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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) |
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| Participation by invitation only.
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Program |
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[Download Program Overview in PDF]
Monday, December 01:
| 15:00 |
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Welcome and Coffee |
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| 15:30 |
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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) |
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| 17:30 |
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Reception |
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| 18:00 |
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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 |
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| 22:00 |
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Informal Get-Together |
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