| Program Committee Organized Sessions | 
Wednesday  Registration 10:00 - 16:00  | 
Depart Hotel at 14h30 for Formal Conference Opening Presented by the Warsaw Stock Exchange (main sponsor) and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (supporting sponsor) 14:30 - 19:00  | 
Welcoming Coffee 08:30 - 09:00 Registration 08:30 - 16:30 C10-2  Application of Quantitative Methods to Economic Research I 09:00 - 11:00 D00-2  Topics in Microeconomics 09:00 - 11:00 D21-2  Innovation and Productivity  09:00 - 11:00 F14-1  Macroeconomic Problems of the OECD Countries 09:00 - 11:00 Refreshment Break 11:00 - 11:15 Distinguished Address:  Leszek Balcerowicz, Warsaw School of Economics 11:15 - 12:15  | 
Luncheon 12:15 - 13:45 C10-3 Application of Quantitative Methods to Economic Research II 13:45 - 15:45 F20-1  International and Monetary Economics 13:45 - 15:45 I00-2  EU Integration and Socio-Economic Reforms in the Czech Republic 13:45 - 15:45 Z13-1  Economics, Business, and Social Responsibility 13:45 - 15:45 Refreshment Break 15:45 - 16:00 O57-3  Transition Issues 16:00 - 18:00 IAER Board of Editor's Meeting 16:30 - 17:30  | 
Welcoming Coffee 08:00 - 08:30 Registration 08:00 - 15:45 D21-3  Public - Private Partnership 08:30 - 10:30 E60-1  Public Finance I 08:30 - 10:30 E61-1  Economic Policy and Growth 08:30 - 10:30 F31-1  Potential Output, Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Policy Rules 08:30 - 10:30 O57-2  Transition Economies: Some  Macroeconomic Issues 08:30 - 10:30 Refreshment Break 10:30 - 10:45 Presidential Address:  Franklin Allen, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania 10:45 - 11:45 Luncheon 11:45 - 13:15  | 
C40-1  Empirical Economics 13:15 - 15:15 D00-3  Issues in the Production of Goods and Services 13:15 - 15:15 E60-2  Public Finance II 13:15 - 15:15 F14-2  Selected Financial and Economic Aspects of European Economies 13:15 - 15:15 Refreshment Break 15:15 - 15:30 Warsaw Stock Exchange Plenary Panel 15:30 - 18:00 Warsaw Stock Exchange Reception 18:15 - 19:45  | 
Welcoming Coffee 08:30 - 09:00 Registration 08:30 - 16:30 D40-1  Prices and Markets 09:00 - 11:00 E00-1  Topics in Macroeconomics 09:00 - 11:00 F30-2  Microeconomic Aspects of Monetary Integration 09:00 - 11:00 G10-2  Financial Market Analysis 09:00 - 11:00 The 2008 Robert A. Mundell Distinguished Address: Eytan Sheshinski, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Princeton University 11:15 - 12:15  | 
Luncheon 12:15 - 13:45 Eytan Sheskinski Book Signing 13:00 - 13:45 F20-2  International Factor Movements and International Business 13:45 - 15:45 G00-1  Topics in Financial Economics 13:45 - 15:45 M41-1  A Potpourri Accounting and Economic Consequences Studies 13:45 - 15:45 Executive Committee Briefing 14:00 - 15:00 Refreshment Break 15:45 - 16:00  |