Topics of interest: - Unconventional monetary policies and normalization of the monetary policy and: the pricing of financial assets, the risk taking by banks, the spillover effects to other developed and emerging markets, the financial market liquidity. - Basel III capital and liquidity ratio...

Central topics at the conference are: - Design of incentives to encourage industry-university continuous innovation and collaboration - Collaboration and partnerships to transform economies - Transforming business models - Design thinking and continuous innovation - New forms of leadership and...

The central topics at the conference are: - The impact of the Internet of Things on the innovation potential of established industries. - Changing old-school industries to new service industries. - Connectivity and interoperability. - Effective (big) data handling and analysis. - Collaboration...

The conference aims to provide researchers and policymakers an opportunity to present theoretical and empirical research related to the subdued global growth performance. Of particular relevance are the implications for global linkages and monetary policies in an environment of high economic and...

Topics: - The role of debt and leverage in macroeconomic dynamics, determinants of public and private debt sustainability, and the implications of simultaneous public and private deleveraging. - The sustainability of adjustments. - Early warning systems used to detect macroeconomic and fiscal...

Topics: - the evolution of bank business models and risk-taking preferences in response to regulatory change (Basel III) - the implications of the zero bound problem for (SME) lending choices - the existence of multiple policy objectives and private vs government lending - the challenges...

The theme of the conference, “Operating Innovation – Innovating Operations”, reflects the hypercompetition-driven need for companies to turn product and, consequently also, process and organizational, innovation into a regular activity, and make innovation part of their daily...

Topics: - cross-border financial linkages and monetary policy; - trade integration, financial integration and the propagation of and adjustment to shocks; - sovereign risk, financial frictions and monetary policy; - standard and non-standard monetary policies in multi-sector/multi-country...

DIW Berlin and CEPR will host the conference on the role of the European Central Bank and its bond purchasing programme OMT. The Conference is thought as a forum to discuss the arguments pro and con and also to point out ways out of the crisis.

The submission of research papers in the following fields is especially encouraged: 1. Macro-financial models linking financial stability and the performance of the economy 2. Models and tools for the early identification and assessment of systemic risk 3. Assessing contagion risks 4....