Past Events
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Partner Event: Innovation policy in Australia: never a better time?
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Tuesday Mar 13, 2018, 6:00 pm
How big is the opportunity for Australia? Who really benefits from rapid innovation? Should policymakers follow ISA’s recommenda tions? These questions will form the basis for engaging discussions at the Grattan Institute's Policy Pitch on innovation policy with a panel that includes the authors of the report.
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Partner Event: “Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed our World” book launch – Andrew Leigh
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Thursday Mar 8, 2018, 5:30 pm
Across medicine, business and government, there’s no simpler or more powerful tool for finding out what works than a randomised experiment. Investigating everything from jails to ad campaigns, philanthropy to schools, the randomistas are building evidence and busting myths.
Melbourne School of Government invites you to celebrate the launch of Andrew Leigh MP's book, to be launched by Professor Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics.
Registration: http://law.unimelb.edu.au/
Grattan Institute: Innovation policy in Australia: never a better time?
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Tuesday Mar 6, 2018, 6:15 pm
Few doubt that innovators can reap great returns, but many in the community don't see themselves as winners. Others believe that there is not much government can do to affect innovation.
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Book Launch: Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Tuesday Mar 6, 2018, 6:00 pm
The McKell Institute andUTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation cordially invite you to celebrate the launch of Andrew Leigh MP’s latest publication. Click for more information and to register.
JCIPP/ESA Curtin Corner: Creative Destruction and the Bumpy Road to Economic Growth
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Friday Mar 2, 2018, 4:00 pm
The John Curtin Institute of Public Policy
Organiser of Curtin Corner 2 March: Creative Destruction and the Bumpy Road to Economic Growth: Schumpeter’s Relevance Today
View...2018 Tasmanian Economic Forum
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Mar 1, 2018, 9:00 am
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Women in Economics Career Afternoon
Date: Wednesday Feb 28, 2018, 4:00 pm
The NSW WEN together with Deloitte Access Economics will be hosting Women in Economics Careers Afternoon
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Women in Economics Careers Afternoon
Date: Wednesday Feb 28, 2018, 4:00 pm
The NSW WEN together with Deloitte Access Economics will be hosting the following event: Women in Economics Careers Afternoon. Deloitte Access Economics and the WEN are excited to be co-hosting a Girls in Economics Career Afternoon.
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Economic Fast Track Briefing - Population Ageing and Health Care Needs
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 28, 2018, 12:15 pm
Population Ageing and Health Care Needs – policy responses to demographic changes
Join us for the first Fast Track Briefing for the year in which an early career professional presents on one of their topics of expertise.
The presenter is Dr Suzanne Bonner, Griffith University, who will discuss policy responses to the changing health care needs of an ageing population.
A light lunch will be served from 12.15pm. There is no charge for this event which is supported by Griffith University. However, prior booking is essential.
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Policy in the Pub: Housing affordability: causes, consequences and solutions
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 21, 2018, 5:30 pm
The first talk for the year is from Brendan Coates who will discuss housing affordability: the causes of rising house prices and rents, their consequences and the policy options for improving affordability.
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View...Energy Storage and Microgrids: Power to the Prosumer?
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 15, 2018, 6:00 pm
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Social Security Reform: Revisiting Henderson, Poverty and Basic Income
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Thursday Feb 15, 2018, 12:00 am
Conference focusing on how the social security system can more effectively respond to issues of poverty and inequality. Over the course of two days, a variety of speakers will cover what key changes have taken place since the 1970s and the Henderson Poverty Inquiry - to the labour market, families and to the position of vulnerable groups - and will assess the effectiveness of how social security has responded. It will also canvas different options for reform, including proposals for some kind of a basic income in Australia. Register Now
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EES Lunch with Helen Silver AO
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 14, 2018, 12:15 pm
Helen Silver AO, Chief General Manager, Allianz Australia will be our special guest for lunch.
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Outlook for labour, policy and politics
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Tuesday Feb 13, 2018, 7:30 am
Get your new year going with the outlook for financial markets and public policy.
View...The changing role of women in resource-based industries
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Feb 9, 2018, 10:30 am
SPECIAL INVITATION: Women in Economics Network (WEN) Event
The changing role of women in resource-based industries
The Women in Economics Network (WEN) invite you to a mini-symposium with special guest speakers:
- Michelle Groves, Chief Executive Officer, Office of the Australian Energy Regulator
- Fleur McDonald, Rural Literature Author
- Professor Jane Doolan, Commissioner, Productivity Commission
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View...Australian Gender Economics Workshop
Date: Thursday Feb 8, 2018, 9:00 am
In partnership with the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) at Curtin University, the Women in Economics Network is pleased to announce the first Australian Gender Economics Workshop, to be held on 8-9 February 2018 in Fremantle, Western Australia. Our keynote speakers will be Professor Alison Booth (Australian National University) and Associate Professor Betsey Stevenson (University of Michigan).
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Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) Annual Conference
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Tuesday Feb 6, 2018, 12:00 am
The 62nd Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) Annual Conference 2018 “Abundance in an Era of Scarcity? Challenges and Opportunities for Australasian Agriculture, Environment, Food, Resource and Agribusiness Sectors”
ABC's Q&A
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Monday Feb 5, 2018, 12:00 am
The first Q&A discussion of the year will be focused on the economy and there is lots to talk about, particularly with regard to government spending, company tax cuts and capital gains exemptions on the Turnbull government’s agenda. ESA has been invited to extend an invitation to its members to be part of the live studio audience on 5 February at 8.30 pm at the Ultimo Studio.
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Women in Economics Network: Information Session: Writing for The Conversation
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 1, 2018, 2:00 pm
WEN is offering female economic academics the opportunity to hear directly from The Conversation’s Business and Economy Editor, Jenni Henderson. Jenni will be sharing her insights and advice about writing for the media and explain what editors are looking for.
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An afternoon with Prof. Daniel McFadden
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Monday Jan 15, 2018, 12:15 pm
You are invited to join the Centre for Economic and Regional Development (CERD), Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) for an afternoon with some of Australia's leading economists and Professor Daniel McFadden from the University of Southern California and the University of California, Berkeley.
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14th International Conference - WEAI
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Thursday Jan 11, 2018, 9:00 am
Present a paper, organize a session, discuss a paper, chair a session.
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Call for Papers: 59th Annual Conference The Indian Society of Labour Economics
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Saturday Dec 16, 2017, 12:00 am
The 59th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) will be held during 16-18 December 2017 in the premises of Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
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Women in Economics Network Christmas Party: In Conversation with Karen Chester
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 14, 2017, 5:00 pm
Please join us on the Terrace of PWC for some Christmas festivities and a celebration of WENs first year! As part of the evening, Deputy Chair of the Productivity Commission, Karen Chester, will share her experiences and insights about life as an economist.
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Policy in the Pub: Too little of a good thing? Competition in the Australian economy
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Dec 13, 2017, 5:30 pm
This month’s talk is from Jim Minifie from the Grattan Institute, who will discuss a forthcoming Grattan report co-authored with Grattan’s Lucy Percival and Cameron Chisholm.
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Year in review and the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Dec 13, 2017, 5:00 pm
Year in review and the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics
Join us for the Economic Society’s final event for the year and some drinks and savouries.
The function will feature a brief update from Professor Flavio Menezes, Economic Society Qld President, on the activities for the Society for the year.
Professor John Quiggin will also provide some comments on the 2017 Nobel Prize for economics which was awarded to Richard Thaler for his contributions to behavioural economics. Professor Quiggin's 1980 honours thesis at the ANU provided and independent analytical basis for some of the themes considered by behavioural economists.
There can be no-one better than John Quiggin to provide comments on the latest Nobel Prize in economics.
Date and Time: 5.00 for 5.15pm start, until 7pm, Wednesday 13 December
Venue: QUT S Block 12th floor, Owen J Wordsworth Room, George St, Brisbane
Cost: Free for members; $40 for non-members
Please contact the secretariat (admin@esaqld.org.au) if you wish to pay by credit card.
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