Conference in honour of Kenneth F. Wallis

11-12 July 2013

Supported by the University of Warwick’s Department of Economics, the Bank of England and the Journal of Applied Econometrics

A conference to celebrate the career of Ken Wallis will be held at the University of Warwick on 11 and 12 July 2013.

The programme includes presentations by some of Ken’s former colleagues, collaborators and students, and has been designed around areas in which Ken has worked. Papers will be given by Gianni Amisano, Richard Baillie, Antoni Espasa, Ana Galvão, Alastair Hall, Andrew Harvey, David Hendry, Warwick McKibbin, James Mitchell, Charles Nelson, Adrian Pagan, and Martin Weale, click here for the draft programme.

There will also be an opportunity for others to contribute anecdotes and reflections.

The conference will start at 10:45am on Thursday 11 July 2013 after registration and coffee, and will end on Friday 12 July at 3pm. On-site accommodation for 11 July (and if required for the 10 July and/or the 12 July) will be available at Radcliffe House, the University of Warwick Conference Centre, where the event is being held.

REGISTRATION: As places are limited, for planning purposes we would be grateful if you could complete by the end of March the online registration by filling in this form.

We are not able to support travel, either overseas or within the UK, except for young researchers due to support received from the Journal of Applied Econometrics.

For any specific enquiries about registration and accommodation please contact Fiona Brown (F.Brown@warwick.ac.uk) directly.

For all enquiries about the academic content of the conference please contact one of the organisers.

The organising committee:

Denise Osborn (denise.osborn@manchester.ac.uk)
Richard Baillie (baillie@msu.edu)
Gianna Boero (gianna.boero@warwick.ac.uk )
Ana Galvão (a.ferreira@qmul.ac.uk)
Jeremy Smith (jeremy.smith@warwick.ac.uk)