April 27-29, 1995, Washington, D.C.

The Institute for EastWest Studies is organizing a small working retreat, to be held at Airlie House near Washington, D.C. The forum is designed to evaluate, for the benefit of transition economies, recent trends in pension privatization based on the Chilean model, in Argentina, Colombia, and Peru. The idea is to promote discussion between finance ministers and other high-level officials in charge of pension reform in both Europe and Latin America, in an informal, relaxed discussion of vital policy and political issues related to reforming existing pension systems.

Key topics include: financing the transition costs (Robert Holzmann); regulation of private pension funds (Julio Bustamante Jeraldo); political strategy (Peter Diamond); and comparative case studies (Dimitri Vittas).

Information: IEWS, New York, 360 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, USA, tel. (212) 557-2570, fax (212) 949-8043.

Seventh Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE)

May 1-2, 1995, Washington, D.C.

The conference is organized by the World Bank, sponsored by Vice President (Development Economics) and Chief Economist Michael Bruno, inaugurated by Gautam S. Kaji, with a keynote address by Domingo F. Cavallo, Argentina's Minister of Economy and Public Works. The conference will have roundtable discussions on Second Generation Issues of Transition, including: From Stabilization to Growth (Stanley Fischer); Limiting Corruption (Susan Rose-Ackerman); and Does Mass Privatization Really Spur Restructuring? (Jana Matesova). Other topics of the conference: Revisiting Redistribution with Growth (Albert Fishlow, Pranab Bardhan, Montek Ahluwalia, Francois Bourguignon, Gustav Ranis, Ravi Kanbur, and Michael Lipton); Demographic Change and Development (Peter Diamond, Nancy Folbre, Nicholas Barr, Estelle James, Salvador Valdes-Prieto, Elza Berquo, and Lawrence Haddad); Aid and Development (Dani Rodrik, Elinor Ostrom, Richard Cooper, Guillermo Calvo, Stijn Claessens, Robert Klitgaard, Margaret Levi, Willem Buiter, and Matthew J. Slaughter); Fiscal Decentralization (Vito Tanzi, Rudolf Hommes, Charles McLure, David Wildasin, Wallace E. Oates, and Remy Prud'homme). Bank-IMF staff members are welcome, others by invitation.

Information: Boris Pleskovic or Gregory Ingram, Research Advisory Staff, World Bank, 1818 H Street, N.W., Room N9-037, Washington, D.C. 20433, USA, tel. (202)473-1062, fax (202)-477-0955.

The Macroeconomics of Recovery in East-Central-European Economies

May 2-5, 1995, Budapest

Organized by the Institute of World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Information: Gaspar Pal, Institute of World Economics, Kallo esperes u 15, H-1124 Budapest, tel. (361)166-5917/166-8433/45, fax (361)162-0661.

Corporate Adjustment, Market Failures, and Industrial Policy in the Transition

May 5-6, 1995, Prague

Organized by the Institute of Economics of the Czech National Bank.

Politickych veznu 7, CS-11003 Prague, tel. (422) 242-30-278, fax (422) 242-24-585.

Russian Far East Opportunities: Working Strategies for Investing, Trading, and Partnering

May 9-10, 1995, New York

The goal of the conference is to present the case for doing business in the Russian far East and specific project prospectuses, prepared according to Western standards, to foreign investors and companies, particularly those based on the east coast of the United States.

Information: Geonomics, tel. (802) 388-9619, fax (802) 388-9627.

Convertibility and Exchange Rate Policy

May 12-13, 1995, Sofia

Organized by the Centre for Strategic Business and Political Studies.

Information: Alexander Tomov, XXI Century Foundation, Centre for Strategic Business and Political Studies, 11 Aksakov Street, B-1000 Sofia, Bulgaria, tel. (359) 265-8366, fax (359)265-7590.

The 4th AVOK Congress

May 15-17, 1995, Moscow

AVOK, the Russian Association of Engineers for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Heat Supply, and Building Thermal Physics, will holds its 4th Annual Congress. This Congress features an overview session on energy-efficient windows and an exhibition of energy efficiency technologies. AVOK is an international affiliate of ASHRAE in the United States.

Information: John Parker at Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, tel. (202) 646-7861.

Cooperation and Investment Possibilities in the Regions of the Russian Federation

May 17-19, 1995, Berlin

Organized by the Russian Finance Corporation, Kooperationsbuero der Deutschen Wirtschaft, and BAO Berlin Marketing Service. The conference will be conducted in German.

Information: Dr. Beatrice Kuehne, and Dr. Alexander Spaak, tel. (4930) 882-65-96.

International Workshop on Energy Efficient Windows in Russia

May 18-20, 1995, Moscow

This workshop is sponsored by the Russian Ministry of Construction, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy; Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories; and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. The program will include site visits to Russian window test laboratories and production facilities, an overview of the market potential for energy-efficient windows in the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and meetings between potential U.S. and Russian partners.

Information: John Parker at Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, tel. (202) 646-7861.

Business Opportunities for Energy Efficiency in Russia

May 23-25, 1995, Moscow

Conducted by the Moscow Center for Energy Efficiency (CENEF), with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development; the U.S. Department of Energy; and Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories. Program highlights include briefings on national and regional energy efficiency policy, an overview of financing mechanisms for energy efficiency projects, opportunities to meet with prospective Russian business partners, and an exhibition of energy efficiency technologies and equipment.

Information: John Parker at Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, tel. (202) 646-7861.

Geographies of Transformation: New Perspectives on the Former Soviet Union and East and Central Europe

May 24, 1995, Birmingham

The seminar is organized by the School of Geography, University of Birmingham, and sponsored by the IBG's Political and Economic Geography Study Groups, to present new research by postgraduates and younger researchers on the geographies of transformation in Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Regional and Local Authorities in the CIS—Economic Activities and Institutions

May 26-27, 1995, Moscow

International conference focusing on small and medium-size enterprises, organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation/Humboldt University of Berlin.

Industrial Organization and Entrepreneurship in Transition

June 5-8, 1995, Varna, Bulgaria

International conference, organized by the Institute of Economics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, University of National and World Economy, Sofia. Topics include: Privatization and Restructuring of Enterprises, Management and Control of Enterprises in Transition, Management and Development of Small Business, and Interfirm Relations. Submission of final papers until May 10, 1995.

Information: Mr. Mitko Dimitrov Institute of Economics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 3 Aksakov st., 1040 Sofia, Bulgaria, tel. (359) 287-4984, fax (359) 288-2108, (E-mail: ineco@bgearn.bitnet), or Mr. Kiril Todorov, Department of Industrial Business and Entrepreneurship, University of National and World Economy, Students Town, 1100 Sofia, Bulgaria, tel. (359) 262-5512, fax (359) 268-9341.

International Conference on Russian Enterprise Restructuring

June 12-13, 1995, St. Petersburg

This two-day international conference will examine enterprise restructuring in the Russian industrial sector since 1992 and its policy implications. Most of the papers for the conference are based on a large survey of randomly selected Russian industrial enterprises conducted in the second half of 1994. The conference is sponsored by the World Bank, with participation from the Russian government. Participants will include senior officials from Russia and the World Bank, as well as internationally known researchers. Advance registration is required. As the number of participants is limited, those interested in attending are advised to register early.

For registration, contact Elena Belova, the Leontief Centre, 16 Voznesensky Pr., St. Petersburg, 190000, Russia, tel. (7-812) 314 4119, fax (7-812) 319 9814, (E-mail: sln@leontief.spb.su).

Economic Education in Economies in Transition (Problems and Solutions)

June 14-17, 1995, Riga

Organized by the University of Latvia.

Information: Biruta Sloka, University of Latvia Faculty of Management and Economic Informatics, Aspazijas bulv 5, tel. (371) 221-3122, fax (371)228-0882.

Different Approaches to Market Reform: A Comparison between China and the Central and East European Countries

June 16-17, 1995, Budapest

Organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, the Centre for International Prospective Studies (CEPII), Paris, and the Institute for World Economics, Budapest.

Information: Emily Gilmour, Centre for Economic Policy Research, 25-28 Old Burlington Steet, London W1X 1LB, U.K., tel. (44171) 734-9117, fax (44171) 734-8760.

Transformations in Managing Organizations in Central and Eastern Europe

June 22-24, 1995, Warsaw

International conference, organized by the Scientific Society for Organization and Management.

Information: Stanislav Rakowicz, Scientific Society for Organization and Management, Central Board, Ul. Koszykowa 6, PL-00564 Warsaw, Poland, tel. (4822) 299-973, fax (4822) 292127.

Fourth Annual World Business Congress

July 13-16, 1995, Istanbul

Organized by the International Management Development Association, and the Marmara University on Innovation, Technology and Information Management for Global Development and Competitiveness.

Microeconomics of Transition and Growth

August 28-30, 1995, Germany

Organized by the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (E.A.C.E.S.) at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany.

Call for papers. Topics will include: property rights and entrepreneurship; from destructive to productive entrepreneurship; business ecology and market evolution; West-East transfer of knowledge and technology; productivity and innovation; competition and enterprise behavior; human capital; reallocation of capital from the state to the private sector; information and transaction costs; and emergence of an institutional infrastructure.

Information: Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Gustav-Zeuner-Str. 8, D-09596 Freiberg, Germany, fax (+49) 3731-392733.

Emergence of a Private Property Regime in Bulgaria: Paths for Perfection of the Market Instruments and Institutions

September 20-24, 1995, Albena

Organized by Club "Economika 2000" to address the key problems of economic development of Bulgaria.

Key topics include: ownership transformation and the evolution of the new corporate structure; mass privatization: dispersing ownership or creating new devices for corporate control; privatizing by sales: bringing the immediate taste of ownership over tangible assets; and the growth of the private sector.

Deadline for applications will be August 31, 1995.

Information: Spartak Keremidchiev, Club "Economika 2000," tel. (+359 2)805-201, fax (+359 2)804-662.

Social Relations and Social Policy under Conditions of Market Economy: Russia and World Experience

September 24-27, 1995, Moscow

International conference organized by the Institute for Employment Studies, and the Socio-Economic Research Association. Registration by May 1; abstracts by May 15, 1995.

Information: Dr. Gulnara Sorocou-mova, Institute for Employment Studies, Malaya Lubyanka St. 16, 101000 Moscow, Russia, tel./fax: (7095) 928-8319, (E-mail: comm_pub@comlab.vega.msk.su).

Small-Medium Enterprise Development Policy in Transition Economies

September 28-29, 1995, Wolverhampton

Organized by the University of Wolverhampton and the University of Bristol.

Information: Dr. Milford Bateman, Russian and East European Research Centre, University of Wolverhampton, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, U.K., tel. (902) 322-324, fax (902)322-739.

Restructuring the Foreign Economic Sphere in Ukraine

October 19-20, 1995, Kiev

Organized by Kiev University, Institute of International Relations.

Information: Professor A. Filipenko, Kiev University, Institute of International Relations,36/1 Melnikova St. 254119 Kiev, Ukraine, tel. (744) 211-4512, fax (744) 213-0767.

On the Theory of Transforming Economies

October 13-15, 1995, Frankfurt/Oder

Organized by Rijksuniversiteit Limburg and Europa Universitaet Viadrina. Conference will be conducted in German and English.

Information: Professor Dr. Juergen Backhaus, University of Limburg, Faculty of Economics, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands, tel. (43) 883-636, fax (43) 258-440.

Transforming Economies and Societies: Institutional Theory of Economic Change

October 19-21, 1995, Krakow

Organized by the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy Abstracts to Klaus Nielsen, Economics and Planning Institute, Roskilde University Centre, Box 360, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.