Vancouver (Canada) 6 - 8 July 2006  2006 Program Printer-Friendly Version of Program Authors & Presenters:You can post revisions of your paper on Conferencemaker. (Go to "List my submissions", click on the id # of your paper and then click "Edit") The change is not immediate, it takes effect when we re-post the program on the SED page, and we do that every few days. Program Chairs Matthias Doepke (UCLA) Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Princeton) Program committee Local Organizers David Andolfatto (Simon Fraser) Henry Siu (UBC) Mick Devereux (UBC) Noteworthy Events: Wednesday July 5: 5:00-8:00 - Registration and refreshments Thursday July 6: 6:15-7:15 - Pete Klenow (Stanford) "Income Differences Across Countries" Introduced by Ellen McGrattan (MNPLS Fed) 7:30-9:30 - Cocktail Reception Friday July 7 6:15-6:25 - Narayana Kocherlakota (Editor RED) "Recent Changes at RED" 6:25-7:25 - Elhanan Helpman (Harvard) "The International Organization of Production" Introduced by Tim Kehoe (Minnesota) Saturday July 8 6:15-7:15 - Hugo Hopenhayn (UCLA) "Knowledge, Diffusion, and Geography" Introduced by V.V. Chari (Minnesota) 8:00 - Conference Dinner The conference dinner is being held in the Great Hall at the Provincial Law Courts, 800 Smithe St. Links: http://canada.archiseek.com/british_columbia/vancouver/lawcourts.html http://www.arthurerickson.com/B_law.html The conference will be held at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel in downtown Vancouver Map of Hotel Location The Contractions will play Friday July 7, 9pm - closing VENUE: Picadilly Pub (aka The Pic) 622 West Pender Street, Vancouver (Downtown) BOOK A ROOM AT THE CONFERENCE HOTEL The deadline for booking a room at the conference rate has been extended to Friday, June 9. Visa Information Visitors to Vancouver may be interested in viewing the native art exhibits at the Vancouver Art Gallery (which is very near the hotel). We negotiated a group discount (take your SED badge as id). The group rate is $12.84 per person. Watch this space for updates!