Conferences and Seminars

Conferences

What: Second Forecasting Conference
When: March 9-10, 2007
Where: Room 139, Department of Economics, Duke University

The goal of the conference is to bring together U.S. and European researchers working on forecasting and time series econometrics. It will stimulate further research and collaboration in these areas.

The program is available at: http://www.econ.duke.edu/~brossi/SecondForecastingConference9.htm

What: 2005 Program on Financial Mathematics, Statistics and Econometrics Transition Workshop
When: February 27-28, 2006
Where: Radisson Research Triangle Park

The goal of the Transition Workshop is to present recent research in the areas of the working groups of the program: portfolio management, model uncertainty, computational issues, credit risk, and Levy processes. It will stimulate further research and collaboration in these areas.

The workshop is open to applied mathematicians, statisticians, economists, and related fields, with interest in or research focus on financial mathematics, statistics and econometrics. Young researchers (graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in the early stages of their careers) and members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Application information, including requests for financial support, should be submitted as soon as possible. ON-LINE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED.

To apply, visit: http://www.samsi.info/workshops/2005fmse-workshop200602.shtml.

The application/registration deadline is January 27, 2006*.

What: 2005 Triangle Econometrics Conference
When: December 2nd, 2005
Where: National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS)
19 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

More Information: http://econ.duke.edu/~staff/tec2005.pdf

What: Special Applied Macro Workshop
When: November 14, 2005
Where: Von Canon Room, Bryan Center

More Information: The workshop presenters will be:
Graham Elliott (UCSD), “Making up Stories to Explain Trends in Data --- What We Can and Cannot Do (but do anyway)”
Michael Owyang (St. Louis Fed), “A State-Level Analysis of the Great Moderation ”, with J. Piger and H. Wall
Tae-Why Lee (UC Riverside and Caltech), TBA
The workshop location will be determined ASAP. Links to the papers will be provided soon.

Web site: http://econ.duke.edu/~brossi/AppMacroWsh.htm

What: Conference on Structural Models in Labor, Aging, and Health
When: September 16-18, 2005
Where: R. David Thomas Conference Center, Duke University

More Information: This conference aims to provide an opportunity for young scholars solving and estimating structural economic models of labor, aging, and/or health to discuss their research with leading researchers in the field. In addition, the workshop will encourage discussion on solution and estimation techniques, policy evaluation, and dissemination, and allow participants to get to know others by face and not just name, to create contacts, and to develop co-authorships. We will publish the conference proceedings in an Annals volume of the Journal of Econometrics. We encourage attendance from graduate students and other individuals irrespective of being a presenter or discussant subject to space limitations. For more information click on a link below.

Hosts, Supporters, and Guest speakers

Agenda/Schedule

Registration Information: required

Accomodations/Transportation

Abstract/paper submissions: closed

What: SAMSI Program on Financial Mathematics, Statistics and Econometrics
When: September 18 to 21, 2005
More information: http://www.samsi.info/200506/fmse/fmse-workshop200509.html

What: The Duke/Northwestern/Texas Industrial Organization Conference
When: October 2-3, 2004
Where: Fuqua School of Business

PDF copies of papers for the conference are now available at:
http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/%7Ejja1/bio/IOConference/ProgramDNT04.htm
Each paper will have 50 minutes for author presentation, 15 minutes for the discussant and 10 minutes for general discussion.

If you are flying into RDU, take a taxi from the airport to the Thomas Center. The Thomas Center is located on Science Drive adjacent to the school.

If you are driving, stop in front of the Thomas Center, go in and get a parking permit for your car. Directions from RDU ­ Take I-40 West to Exit 279B (Durham Expressway/NC 147). Continue on the Durham Expressway and take the Chapel Hill Street Exit. Turn right at Chapel Hill Street, which becomes Duke University Road. Follow Duke University Road to the end and make a right onto Cameron Boulevard. Go to the first traffic light and turn right onto Science Drive. Pass the 751 parking lot on the immediate left. At the second drive, turn left into the entrance of the R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center.

Who: The Innovation Center at Duke University
Topic: Patent Policy: Using, Abusing and Reforming
When: September 18-19, 2004
Where: R. David Thomas Center, next to the Fuqua School of Business.

The patent system provides a unique means for trading off ex ante innovation incentives against the ex post inefficiencies of monopoly power. At the same time, the precise administrative mechanisms for accomplishing this tradeoff continue to be hotly contested. The current system of patent acquisition and protection is now frequently criticized on numerous grounds, including its manipulability, its susceptibility to abuse and holdup, its regional specificity, its differential treatment of leaders and laggards, and the agency costs that are present not only among business competitors, but among the very bureaucrats and judges who administer the system itself. This conference brings together leading scholars from law and economics to evaluate the current patent system and to explore opportunities for reform. A highlight of the conference is a summary presentation by the authors of the recently-released National Academies of Sciences Report, "A Patent System for the 21st Century." A full conference agenda is posted on our web site, address below.

If you would like to attend the conference, we ask that you register at our web site so we can plan appropriately for lunch on both days: www.fuqua.duke.edu; click on the links to Research Centers; The Innovation Center at Duke University; Events.

Questions may be directed to me at tracyl@duke.edu or to the conference coordinator, Pam Cuff, at cuffpa@hotmail.com.

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