New Approaches to Economic Challenges Seminar Programme October-December 2014 1 New Approaches to Economic Challenges 2 SEMINAR PROGRAMME 21 October 2014 20 November 2014 Skills Distribution, Social Inequality and Multi-dimensional Well-being Dirk Van Damme - Head of Division Directorate for Education and Skills OECD Useful information Room CC7, OECD 12.30 PM - 2.00 PM Register on EMS or at [email protected] 27 October 2014 Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs OECD Useful information Room CC15, OECD 12.30 PM - 2.00 PM Register on EMS or at [email protected] United Kingdom Useful information Room CC1, OECD 12.30 PM - 2.00 PM Register on EMS or at [email protected] Netherlands Speakers TBC OECD, WIFO, European Commission. Useful information Room C, OECD 1.30 PM - 6.00 PM Register on EMS or at [email protected] 16 December 2014 Getting grip on Complexity Economics University of Groningen Useful information Room CC4, OECD 9.30 AM - 6.00 PM Register on EMS or at [email protected] How to further enhance Welfare, Wealth and Work in Europe? 14 November 2014 Lex Hoogduin - Professor of the Economics of Complexity and Uncertainty in Financial Markets and Financial Institutions Betty Sue Flowers, University of Texas (TBC) David Snowden , Cognitive Edge (TBC) Paul Ormerod , Volterra (TBC) Jeremy Bentham , Royal Dutch Shell (TBC) Didier Schmitt, European Commission (TBC) 10 December 2014 Does Capitalism Have a Future? London School of Economics OECD Useful information Room CC7, OECD 12.30 PM - 2.00 PM Register on EMS or at [email protected] Learning with Futures using Narratives and Numbers 7 November 2014 Craig Calhoun - Director Boris Cournède - Senior Economist Economics Department 1 December 2014 The Bitcoin Question Adrian Blundell-Wignall - Acting Director, Special Advisor for Financial Markets Effects of growth-enhancing reforms on micro-level economic stability Building Policy Communities Useful information Room CC7, OECD 12.30 PM - 2.00 PM Register on EMS or at [email protected] Speakers TBC Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate OECD Useful information Room CC7, OECD 12.30 PM - 2.00 PM Register on EMS or at [email protected] OECD INITIATIVE NEW APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC CHALLENGES (NAEC) The OECD initiative on “New Approaches to Economic Challenges” (NAEC) is an organisation-wide reflection process on the causes of the crisis and the lessons for policy. It was launched at the 2012 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) with the objective to catalyse a process of continuous improvement of the organisation’s analytical frameworks and advice. www.oecd.org/naec Photo Credits: Cover illustration: © Istockphoto/Vetta