Sunday, August 17, 2014

5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences, August 19-23

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
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...