Past Events
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More than a word: How can economics contribute to Indigenous Reconciliation? - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jul 27, 2021, 11:00 am
Reconciliation Australia's theme for 2021, "More than a word", highlights the need to convert awareness into action:"For reconciliation to be effective, it must involve truth-telling, and actively address issues of inequality, systemic racism and instances where the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are ignored, denied or reduced."
This is a hybrid event which will be held in-person at Charles Darwin University as well as live-streamed via Zoom. Please indicate how you plan to join this webinar when registering. This is a a joint event between WEN, ESA and CDU.
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View...Young Professionals - Book Club
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Jul 15, 2021, 6:00 pm
On the back of popular demand for in-person events, the ESA Young Professionals Victoria is launching a book club to connect our members and provide some networking opportunities.
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View...Australian Conference of Economists (Virtual) - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Jul 12, 2021, 12:00 am
It is our pleasure to invite you to the Australian Conference of Economists (ACE) 2021 to be held from 12 to 14 July 2021 as a fully virtual event.
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National Webinar with Mr Philip Lowe, Governor, RBA - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Jul 8, 2021, 12:30 pm
The Labour Market and Monetary Policy
The Economic Society of Australia (Qld) invites you to an important webinar address featuring Mr Philip Lowe, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia. The link and passcode to join this webinar will be sent at 5.30pm on 7 July. Check your spam folder if it is not in your inbox.
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View...Policy at the Pub, Rethinking Permanent Skilled Migration after the Pandemic - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jun 16, 2021, 5:30 pm
The Economic Society of Australia, Victoria Branch, invites you to the upcoming Policy at the Pub event, with Will Mackey presenting the Grattan Institute recent report Rethinking Permanent Skilled Migration after the Pandemic.
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View...What the Budget Means for Women - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday May 17, 2021, 12:00 pm
The Women in Economics Network NSW Branch invite you to join our three incredible panellists – Nicki Hutley, Danielle Wood and Danielle Woolley - as we discuss what the Federal Budget means for women. Putting a gender lens on the Budget, we will cover a range of issues including superannuation, the gender pay gap, paid parental leave, violence against women and social policy issues.
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View...Population Analysis During the Pandemic - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Apr 28, 2021, 12:30 pm
The Economic Society of Australia, Victoria Branch, invites you to the first Professional Development event for 2021 with David Sykes from the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and Daniel Booth from the City of Melbourne.
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View...Policy in the Pub: Thoughts on Australia’s Monetary-Fiscal Policy Framework - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Apr 21, 2021, 5:30 pm
The Economic Society of Australia, Victoria Branch, invites you to our first Policy at the Pub event for 2021 with Bruce Preston, Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne.
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View...WEN Workshop: Writing for digital content - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Apr 15, 2021, 12:30 pm
Do you wish you had more opportunities to share your ideas about economics? Is there research you’ve done, a great book you recently read, or observations about the world you can offer, which could be promoted and shared via social media? Do you possibly also wish there were more female voices in public discussions and media commentary about economic issues? The timing of this event is 12.30pm - 2.00pm AEST.
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View...Trivia Night 2021
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Mar 18, 2021, 6:00 pm
Join the ESA Young Professionals at the Imperial Hotel as we kick off 2021 with our first event – a trivia night for Melbourne’s young professional economists to reconnect after a very socially distanced 2020.
View...WEN Professional Development - Apply Now - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Mar 5, 2021, 9:00 am
The Women in Economics Network is offering a professional development opportunity for members: Be heard in meetings and get your message across
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View...Policy Symposium: Educating the Next Generation of Economists - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Feb 9, 2021, 5:00 pm
This Policy Symposium is being held as part of the 2021 Australian Gender Economics Workshop and has been made available to those that are unable to make the two-day AGEW event but would like to register to attend this symposium.
The timing of this event is 5.00pm until 6.15pm AEDT (Sydney Melbourne Canberra).
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View...2021 Australian Gender Economics Workshop - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Feb 8, 2021, 8:45 am
We are delighted to announce that registrations for the 2021 Australian Gender Economics Workshop are now open. The workshop will be held virtually during Australian Eastern Daylight Time (Sydney/Melb/Canberra) from Monday the 8th – Tuesday 9th February 2021. You can view the final program here.
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View...Joshua Gans: Covid-19 one year on - lessons learnt for the future - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 3, 2021, 12:00 pm
In this presentation, Joshua Gans will reflect on the lessons learnt from the different ways in which Covid-19 has been managed in different countries and how key economic principals can be applied to deciding on the effective health and economic policy response to pandemics. These lessons will be important in more effective responses to any future pandemics.
Timing of this event: 12.00 - 1.00 pm Eastern Summer Time AEDT (Sydney Melbourne Canberra), 11am AEST (Queensland).
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View...2020-21 Victorian State Budget Review - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 3, 2020, 5:30 pm
The Economic Society of Australia (Victorian Branch) invites members and guests to the annual Victorian State Budget Review.
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View...Economic Society of Australia (Victorian Branch) – Annual General Meeting 2020 - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Nov 25, 2020, 5:00 pm
The Annual General Meeting of the Victorian Branch of the Economic Society of Australia will be held at 5.00 pm on Wednesday, 25 November 2020 via Zoom.
Afterwards there will be a presentation from Stephen Duckett and Anika Stobart from the Grattan Institute on COVID in Victoria – the story, the lessons, the controversies.
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View...Productivity reform in Australia and New Zealand: Barriers and opportunities - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Tuesday Nov 24, 2020, 12:00 am
The forum will bring together leading experts to discuss priority policy issues to improve productivity. The program features speakers across a broad range of policy areas as well as a panel discussion featuring the Chairs of the Australian, New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australian Productivity Commissions.
View...Global Trade and Investment and COVID-19 - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Nov 4, 2020, 12:00 pm
What are the consequences and outlook for global trade and investment and for Australia in the context COVID-19 Join us for a discussion between Jenny Gordon (@DFAT ChiefEconomists), Heather Cotching (Acting Chief Economist, Austrade) and Kim Mundy (International economist, CBA), hosted by Lisa Elliston (The Treasury)
Timing of this event is AEDT.
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View...Economics, Psychology, Neuroscience: Behavioural economics from three perspectives - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 29, 2020, 4:00 pm
Behavioural economics has cemented its place as an important discipline within the broader economics profession. It also follows a long tradition of economists borrowing from other fields of study. While economics has historically had strong links with political science, maths and data science; behavioural economics has opened the door to drawing on insights from neuroscience, psychology, sociology and anthropology. Timing of this event is 4:00pm – 5:00pm AEDT
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View...2020 Young Economist Address and 2020 ESA Awards - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Oct 26, 2020, 5:30 pm
Annual ESA National Awards and the 2020 Young Economist Address: The Young and Economists in the Covid Era
In this talk, 2019 ESA Young Economist of the Year Professor Gigi Foster will share her research findings and reflections related to the Covid-19 crisis in Australia, focussing especially on what it means to be young and what it means to be an economist in Australia today. Times shown are AEDT.
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View...WEN economists discuss the Federal Budget 2020/21: key issues and the outlook for economic recovery - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Oct 13, 2020, 4:00 pm
Join us to hear two leading economists from our WEN network (NSW Branch) discuss the Federal Budget release, including a focus on the outlook for economic recovery in Australia. This will be a panel session featuring Jo Masters (EY) and Felicity Emmett (ANZ), and moderated by Rebecca Hiscock-Croft (EY). It will be an interactive session, with a focus on Q&A and discussion with webcast participants. TIMING OF THIS EVENT IS AEDT
View...Policy and Professional Development in the Virtual Pub: Can Electronic Monitoring Reduce Reoffending? - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 1, 2020, 12:30 pm
This month's combined Policy in the Virtual Pub and Professional Development seminar presents research evaluating electronic monitoring as an alternative to prison for non-violent offenses. The presentation is based on an article forthcoming in The Review of Economics and Statistics.
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View...Economic well-being: Is GDP the right measure? - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Sep 10, 2020, 5:00 pm
Gross Domestic Product, while used so often, has long been criticised as a less than perfect measure of economic well-being. Alternative measures have been proposed to better reflect of societal well-being, and more recently, conventional measures of GDP are being re-examined to incorporate the growing importance of online economic transactions and globalisation. This webinar is brought to you by WEN QLD Branch. The timings shown are AEST.
This event coincides with Social Sciences Week.
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View...Regulation of digital platforms - Australian experience - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Sep 9, 2020, 5:00 pm
The rise of digital platforms has come with many benefits for consumers and business, but also poses new regulatory challenges. Following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (the ACCC) Digital Platforms Inquiry Final Report, Australia has seen significant recent discussion on the role of privacy and data security, as well as the bargaining power imbalances between Australian news media businesses and major platforms such as Google and Facebook.
This event coincides with Social Sciences Week.
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View...Alternative Careers Using Economics - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Sep 2, 2020, 4:30 pm
Have you ever considered where studying economics might take you – aside from careers with the job title ‘economist’? Join our panel as they discuss their career paths and where an economics degree has taken them (so far!). The SA Women in Economics Network (WEN) is very pleased to host this webinar as part of the national seminar program with the Economics Society of Australia (ESA).
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