auditorium, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland
09-Sep 19:00 Video link to Robb lectures: Policies for low-carbon growth and development: Creating a new era of progress and prosperity.
--Lord Nicholas Stern of Brentford, Formerly Chief Economist of the World Bank
...Lecture Theatre 1 (RHLT1), Ground floor, Rutherford House, 23 Lambton Quay, Wellington
10-Sep 08:30 Rethinking welfare for the twenty-first century forum: Beyond the terms of reference
--Various
...OGGB5, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland
10-Sep 12:30 Monetary policy, inflation and unemployment - In defense of the Federal Reserve
--Nicolas Groshenny, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
...Rutherford House Boardroom, Level 12, Wellington
10-Sep 15:00 Otago seminar: The Bootstrap in Threshold Regression
--Ping Yu, University of Auckland
...CO. 520, Dunedin
10-Sep 19:00 Robb lectures: Progress towards a global deal.
--Lord Nicholas Stern of Brentford, Formerly Chief Economist of the World Bank
...Fisher & Paykel Appliances Auditorium, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland
10-Sep 19:00 Video link to Robb lectures: Progress towards a global deal.
--Lord Nicholas Stern of Brentford, Formerly Chief Economist of the World Bank
...Lecture Theatre 1 (RHLT1), Ground floor, Rutherford House, 23 Lambton Quay, Wellington
13-Sep 12:00 The Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement and possible implications for New Zealand
--Prof Sung-Hoon Park, Korea University
...Room 325, Level 3, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland
13-Sep 12:30 MOTU: Social Sciences, Public Policy, and Difficult Decisions
--Len Cook, former government statistician
...Council Chamber, Auckland town hall, 301 Queen Street, Auckland
13-Sep 13:00 Otago seminar: Estimating the Effects of Permanent Oil Price Shocks Consistent with Optimal Factor Allocation
--Emmanuel De Veirman, Reserve Bank Of New Zealand
...CO. 520, Dunedin
14-Sep 12:30 IPS: The Global Financial Crisis: A Crisis of Relevance for Universities
--Dr Todd Bridgman, Victoria Management School
...Railway West Wing Room 501, Railway Station Building, Wellington
14-Sep 16:00 How important was inadequate banking regulation as a cause of the Global Financial Crisis? And what should we be doing about it now?
--Dr Don Brash, Adjunct Professor of Banking at AUT University
...WA220, Lecture Theatre, Building WA - Level 255 Wellesley Street East, Auckland
15-Sep 12:30 Master of Public Policy Seminar Series: New Zealand's Untapped Potential - The Innovation Agenda
--Dr Rick Boven, Director, New Zealand Institute
...University of Auckland campus: Old Government House, Women's Federation room, Auckland
15-Sep 13:00 Canterbury seminar: An Introduction to Behavioral Econometrics
--Morten Lau, Newcastle University
...Lunchroom, Christchurch
15-Sep 13:30 Treasury seminar: No Reform Left Behind? Balancing Public Service Improvement with Government Priorities - Implications for New Zealand
--Evert Lindquist, Professor University of Victoria's School of Public Administration
...Level 5, The Treasury, 1 The Terrace, Wellington
15-Sep 16:00 Way(s) forward in Asia-Pacific economic integration: A Korean perspective
--Prof Sung-Hoon Park, Korea University
...The University of Auckland Business School, Case Room 3, Level 0, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland
16-Sep 12:30 IPS: The Moran Report: An outsider's reflections on public management reforms across the ditch
--Professor Evert Lindquist, VUW (Visiting Professor ANU/ANZSOG)
...Rutherford House Lecture Theatre 2
, " Wellington
17-Sep 12:30 IPS: A growing need for links between society, policy and research on climate change
--Professor Marting Manning, Climate Change Research Institute, VUW
...Railway West Wing Room 501, Railway Station Building, Wellington
17-Sep 15:00 Otago seminar: The Effect of Abortion Liberalization on Sexual Behavior: International Evidence
--Jon Klick, University of Pennsylvania
...CO. 520, Dunedin
20-Sep 00:00 LEANZ: The case against compulsory saving in New Zealand
--Michael Littlewood, Retirement Policy and Research Centre, University of Auckland
...Simpson Grierson, Level 24 HSBC Tower, 195 Lambton Quay, Wellington
21-Sep 18:00 Future energy issues in NZ
--Dr Stephen Poletti
...Design Lecture Theatre, NICAI Conference Centre, 22 Symonds St, Auckland
23-Sep 12:30 MOTU: General Equilibrium Analysis of CO2 Mitigation Options
--Adolf Stroombergen, chief economist Infometrics
...Spectrum Theatre, BP House, 20 Customhouse Quay, Wellington
23-Sep 15:00 MOTU course: Economic approaches to causal inference (from 23-Sep)
--Dr Steve Stillman & Dr David Maré, Motu Senior Fellows
...tba, Wellington
24-Sep 12:30 IPS: Organisational Performance Management in the New Zealand Public Sector
--Derek Gill, Institute of Policy Studies, VUW
...Railway West Wing Room 501, Railway Station Building, Wellington
24-Sep 15:00 Otago seminar: How important are omitted variables, Censoring and self-selection in analysing high-school academic achievement?
--Sholeh Maani, University of Auckland
...CO. 520, Dunedin
24-Sep 15:10 Canterbury seminar: tba
--Jonathan Klick, University of Pennsylvania
...Room 534 Commerce Building, Christchurch
28-Sep 12:30 Pension Contributions, Investment, and Firm Value: Evidence from Frozen Defined Benefit Plans
--Prof. Shamtaram Hegde, Professor of Finance, University of Connecticut
...Rutherford House Boardroom, Level 12, Wellington
29-Sep 12:30 IPS: Can Public Policy be Christian and Should it Be?
--Jim Wallis, Founder and CEO of the Sojourners Community
...Government Building Lecture Theatre 4, Wellington
01-Oct 13:00 Canterbury seminar: Affecting Policy by Manipulating Prediction Markets: Experimental Evidence
--Cary Deck, University of Arkansas
...Room 534 Commerce Building, Christchurch
05-Oct 00:00 RPRC Breakfast Briefing: KiwiSaver turns 3. Are we celebrating?
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...tba, Auckland
08-Oct 15:00 Otago seminar: Does strategic play explain the decay in voluntary contributions to a public good? Some experimental evidence
--Ananish Chaudhuri, Auckland University
...CO. 520, Dunedin
15-Oct 12:30 Master of Public Policy Seminar Series: New Zealand and the World - Building Effective Partnerships
--Hon Murray McCully, Minister of Foreign Affairs
...University of Auckland campus: Old Government House, Women's Federation room, Auckland
15-Oct 15:00 Otago seminar: Instrument vs Target Rules under CPI Inflation Targeting: An Appraisal
--Alfred Guender, University of Canterbury
...CO. 520, Dunedin
15-Oct 15:10 Canterbury seminar: The impact of unemployment rates on marriage and divorce
--Susmita Roy, University of Canterbury
...Room 534 Commerce Building, Christchurch
21-Oct 08:15 Re-setting Science and Innovation for the next 20 years Conference
--Various
...Wellington Town Hall, Civic Suites, 2nd floor, 111 Wakefield Street, Wellington
28-Oct 12:30 Master of Public Policy Seminar Series: New Zealand and the Pacific - The Leadership Challenge
--Amanda Ellis, Deputy Secretary for New Zealand's Aid Programme, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
...University of Auckland campus: Old Government House, Women's Federation room, Auckland
01-Nov 13:00 Otago seminar: tba
--Devashish Mitra, Syracuse University
...CO. 520, Dunedin
17-Nov 18:00 2010 Aotearoa New Zealand Māori business leaders awards
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...The University of Auckland Business School, Level 1 foyer, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland
25-Nov 15:10 The pension reform policy in Mongolia
--Nyamaamaa Avirmed
...J.G.17, University of Waikato, Hamilton
16-Dec 00:00 RBNZ Workshop: The transmission of international shocks to open economies
--various
...Level 2, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 2 The Terrace , Wellington

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