Preliminary conference programme

Monday, April 12^th

Time

Event

09:00 -- 12:00

Conference registration

(Ramada Jarvis Foyer)

10:00 -- 12:00

SES Council Meeting

- Councillors only -

(Jolly Miller Suite)

12:00 -- 13:00

Lunch

(Laird Restaurant)

13:30 -- 15:00

Organised session 1

"Housing Economics"

Chair: Gwilym Price

(Kinnoull Suite)

Open session 2

" "

(Summit Suite)

Open session 3

" "

(Jolly Miller Suite)

Open session 4

" "

(Arts Restaurant)

15:00 -- 15:30

Coffee & tea break

(Kinnoull Gallery)

15:30 -- 17:00

SES Policy Forum

"Scotland: Sick Man of Europe?"

(Kinnoull Suite)

17:15 -- 18:00

SES Annual General Meeting

- Members only -

(Kinnoull Suite)

19:00 -- 20:00

Civic Reception

hosted by: Provost John Hulbert, Perth & Kinross Council

(Lairds Restaurant)

20:00 -- 21:30

Sir Alec Cairncross Memorial Dinner

Cairncross Prize Awards

(Kinnoull Suite)

21:30 -- 23:00

Whisky Tasting

Moderated by: David Wishart, statistican and author of "Whisky Classified"

(Kinnoull Suite)

Tuesday, April 13^th

Time

Event

08:30 -- 10:00

Late bird registration

(Ramada Foyer)

08:30 -- 10:30

Organised session 5

"Sports Economics "

Chair: Rob Simmons

(Kinnoull Suite)

Open session 6

" "

(Summit Suite)

Open session 7

" "

(Jolly Miller Suite)

Open session 8

" "

(Arts Restaurant)

10:30 -- 11:00

Coffee & tea break

(Kinnoull Gallery)

11:00 -- 13:00

Organised session 9

"Economic History"

Chair: Sascha Becker

(Kinnoull Suite)

Open session 10

" "

(Summit Suite)

Open session 11

" "

(Jolly Miller Suite)

Open session 12

" "

(Arts Restaurant)

13:00 -- 14:00

Lunch

(Laird Restaurant)

14:00 --15:30

Organised session 13

"Business Cycles, Real Wages and Monetary Policy"

Chair: Peter Flaschel

(Kinnoull Suite)

Open session 14

" "

(Summit Suite)

Open session 15

" "

(Jolly Miller Suite)

Open session 16

" "

(Arts Restaurant)

15:30 -- 16:00

Coffee & tea break

(Kinnoull Gallery)

16:00 -- 17:30

Economics Network Workshop

"Problem-based Learning and Action Learning in Economics" (Robbie Mochrie)

"Making Large-group Teaching More Interactive and Effective" (John Sloman and Ros O'Leary)

(Kinnoull Suite)

Econometrics for PhD Students

Nick Horsewood

(Jolly Miller Suite)

18:00 -- 19:00

Bus transfer to Stirling Castle

19:00 -- 20:00

Conference reception

(Stirling Castle)

20:00 -- 23:00

Annual Conference Dinner

Iain Gray, Leader, Scottish Labour Party

(Stirling Castle)

23:00 -- 00:00

Bus transfer to Perth

00:00 -- 02:00

Traditional SES Nightcap

(Ramada Bar)

Wednesday, April 14^th

Time

Event

0900 -- 11:00

Organised session 17

"Productivity, Innovation and Competitiveness"

Chair: Michela Vecchi

(Kinnoull Suite)

Open session 18

" "

(Summit Suite)

Open session 19

" "

(Jolly Miller Suite)

Open session 20

" "

(Arts Restaurant)

11:00 -- 11:30

Coffee & tea break

(Kinnoull Gallery)

11:30 -- 13:00

SES President's Lecture

"Fiscal Sustainability in a Monetary Union"

Christoph M. Schmidt, President of RWI Essen and Economic Advisor to Andrea Merkel

(Kinnoull Suite)

13:00 -- 14:00

Lunch

(Laird Restaurant)

14:00 -- 15:30

Open session 21

" "

(Kinnoull Suite)

Open session 22

" "

(Summit Suite)

Open session 23

" "

(Jolly Miller Suite)

Open session 24

" "

(Arts Restaurant)

15:30 -- 16:00

Coffee & tea break

(Kinnoull Gallery)

16:00 -- 18:00

Open session 25

" "

(Kinnoull Suite)

Open session 26

" "

(Summit Suite)

Open session 27

" "

(Jolly Miller Suite)

18:00 -- ???

Late bird programme (tbd)