SCOTTISH ECONOMIC SOCIETY
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Monday 21st – Wednesday 23rd April 2008
You can now download the manuscript for the after-dinner speech by the Government Economic Services's Andy Ross. The speech was a joy to listen to, but it also makes an excellent read!
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME & MATERIAL
We have made the final conference programme available as a pdf download. This includes titles of all the papers in the contributed sessions and other information. If all you require is an overview of the programme, please click here - or read on.
Conference material available for download (and part of delegates' conference packs) will include:
- Full papers.
Click here to download the complete conference pack.
CONFERENCE EVENTS
On the first day of the conference, the traditional SES Policy Forum will be in the limelight. This year's forum is dedicated to the future of the housing market, with special emphasis on conditions in Scotland. The first day's programme will be concluded by a reception hosted by Provost John Hulbert of the Perth & Kinross Council, followed by a Scottish theme dinner and a gig by Scottish singer Scott Nicol.
The second day is largely devoted to sessions for the discussion of scientific papers, including the kick-off of our series of organised sessions. Among these, two sessions on the impact of Higher Education Institutions are supported by the Economic & Social Research Council. Also, Professor John Sloman will chair our traditional Economics’ Network Workshop on improving the teaching of Economics. The Conference Dinner will be held in the Quay Suite of Apex City Hotel, Dundee. This will be preceded by a Canapé-wine Reception at Discovery Point, which includes a tour of “Scott of the Antarctic's” famous ship. The after-dinner speaker is Andy Ross, Deputy Director, Government Economic Service.
On the final day, the 2008 SES President’s Lecture will be delivered by Professor Martin Browning of the University of Oxford. Wednesday's events include a large number of organised and contributed sessions. Overall, delegates will present 98 scientific papers, selected out of about twice that number of submissions.
SIR ALEC CAIRNCROSS PRIZE
The Scottish Economic Society will award a prize of £1000 for the best paper presented at the 2008 annual conference by an economist currently registered for a PhD or who has successfully completed a PhD within the last five years. Consideration for the prize presupposes conference attendance and society membership.
PAST CONFERENCES
2007 - The final conference programme is now available either separately or as part of the full conference package, which also includes abstracts for all accepted submissions and all papers that have made the March 15th deadline. We also plan to make a CD version of the package available at the conference itself. Note that the package comes as a zip archive and is a 22 MB download.
We also offer the conference packs for previous conferences for download:
- 2005 annual conference pack,
- 2004 annual conference pack,
- 2003 annual conference pack.
All of those come in zip format and are of considerable size.
CONFERENCE VENUE
Finding the Ramada:
The Ramada Jarvis is located in the centre of Perth, in West Mill Street, more or less opposite the Tourist Information Centre - both are signposted. It is within 10 minutes walking distance from the both the Train and Bus Stations. If you are driving, there is limited free parking at the hotel and adjacent metered parking. Note the map below, which shows our venue's location in Perth city centre as a red circle:
The hotel's driving directions are available here.
Flying to Edinburgh:
If you are flying to Edinburgh, the Airport Bus will take you to Edinburgh Waverley Train Station from where you can then take a train to Perth. The train time to Perth from Edinburgh is approximately 1 hour 15 minutes.
Where to get the Airlink bus: Edinburgh Airport – Exit the main terminal building and turn left. The Airlink bus service arrives and departs from the bus stances at the end of the terminal building. Edinburgh Waverley Station – Waverley Bridge, opposite the vehicle carriageway entrance/exit to the station.
Further details of the Edinburgh Airport Bus/Rail link can be found at http://www.scotrail.co.uk/edairport.htm.
Flying to Glasgow:
If you are flying to Glasgow, the Airport Bus will bring you into Glasgow City Centre, adjacent to Queen Street Train Station from where you can take a train to Perth. The train time to Perth from Glasgow is approximately 1 hour.
Where to get the Airport bus: Glasgow Airport – At the front of the main terminal building. Buses arrive at West George Street for Queen Street Station
Queen Street Station - buses depart from North Hanover Street for the Queen Street Station Connection to Glasgow Airport
Buses run approximately every 10 minutes. Further details of the Glasgow Airport Bus/Rail link can be found at http://www.scotrail.co.uk/glwairport.htm.
The following link has further information on both airport rail/bus links http://www.firstgroup.com/scotrail/index.php . NB Alternatively, there are taxi ranks at both airports, the approximate cost to either city centre train station is likely to be in the region of £15 - £20.