Annual Festival of Science takes place from 13-17 September at Sheffield University. This year, the President of the Economics Section is Professor David Hendry of Nuffield College at the University of Oxford and former President of the Royal Economic Society. The programme features a series of presentations on economic forecasting by leading researchers and practitioners. HM Treasury Media briefings on some of the presentations are attached.
Journalists are welcome to attend the conference on any or all of the days.
The presentations will be in Lecture Theatre 3 of the Hicks Building at the University of Sheffield. The British Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Festival of Science took place from 6-11 September at Cardiff University. The British Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Festival of Science took place from 7-12 September at the University of Leeds. The British Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Festival of Science took place from 8-13 September at the University of Birmingham. Section F is devoted to economics and this year, under the presidency of John Kay, Chairman of London Economics, featured a series of high profile presentations on the economics of regulation, including the following.