DEW Annual Conference – programme and tickets

Following on from an earlier post, below are more details about the Dublin Economics Workshop’s Annual Conference (formerly known as “Kenmare”). The theme for this year’s conference is Policymaking for an Uncertain Future and the conference takes place on September 23rd and 24th in White’s of Wexford. Tickets can be bought from the DEW’s website, with a special package of €250 covering two nights at the hotel, both breakfasts and dinners, and the conference fee itself.

The current draft programme is below, with more details to be added as they are confirmed. Hopefully, we will see many of you down there, to enjoy the conference’s unique interaction of public, private and academic economists, discussing a range of important policy issues.

Friday, 23rd of September

• 1.00-2.30pm: Keynote [TBC]
• 3.00-4.30pm: High-Level Panel, “Beyond the M50: What Economic Future is there for Rural Ireland?”
  • Speakers include Gerry Boyle (Teagasc), Finbarr Bradley, and John O’Hagan (TCD)
• 5.00-6.30pm: Expert Session, “Why are Construction Costs in Ireland So High?”
  • Three speakers, including David Dumigan (Hines) and Jason Cronin (Virtus)
• 7.00pm: Conference Dinner

Saturday, 24th of September

• 10.00-11.30am: First Parallel Session:
  • The Economics of Healthcare in Ireland.  Details to come.
  • Infrastructure: the Key to Regional Development? Three speakers, including Sean O’Riordain and Laura Watts (DPER).
  • Mortgage Rules and Household Credit: Informing the Future. Three speakers, including Loretta O’Sullivan (BOI).
• 12.00-1.30pm: Second Parallel Session:
  • Higher Education in Ireland after Brexit. Details to come.
  • Empirical Research on the Irish Banking Sector. Full details to come; speakers include Central Bank of Ireland researchers
  • Can we trust Ireland’s National Accounts? Speakers include Frank Barry (TCD), Conall MacCoille (Davy) and Chris Sibley (CSO).
• 3.00-4.30pm: Third Parallel Session:
  • Ireland’s Fiscal & Financial Stability. Speakers include Dermot O’Leary (Goodbody).
  • Reforming Social Welfare. Speakers include Micheál Collins and Niamh Holton (NERI).
  • Informing Policy With Behavioural Economics. Full details to come.
• 5.00-6pm Keynote: Sharon Donnery, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland
• 6.30pm: Conference Dinner, including an After-Dinner Speech [TBC]