Annual Conference
Tuesday 23 June, 9.00am-1.00pm, ICE
From Financial Risk to Economic Crisis
The clock is ticking, so don't forget to contact the secretariat for your ticket for this year's SBE Annual Conference. The default of Lehman Brothers last September marked a new stage in the financial crisis. With credit drying up, economic activity around the world collapsed and declines in real and financial sector activity became mutually reinforcing. What started as a problem in the money markets threatened to turn into the most severe global economic downturn since the Great Depression, triggering policy responses on an unprecedented scale.
There is no shortage of critical questions at this juncture. Spencer Dale, Willem Buiter, Erik Berglöf, Robert Chote and Andrew Smithers, with Evan Davis in the chair, will offer their views - and invite you to share yours - in what promises to be another lively Annual Conference. More details are provided in the accompanying flyer; call or email the secretariat (contact details are at the foot of this newsletter) for your place. |
Membership Renewal
As members who attended last November's AGM will remember, the Council was given approval to freeze the annual subscription for 2009/10 - a year when it would normally have been raised - in the event of their judging this to be appropriate in the economic circumstances. Subscriptions now being due, the Council has decided to exercise this power. Your annual subscription for the coming year therefore remains unchanged, making it even better value for money.
Your membership is due for renewal by 1 July. A renewal form may be found here or you can call the secretariat and renew over the phone by credit card.
Do contact us promptly to make sure that you don't miss out on what promises to be a packed year of meetings, Masterclasses and, of course, the annual conference and dinner (with more on the Rybczynski Prize, overleaf), and that you continue to get the most out of being part of the UK's largest professional network for business economists. |
2009 Year Book Amendments
Please let the Secretariat know of any recent changes to your details |
Rybczynski Prize 2009
Now is the time to start thinking about entering this year's competition for the Rybzcynski Prize. This prestigious award is given to the year's best piece of writing on an issue of importance to business economists. It offers the opportunity to see your work gain a higher profile among professional colleagues - and, of course, to win the £3000 prize so generously sponsored by KPMG.
Essays, which must be submitted by December, can be written especially for the competition or have been published during the course of 2009, and the judges will be looking for around 3000 (with an absolute maximum of 4000) well-written words. Previous winners have included Roger Bootle, Simon Briscoe, Joanne Collins, Fergus Hicks, Thomas Mayer, Pam Woodall, Kevin Daly, four Italian economists (jointly) from UniCredit Global Research in Milan, and Ian Bright. Entry forms will be mailed with the July newsletter.
You can also use the online form and see all details here on our Rybzcynski Prize page |
IEA Book Launch Event
Join John Calverley, former SBE Chairman, to celebrate the launch of his latest book When Bubbles Burst: Surviving the Financial Fallout (published by Nicholas Brealey Publishing). The launch will take place on Wednesday 24 June from 6.30pm-8.00pm at the Institute of Economic Affairs, 2 Lord North Street, Westminster, London, SW1. Drinks will be served, with signed copies available for purchase; John will make some brief remarks at 7.00pm. If you'd like to attend this event, please contact the IEA at iea@iea.org.uk or 020 7799 8900. |
International Consultant Economists Association
Sophie Trémolet will speak on "Water infrastructure financing" on Tuesday 16 June, 18.30 and Roger Allport will speak on "Decision making in urban transport projects" on Tuesday 14 July, 18.30. Both meetings will be held at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 28 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DS. For further details, visit www.icea.co.uk |
National Association For Business Economics, Us
The NABE 51st Annual Meeting and Conference, taking as its theme The New Global Financial and Economic Architecture; Gateway to Recovery (or Just More of the Blues?), will be held in St Louis, Missouri, USA on 10-13 October 2009. For details, see http://www.nabe.com/am2009/index.html |
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