National CGE Modelling Workshop
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The Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, and the VU Centre of Policy Studies are hosting the National Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling Workshop at the Weston Theatre in the Crawford School of Public Policy.
The National CGE Workshop is an annual event that provides a forum for CGE modellers to exhibit and discuss their work. Register to be part of the audience and/or give a presentation. Students are encouraged to participate.
The program will include a longer presentation from the key note speaker, and short presentations from participants of about 15—20 minutes, followed by questions
The workshop will interest those new to CGE modelling, expert modellers and policy advisors who rely on modelling to analyse events with economic impacts.
Keynote speaker
Dr Sergey Paltsev is a Senior Research Scientist at MIT Energy Initiative, and a Deputy Director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA. He is the lead modeler in charge of the MIT Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model of the world economy.
Dr Paltsev is an author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals and books in the area of energy economics, climate policy, transport, advanced energy technologies, and international trade. Read more about Dr Paltsev
Submitting abstracts & presentations
Tell us you want to give a presentation via the registration form. Alternatively, you can email the contacts below.
If your abstract is accepted then we ask that you submit your full paper or presentation by the deadline given below.
Presentations are usually allocated 15-20 minutes with 5 minutes for questions. A presentation based on either completed paper or work-in-progress is acceptable.
Dates & Deadlines
- Friday 12 July - Deadline for Abstract submission for presentations
- Friday 26 July - Notice of abstract review sent out
- Monday 5 August - Preliminary program published
- Monday 2 September - Deadline for full paper submission for presentations.
Program & venue
The program will be 1 or 2 days, depending on the number of presentations. A draft program will be made available on this page as soon as possible.
Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea will be provided.
We are organising an informal dinner to follow the event at attendees' expense. Details will be announced later.
Travel
Taxi
A taxi from Canberra Airport to ANU is normally about 25$.
Give your destination as JG Crawford Building, 132 Lennox Crossing, Canberra ACT 2600
Parking
Paid parking is available on campus or close by at the National Museum of Australia.
Accommodation
Accommodation options within easy walking distance include:
- Capitol Executive Apartments - 39 London Circuit, Canberra, ACT, 2601
- Ovolo Nishi Hotel - 25 Edinburgh Ave, Canberra ACT 2601
- Peppers Gallery Hotel - 15 Edinburgh Ave, Acton ACT 2601
- QT Canberra - 1 London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2601
Participants are required to arrange their own accommodation.
Registrations
Registration is free.
If you would like to give a presentation, please indicate this in your registration.
Contact us
For further information about the CGE Modelling workshop contact Paul Gretton at and Janine Dixon at .
Information about past workshops
Event image credit: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
