I'll be travelling to Germany to meet with students from many universities around the world at the

5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences

19-23 August 2014

Lindau Meeting of the Laureates of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

The 5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences will provide an open exchange of economic expertise and inspire cross-cultural and inter-generational encounters among economists from all over the world. The diverse methodological approaches to economics will be widely discussed between the Laureates and the young participants.

There will be approximately 450 young economists from more than 80 countries participating in the 5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences.

Programme

The scientific programme of the 5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences will comprise lectures and panel discussions (accessible for all registered meeting participants and guests), as well as discussion sessions and master classes (both accessible only for participating Nobel Laureates and young scientists).

A detailed version of the programme including all lecture titles of the participating laureates with links to their abstracts is available in the Lindau Mediatheque. To get an overview of the meeting schedule you can also download the programme structure.

Here's the formal part of the program:

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20TH

08:30 - 09:00	Lecture	Lars Peter Hansen Uncertainty and Valuation
09:00 - 09:30	Lecture	Alvin E. Roth Repugnant Markets and Prohibited Transactions
09:30 - 10:00	Lecture	Edmund S. Phelps Bringing Dynamism, Homegrown Innovation and Human Flourishing into Economics
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00	Lecture	Christopher A. Sims Inflation, Fear of Inflation, and Public Debt
11:00 - 11:30	Lecture	Vernon L. Smith Rethinking Market Experiments in the Shadow of Recessions: The Good and the Sometimes Ugly; Propositions on Recessions
11:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Opening Ceremony
15:00 - 15:30	Break
16:00 - 17:30	Discussion	Discussions Discussions with Laureates Hansen, Phelps, Roth, Sims, Smith
17:00 - 20:00	Break
20:00 - 23:00	International Get-Together

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST

07:00 - 09:00	Discussion	Science Breakfast Paths to Innovation: Restoring Grassroots Dynamism to Address Global Challenges; Hosted by Mars, Incorporated - Upon invitation only
09:00 - 09:30	Lecture	Joseph E. Stiglitz Inequality, Wealth, and Growth: Why Capitalism is Failing
09:30 - 10:00	Lecture	Eric S. Maskin Why Haven’t Global Markets Reduced Inequality in Developing Economies?
10:00 - 10:30	Lecture	Finn E. Kydland Economic Policy and the Growth of Nations
10:30 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00	Lecture	Robert J. Aumann Collectives as Individuals
12:00 - 12:30	Lecture	Reinhard Selten From Learning Direction Theory to Generalized Impulse Balance
12:30 - 13:00	Lecture	William F. Sharpe Economic Analysis of Retirement Income Strategies
13:00 - 15:00	Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30	Discussion	Panel Discussion The Future of Econometrics: Structural Restrictions, Parametric Methods and Big Data; Panelists Hansen, McFadden, Sims
16:30 - 17:00	Break
17:00 - 18:30	Discussion	Master Classes Master Classes with Myerson and Hansen
17:00 - 18:30	Discussion	Discussions Discussions with Laureates Aumann, Kydland, Maskin, Selten, Sharpe, Stiglitz
18:30 - 19:00	Break
19:00 - 20:00	Lecture	Mario Vargas Llosa A Panoramic View on the Situation and Perspectives in Latin America
20:00 - 23:00	Dinner and Free Evening

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22ND

07:00 - 09:00	Discussion	Science Breakfast Innovation from the Edge - How could we possibly solve the “Innovator’s Dilemma” through the Power of Diversity?; Hosted by SAP SE - Upon invitation only
07:00 - 09:00	Discussion	Science Breakfast Banking and Banking Regulation after the Financial Crisis; Hosted by UBS AG - Upon invitation only
09:00 - 09:30	Lecture	Robert C. Merton Measuring the Connectedness of the Financial System: Implications for Systemic Risk Measurement and Management
09:30 - 10:00	Lecture	Daniel L. McFadden The New Science of Pleasure
10:00 - 10:30	Lecture	Sir James A. Mirrlees Some Interesting Taxes and Subsidies
10:30 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00	Lecture	Roger B. Myerson Moral-Hazard Credit Cycles with Risk-Averse Agents
12:00 - 12:30	Lecture	Edward C. Prescott The Revolution in Aggregate Economics
12:30 - 13:00	Lecture	Peter A. Diamond Unemployment
13:00 - 15:00	Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30	Discussion	Panel Discussion Strategic Behavior, Incentives, and Mechanism Design; Panelists Maskin, Mirrlees, Myerson
16:30 - 17:00	Break
17:00 - 18:30	Discussion	Discussions Discussions with Laureates Diamond, McFadden, Merton, Mirrlees, Myerson, Prescott
18:30 - 20:00	Break
20:00 - 23:00	Bavarian Evening supported by the Free State of Bavaria

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD

07:15 - 10:20	Boat Trip to Mainau Island supported by SAP SE
11:00 - 13:00	Discussion	Panel Discussion How Useful is Economics - How is Economics Useful? Panelists Diamond, Merton, Roth
13:00 - 15:15	Lunch Break
15:15 - 15:45	Farewell Ceremony
16:15 - 18:30	Boat Trip to Lindau supported by SAP SE

ASSOCIATED DATA

Here's a link to the 'Nobel Labs 360' set of photographic, clickable interviews (including mine) in which you can direct some of the action and fly around the room using your mouse...

Market Design

Sunday, August 17, 2014