Events

Policy in the Pub – Daniel Kennedy on AI and the impact of technology in health care
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Tuesday Feb 19, 2019, 5:30 pm
As part of our newest series of events, we are pleased to invite you to hear from Daniel Kennedy, Intelligent Process Automation Manager at St John of God Healthcare. Daniel will be talking to us about artificial intelligence and the impact of technology in health care.
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Policy in the Pub: The Economics of Ageing
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 20, 2019, 5:30 pm
Join us for the first Policy in the Pub of 2019 and hear from Professor Ian McDonald from the University of Melbourne on the Economics of Ageing.
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Professional Development Seminar: Alex Codoreanu on How data science can help answer your economic questions
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 28, 2019, 12:30 pm
How data science can help answer your economic questions
The event of advanced computing has made is possible to access large administrative and accounting databases to answer research and policy questions. However, these datasets require extensive cleaning and harmonising and make considerable demands on computing infrastructure. In this seminar, Alex Codoreanu will talk about his work at Swinburne analysing large databases for economic research. He will discuss the opportunities and challenges he faces.
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ABARES Outlook 2019
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Tuesday Mar 5, 2019, 12:00 am
Launched! ABARES Outlook 2019 conference welcomes delegates, ABARES is please to announce the program launch of the Outlook 2019 conference, with registrations now open for delegates.
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Symposium on Lessons from the GFC
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Thursday Mar 7, 2019, 10:45 am
Symposium on Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis
The 2008-09 global financial crisis is seen as the most cataclysmic macroeconomic event since The Great Depression. A decade has passed since central banks and governments began deploying a range of monetary and fiscal measures in response to the crisis. Hence, it is timely to assess the policy lessons to be learned from this episode.
This Symposium, jointly organised by the Economic Society of Australia (Qld) and the Griffith Asia Institute brings together high profile economists to analyse the key issues.
Information on the program is available here - Symposium Program.pdf . Registration is essential for this free event and closes Friday 28 February - Registration Link
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Symposium on Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis:
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Mar 7, 2019, 10:45 am
The 2008-09 global financial crisis is seen as the most cataclysmic macroeconomic event since The Great Depression. A decade has passed since central banks and governments began deploying a range of monetary and fiscal measures in response to the crisis. Hence, it is timely to assess the policy lessons to be learned from this episode.
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WEAI 15th International Conference
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Thursday Mar 21, 2019, 12:00 am
The Western Economic Association International's 15th international Conference will be held in Tokyo in March 2019.
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Partner Event: The Economics of Cities
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Monday Mar 25, 2019, 9:00 am
The Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability (CDES) at Monash Business School and Infrastructure Victoria invite you and your colleagues to a two-day workshop on the ‘Economics of Cities’.
The workshop will cover economic issues facing cities in both the developed and developing worlds. The workshop intends to bring together academics, economists, planners, modellers and geographers from the public and private sectors to explore the multifaceted theoretical and practical challenges of dealing with the emergence and growth of cities in a globalising world.
The workshop has been arranged to coincide with the visit of Professor Tony Venables to the CDES. Professor Venables is the BP Professor of Economics at Oxford University and Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies. He is one of the originators of the new economic geography, co-authoring the influential book The spatial economy: cities, regions and international trade with Paul Krugman and Masahisa Fujita, as well as numerous academic papers on spatial economics, international trade and natural resources.

Women in Economics Network: 2019 Federal Pre-Budget Forum
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Mar 27, 2019, 11:30 am
From: Australian Capital Territory
Please join us for the Women in Economics Network: 2019 Federal Pre-Budget Address, to be held in Canberra on 27 March 2019 at The National Press Club.
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Treasury/ETAWA Schools Economics Competition 2019
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Thursday Jul 25, 2019, 12:00 am
Submissions are now open for the Treasury/ETAWA Annual Schools Economics Competition. The competition is run by the Western Australian Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Economic Teachers Association of Western Australia (ETAWA) and is open to all year 11 and 12 students enrolled in Western Australian secondary schools.
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ESA (ACT): Lunch with RBA Deputy Governor Guy Debelle
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Aug 27, 2019, 12:00 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
The Economic Society of Australia (ESA) ACT invites you to a lunch & presentation from Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Guy Debelle.
The venue is the beautiful and relaxing facilities at The Commonwealth Club.
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The 2019 History of Economic Thought of Australia Conference
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Wednesday Oct 2, 2019, 5:30 pm
The process for submission of paper proposals, and a website for registration and the provision of conference-related information, will be advertised and accessible by Friday 1 March 2019.
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