The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Centre for Applied Economic Research and the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) will hold a joint conference on 8-9 December 2025 at UNSW Sydney, Australia.
This event is supported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the UNSW Business School and School of Economics.
Registration is now closed.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
The programme contains papers on many aspects of the measurement and use of economic statistics, including:
- Digital economy
- Productivity
- Land and natural resources
- Difficult to measure sectors, such as finance, insurance and telecommunications
- Price indices
- Public sector productivity
- System of National Accounts 2025
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
- Vipin Arora (Director, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)
- Catherine de Fontenay (Commissioner, Productivity Commission; President of the Economic Society of Australia)
- Quentin Grafton (Professor of Economics, Australian National University)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE CHAIRS:
- Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia UNSW and ESCoE)
- Kevin Fox (UNSW and ESCoE)
- Rebecca Riley (King’s College London and ESCoE)
- Michael Smedes (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
We will make every effort to minimise changes to the programme, but it will remain subject to change at any time prior to the conference. Please ensure you allow for changes to the programme when making your travel arrangements.
For any questions, please contact us at info@ESCoE.ac.uk. We look forward to welcoming you to this year’s conference.