Washington Events and Exhibits 2004:

09-13 January 2005 -
Transportation Research Board - TRB Annual Meeting 2005 in Washington, DC
The OECD will display new publications on Transportation issues. More information...

07-09 January 2005 -
Allied Social Science Association - ASSA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA
The OECD will display recent titles and demonstrate SourceOECD in Booth 521. More information...

07 December 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: OECD Economic Survey - Russian Federation 2004
Presentation by William Tompson, OECD Senior Economist, Russia/NIS, Non-Member Economies Division. View the presentation (PDF 184kb).

30 November 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: OECD Economic Outlook No. 76 - Videoconference
Presentation by Val Koromzay, OECD Director, Country Studies Branch, Hannes Suppanz, OECD Senior Economist (United States), and Thomas Laubach, OECD Economist. More...

14-18 November 2004 -
American Nuclear Society - ANS Winter Meeting in Washington, DC
OECD/NEA displayed recent titles on nuclear energy and marketed SourceOECD from Sunday, November 14 through Thursday, November 18.

22 October 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Using Statistics for Informed Decision-Making: the Challenges and Achievements
Presentation by Enrico Giovannini, OECD Chief Statistician and Director of the Statistics Directorate; Discussants are Kenneth Prewitt, Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, Columbia University, and Katherine Wallman, Chief Statistician, United States Office of Management and Budget. View the presentation (ODF 57kb).

14 October 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Keeping Schools Safe
Presentation by Richard Yelland, Head of OECD Education Management and Infrastructure Division on the scope of the problems that schools face in keeping students and administrators safe. View the presentation (PDF 1.95MB)

3-5 October 2004 -
National Association for Business Economics - NABE Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA
OECD displayed recent titles as well as its online service SourceOECD from Sunday October 3 through Tuesday October 5.

21 September 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES:
OECD Development Center Studies: The Making of Global Finance 1880-1913 - Videoconference
Presentation by Marc Flandreau, Professor of International Economic Relations at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.

15 September 2004
AFRICARE Lunch Seminar: Publication launch of OECD African Economic Outlook
Presentation by Lucia Wegner and Céline Kauffmann, OECD Development Centre. More...

27 July 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Space 2030: Exploring the Future of Space Applications - Videoconference
Presentation by Michel Andrieu, OECD Principal Administrator, Advisory Unit on Multi-Disciplinary Issues, and Henry Hertzfeld, Senior Research Scientist, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University. View the presentation (PDF 405kb).

22 July 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: OECD Employment Outlook 2004 - Videoconference
Presentation by Paul Swaim, Economist, OECD Employment Analysis and Policy Division. View the presentation (PDF 205kb).

30 June 2004
OECD Environmental Strategy: 2004 Review of Progress—Videoconference
Presentation by Lorents Lorentsen, Director, Environment Directorate and Helen Mountford, Counsellor, Environment Directorate. View the presentation (PDF 126kb).

22 June 2004
OECD Economic Survey: Chile 2003—Videoconference
Presentation by Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Senior Economist, Economics Department, and Nanno Mulder, Economist, South America Desk, Non-Member Countries Division. View the presentation (PDF 136kb) and visit the web site.

03 June 2004
Growth Prospects in Central Europe after EU Enlargement on 03 June 2004
Briefing by Patrick Lenain, Economic Counsellor, OECD (PDF 135kb); Discussant: Anders Aslund, Director, Russian and Eurasian Program, Carnegie Endowment for Peace (PDF 30kb). Visit the website.

27 May 2004
Security and Development - Videoconference
Briefing by Richard Manning, Chairman of the OECD Development Assistance Committee and Lisa Williams, Administrator in the OECD Development Cooperation Directorate. Local Discussant: Patrick Cronin, Senior VP and Director of Studies, CSIS. View the presentation (PDF 120kb) and visit the web site.

18 May 2004
International Energy Agency Briefing: Biofuels for Transport: An International Perspective - Videoconference
Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the IEA, and Lew Fulton, Energy Specialist with the IEA, will present recent findings. View the presentation (PDF 816kb).

14 May 2004
Current OECD Work on Transfer Pricing
Presentation by and Discussion with Caroline Silberztein, Head of the Transfer Pricing Unit at the OECD Center for Tax Policy and Administration. This meeting will be chaired by Charles Triplett of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. View the presentation (PDF 79kb).

11 May 2004
PRESS BRIEFING: OECD Economic Outlook No. 75 - Videoconference
Val Koromzay and Peter Jarrett of the OECD Economics Directorate will brief a Washington audience on economic projections for the coming two years. Read Chief Economist Coti's press comments (PDF). Visit the web site.

06 May 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Economic Impact of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) - Videoconference
Dirk Pilat of the OECD Directorate of Science, Technology and Industry presented an up-to-date assessment of the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on economic growth in OECD countries. View the presentation (PDF 332kb) and visit the web site.

19 April 2004
OECD Economic Survey of the United States 2004 - Videoconference
Peter Jarrett, Hannes Suppanz and Thomas Laubach from the OECD Economics Directorate presented findings from the new publication. Introductory comments by Andrew Samwick, Council of Economic Advisers and local discussant: Eric Engen, American Enterprise Institute.
View the presenation (PDF 259kb) and visit the web site!

25/26 March 2004
The New Approaches to Rural Policy: Lessons from Around the World
An International Conference Convened by Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, OECD, Rural Policy Research Institute, and The Countryside Agency in Warrenton, VA. More...

24 March 2004
New Approaches to Rural Policy: Lessons from around the World
Odile Sallard, Director of the OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate; Mario Pezzini, Head of the Territorial Reviews and Governance Division; Nicola Crosta and Philip Wade, Administrators in the Territorial Reviews and Governance Division presented new findings to a Washington audience. More...

11 March 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service: OECD Guidelines and Country Experiences - Videoconference
János Bertók, Principal Administrator at the OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate outlined the OECD Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service that provide the first international benchmark in this field and also highlight the OECD report on country experiences. Local commentators were Jane S. Ley, Deputy Director of the US Office of Government Ethics and Stuart Gilman, President, Ethics Resource Center.
View the presentation (PDF - 82kb) and visit the web site!

10 March 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: OECD Principles of Corporate Governance under Revision
Richard Hecklinger, Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD, and Mats Isaksson, Head of the Corporate Affairs Division of the OECD briefed a Washington audience on the revision process. Please visit the Corporate Governance web site for relevant information.

03 March 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Oil Crises and Climate Challenges: 30 Year of Energy Use in IEA Countries
Fridtjof Unander of the International Energy Agency will present this new report to a Washington audience.
View the presentation (PDF 410kb) and the Press Release!

02 March 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: European Union R&D Intensity Targets of 3%: Implications for the EU and the US
Andrew Wyckoff and Laudeline Auriol, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry presented new findings on this topic to a Washington audience.
View the presentation (PDF 212kb).

19 February 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Volatile Electricity Prices, Government Intervention and Power Generation Investment
Peter Fraser, Senior Policy Advisor at the International Energy Agency (IEA) presented findings from a recent report to a Washington audience on 19 February 2004. View the presenation (PDF 89kb).

18 February 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: The Major Growth Regions in Comparison: Results from Recent OECD Work on Productivity
Dirk Pilat, Senior Economist at the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry presented key findings from OECD's ongoing Growth project to a Washington audience.
View the presentation (PDF 289kb).

03 February 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Key Findings from the OECD Economic Survey of Japan- Videoconference
Randall Jones, Head of the Japan/Korea Desk at the OECD Economics Directorate presented highlights from the newest edition of the Survey to a Washington audience. His presentation was followed by comments from Edward Lincoln, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
View the presentation (PDF 250kb) and the Policy Brief (PDF 148kb).

22 January 2004
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Key Findings from the OECD Economic Survey on Mexico - Videoconference
Bénédicte Larre, Senior Economist and Nick Vanston, Head of Country Studies II Division, both at the OECD Economics Directorate presented highlights from the newest edition of the Survey to a Washington audience. Their presentation was followed by comments from Dr. Sidney Weintraub, William E. Simon Chair for International Economy and Director, Americas Progrom at Center for Strategic & International Studies.
View the presenation (PDF 147kb) and the Policy Brief (PDF 125kb).

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