SBE Annual Conference
Thursday 9 June 2011, 09.00am-1.00pm,
The 2011 Annual Conference will be held on the morning of 9 June 2011.
Full details will be available nearer the time but we are delighted to
announce that Dr Charles I Plosser, President and CEO, Federal Reserve
Bank of Philadelphia will be our Keynote Speaker. |
Institute Of Economic Affairs -
The State Of The Economy Conference
Against a backdrop of ongoing change in the global economic landscape,
leading business figures and academics will have plenty to debate as
they deliver their forecasts at the IEA's The State of the Economy
conference, now in its 28th year.
The event will be held on 17th February 2011 at the Institute of
Directors, and SBE members quoting the reference code SBE11 can benefit
from a 10% discount on the registration fee.
For details of the event
and to register, see
http://marketforce.eu.com/Conferences/economy11/Prog
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International Consultant
Economists Association
Dr Emma Mawdsley of Newnham College Cambridge will speak on Changing
global development: insights from Gift Theory on Tuesday 8 February
2011, and Costas Mitropoulos will speak on The financial crisis facing
Greece on Thursday 24 March 2011.
Both meetings will be held at 6pm, The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen
Square, London, WC1N 3AT. For further details, please visit
www.icea.co.uk . |
2011 NABE Economic Policy
Conference, USA
The National Association for Business Economics is holding its 2011
Economic Policy Conference on Balancing Austerity and Growth: Delivering
Policies that Work on 6-8 March at the Key Bridge Marriott, Arlington,
Virginia, USA.
For more information and to register, please visit
www.nabe.com/pc11/index.html |
SBE Master Class
Wednesday 6 April 2011, 12.00pm-2.00pm, Central London
Richard O'Brien, Outsights Ltd "Scenarios for
the Future" |
At a time at which economic forecasting is as
challenging as it has ever been, the SBE is pleased to announce its
seventh Masterclass. Richard O'Brien, Outsights Ltd, will lead this
session on "Scenarios for the future
- how scenario thinking can enhance economic forecasting". The
Masterclass will be held on Wednesday 6 April 2011 12pm-2pm. Light
refreshments will be served. |
| Richard is the co-founding partner of Outsights and
the author of the best-selling book "Global Financial Integration: the
End of Geography". He a leading futurist and international financial
economist with more than 35 years' of experience of helping
organisations anticipate and manage the future. Richard pioneered the
art of country risk analysis with Rothschilds and as chief economist and
executive director of American Express Bank, also advising the World
Bank, the EBRD and the Group of 30. |
2011 Salary Survey -
Please Take Part
The Society's annual Salary Survey provides an authoritative guide
to levels of and trends in the remuneration of business economists.
Please take a few minutes to complete the 2011 questionnaire and
return it in the enclosed prepaid envelope as soon as possible. The
survey is completely confidential. A detailed analysis will be
published in The Business Economist. |
Recruit A New Member In
2011
Why not make it your New Year's resolution to introduce a colleague
to the Society in 2011? The SBE's diverse membership network is one
of its key assets, and our new year 'wraparound' offer means that
members joining now will benefit from a first annual subscription
which runs all the way through to June 2012 (i.e. up to 18 months
for the price of 12). Furthermore, and as a 'thank you' from the
Society to those making the introductions, any member introducing 5
new full members during the year will be entitled to a free place at
dinner with the speaker of their choice following an evening
meeting. |