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Anniversary Event: Panel Discussion and IZA Prize Ceremony 2008

Location:Petersberg, Bonn
Date:December 01, 2008

Event Manager:

Mark Fallak (IZA)

Participation by invitation only.

Program

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Monday, December 01:

15:00       Welcome and Coffee
 
15:30       Greeting
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Löwer (Vice Rector, University of Bonn)

Panel Discussion: The Economist's Role in Policy Advice
Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Edward P. Lazear, Ph.D. (Stanford University; Chairman, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers)
Discussants:
Prof. Lord Richard Layard (CEP, London School of Economics; IZA Prize Laurate 2008)
Prof. Dr. Jo M. M. Ritzen (President, Maastricht University; former Dutch Minister of Education)
Prof. Jan Svejnar, Ph.D. (University of Michigan)
Dr. Ursula Weidenfeld (Editor-in-Chief, Impulse Magazine)
Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann (CEO and Director, IZA; President, DIW Berlin; University of Bonn)
 
17:30       Reception
 
18:00       Anniversary Event: 10 Years of IZA

Speeches

Bärbel Dieckmann (Lady Mayor, City of Bonn)
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Schneider (University of Linz; Chairman, Verein für Socialpolitik)
Dr. h.c. Frank-Jürgen Weise (CEO, Federal Employment Agency)

Live Music
Marcus Schinkel Trio

IZA Prize Ceremony
Laureates:
Prof. Lord Richard Layard (CEP, London School of Economics)
Prof. Stephen J. Nickell (Nuffield College, Oxford)

Laudation
Prof. Richard B. Freeman, Ph.D. (Harvard University; IZA Prize Laureate 2007)

Dinner
 
22:00       Informal Get-Together