Update: Here is a working link for video streaming:
http://www-2.iies.su.se/Nobel2012/frontpage.html
Next week you can watch two videoconferences. They will be streamed live from Stockholm University to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of its Institute for Economic Studies.
The first conference is a “Nobel Symposium on Growth and Development”. It begins Monday, 3 September, at 9 am and ends Wednesday, 5 September at 3:10 in the afternoon.
The second conference, “Climate and the Economy”, begins Wednesday, 5 September, at 3:50 pm and ends Saturday, 8 September at 6:45 in the evening.
Programme details, and links for streaming video, are available here.
Each paper has an assigned discussant, and a small number of papers and slide presentations are already posted.
For those with time constraints (which is almost everyone), please note that the organisers have scheduled three panel discussions on Wednesday, 5 September. On that day you will have the opportunity to listen to a large number of very important economists in three short time slots.
09:30-11:00 Micro Meets Macro
Panel discussion:
Daron Acemoglu, MIT
Abhijit Banerjee, MIT
Angus Deaton, Princeton University
Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University
Robert Lucas, Jr., University of Chicago
Chair: Torsten Persson13:40-15:10 How Can Policy and Aid Help in Bringing down World Poverty?
Panel discussion:
Paul Collier, Oxford University
Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William Easterly, New York University
Dani Rodrik, Harvard University
Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University
Introduction: Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation
Moderator: Timothy Besley, London School of Economics15:50-17:20 How Can We Solve the Problem of Global Warming?
Panel discussion:
Sir Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics
Hans-Werner Sinn, University of Munich
Michael Greenstone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Hassler, Institute of International Economic Studies
Elisabeth Moyer, University of Chicago
Introduction: Lena Ek, Minister for the Environment
Moderator: Klas Eklund, SEB
All times are Central European Summer Time (GMT +2), which is inconvenient for those of us in Asia or the Americas, but very convenient for everyone in Europe.
I assume that videos will be available for downloading after the conferences, and will post an update as soon as I have information.
HT Greg Mankiw (who, so far as I can tell, is not participating in either conference)
Tags: global warming, growth
