National CGE Modelling Workshop

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 workshop is now offered as a hybrid in-person and online event. For those attending in-person, the day will be fully catered with ample opportunities to chat with the presenters and your peers over the coffee breaks and lunch. The online Zoom session will be interactive and questions from the online audience will be accommodated.

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 over 2 days. A draft program is now available.

The workshop venue is the Weston Theatre, JG Crawford Building, 132 Lennox Crossing, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia.

Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea will be provided.

An informal dinner will be held on Monday evening, 9 September, at The Duxton at attendees' own expense. The Duxton is a short taxi ride from the workshop venue. You are welcome to join the organisers and fellow participants for a relaxed dinner. More details will follow closer to the date.

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

*Ovolo Nishi Hotel is only a four minute walk from the workshop venue. Get a 20% discount on your booking.

Participants are required to arrange their own accommodation.

Registrations

Registration for this event is now closed. 

Contact us

For further information about the CGE Modelling workshop contact Paul Gretton at [email protected] and Janine Dixon at [email protected] .

Information about past workshops

Event image credit: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.