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: August 9, 2010

Date/time Event
10-Aug 00:00 Conference (10-12th). Globalization and Public Policy: An International Cross Cultural Research Exchange
--various
...AUT University Conference Centre, Wellesley Street, Auckland
10-Aug 00:00 6th Australia-New Zealand Climate Change & Business Conference (10-12th)
--various
..., Sydney
11-Aug 13:00 Waikato: Liquidity Commonality in Commodities
-- Dr Ben Marshall, Massey University, Dr Nhut H. Hguyen, University of Auckland, Dr Nuttawat Visaltanachoti, Massey University
...MSB1.01, Hamilton
11-Aug 15:10 Canterbury seminar: Intertemporal Utility and the Discount Rate
--Morten Lau, Newcastle University
...Room 534 Commerce Building, Christchurch
13-Aug 15:00 Otago seminar: Midwifery in New Zealand: Government Policies, Provider Choice, and Health Outcomes
--Andrea Menclova, University of Canterbury
...CO. 520, Dunedin
13-Aug 15:10 Canterbury seminar: Direct (Anti-)Democracy
--Max Stearns, University of Maryland
...Room 534 Commerce Building, Christchurch
17-Aug 12:30 IPS: If climate change is the defining issue of our generation, and the ETS New Zealand's central response, is it up to the job?
--Dr Geoff Bertram and Simon Terry
...Railway West Wing Room 501, Railway Station Building, Wellington
17-Aug 17:15 LEANZ: Direct (Anti-)Democracy
--Max Stearns, University of Maryland
...Russell McVeagh, Vero Centre, 48 Shortland Street (30th floor), Auckland
20-Aug 12:30 IPS: Public Management for the 21st Century: The Public Sphere Redux
--Assoc Prof Bill Ryan, SoG, Victoria University
...Railway West Wing Room 501, Railway Station Building, Wellington
20-Aug 12:30 IPANZ: Social Lending: A Tool for Grantmakers, an Opportunity for Communities
--Laura Benedict, Vice President, Commercial Lending at Self‐Help in Durham, North Carolina
...Te Waahi Kōrero Room, State Services Commission, Level 5, 100 Molesworth Street, Wellington
20-Aug 15:00 Experiments in economics: Playing fair with money
--Ananish Chaudhuri, Professor of Experimental Economics
...The University of Auckland Business School, Decima Glenn Room, Level 3, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland
20-Aug 15:00 Otago seminar: Do Sovereign Credit Ratings Affect the Composition and Maturity of Sovereign Debt?
--Kuntal Das, Canterbury University
...CO. 520, Dunedin
20-Aug 15:10 Canterbury seminar: Evaluating monetary policy shocks in the post-1984 era
--Nicolas Groshenny, RBNZ
...Room 534 Commerce Building, Christchurch
23-Aug 08:30 IPS: Mining in the Conservation Estate: Lasting Lessons from the Schedule 4 Debate
--various
...Lecture Theatre 1, Government Buildings, Pipitea Campus, Wellington
23-Aug 12:30 IPANZ: Policy Implementation for Health Equity in Aotearoa: Examining Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Programs in Māori and Pasifika Communities
--Arnell Hinkle, Executive Director of CANFIT in Berkeley, California
...Te Waahi Kōrero Room, State Services Commission, Level 5, 100 Molesworth Street, Wellington
23-Aug 00:00 LEANZ: Social Choice Theory and direct democracy
--Prof. Max Stearns, Professor of Law, University of Maryland
...Government Buildings, Lecture Theatre 3, 15 Lambton Quay, Wellington
24-Aug 12:30 IPS: Climate Change: A View for the U.S
--Franz Litz, World Resources Institute
...Government Building Lecture Theatre 1, Wellington
25-Aug 12:30 IPANZ: Building Bridges to Protect Health: Enhanced Partnerships among Animal, Human and Ecosystem Health Sectors in New Zealand
--Dr Hillery Harvey, Special Assistant to the Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
...Te Waahi Kōrero Room, State Services Commission, Level 5, 100 Molesworth Street, Wellington
25-Aug 12:30 Master of Public Policy Seminar Series: New Zealand's Economic Performance - The Growth Agenda
--Dr Don Brash, Chair, 2025 Taskforce
...University of Auckland campus: Old Government House, Women's Federation room, Auckland
25-Aug 13:00 Forum: Overseas Pensions and the Need for Reform
--various
...Victoria University, Wellington
26-Aug 13:30 ITS Asia-Pacific Regional Conference (26-28th)
--various
...Government Buildings, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University, Wellington
27-Aug 12:30 IPS: Pacific Trade and Economic Development
--Fei Tevi, Pacific Conference of Churches and Barry Coates, Oxfam New Zealand
...Rutherford House Lecture Theatre 3, Wellington
27-Aug 12:30 IPANZ: Is the Grass Always Greener? Issues Affecting the Adoption of Genetically Modified Pasture Grasses in New Zealand
--Dr Terri Dunahay, US Department of Agriculture, Riverdale, Maryland
...Te Waahi Kōrero Room, State Services Commission, Level 5, 100 Molesworth Street, Wellington
30-Aug 12:30 IPANZ: Trade Recovery: Laying The Groundwork for the Establishment of a New Zealand‐United States Action Plan for Application in the Event of a Serious Trade Disruption
--Lou Green, Acting Chief, Strategic Operations, Office of International Affairs, US Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC
...Te Waahi Kōrero Room, State Services Commission, Level 5, 100 Molesworth Street, Wellington
10-Sep 09:30 The welfare and tax interface forum
--various
..., Auckland
10-Sep 15:00 Otago seminar: The Bootstrap in Threshold Regression
--Ping Yu, University of Auckland
...CO. 520, Dunedin
13-Sep 13:00 Otago seminar: tba
--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
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
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: tba
--Jon Klick, University of Pennsylvania
...CO. 520, Dunedin
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
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
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
--
...The University of Auckland Business School, Level 1 foyer, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland
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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