Program

NOeG 2008                                                                    Vienna, May 23-24, 2008
                                                                                                 WU-Wien

Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association 2008

                      General topic: 10 years EMU

Friday, May 23, 2008

10:00 – 10:45 Registration
10:45 – 11:00 Welcome Address

11:00 – 12:30 Plenary Session (Festsaal WU-Wien)

Keynote speech:
10 years EMU – What we expected and what we got?
Paul De Grauwe (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break and NOeG Board Meeting

14:00 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions (I)

16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 – 18:00 Parallel Sessions (II)

18:30 – 18:45 Plenary Sessions (Festsaal WU-Wien)

Announcements / Young Economists Award

18:45 – 20:00 Panel Discussion: “The pros and cons of the Euro“ 2 speakers „pro“ and 2 speakers „con“:

“Pro speakers”:
André Sapir (Université Libre Bruxelles und Bruegel, Bruxelles)
Paul De Grauwe (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

“Con speakers”:
Roland Vaubel (University of Mannheim)
Iain Begg (European Institute, LSE)

20:00 – 22:00 Reception

Saturday, May 24, 2008

9:00 – 11:00 Parallel Sessions (III)

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30 Plenary Session (Festsaal WU-Wien)

NOeG Special Lecture on EMU:
International Currencies and Global Imbalances
Philip R. Lane (Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

13:00 – 14:00 NOeG Members’ Assembly

14:00 – 16:30 Parallel Sessions (IV)

17:00 End of Meeting

NOeG 2008 final revised detailed program.pdf