Eurasia Forum

March 8 (New York) and 9 (Washington, D.C.), United States

Organizer: Eurasia Group.

Topics: Economic Stability in Russia and the CIS (New York), by Boris Berezovsky, Executive Secretary of the CIS; and Russian Foreign Policy and the CIS (Washington, D.C.).

Information: Eurasia Group, 1133 Broadway, Suite 1600, New York, NY 10010, United States, tel. 212-366-9560, fax 212-366-9699, Email: kapoor@eurasia group.net.

Cultural Standards in Business and Society in the European Union: Methods and Methodology in Intercultural Research

March 10-13, 1999, Gloggnitz, Austria

Organizer: Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, with support from the European Commission.

Languages: English and German.

Information: Applications as discussants (informal letter; CV indicating nationality, age, and gender) and applications as speakers (abstracts of about 500 words, scientific CV) should be sent to: Sylvia Meierwewert, Forschungsinstitut fuer Europafragen (Research Institute for European Affairs), Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Althanstrasse 39-45, A-1090 Wien, tel. 43-31336-5084, fax 43-1-31336-752, Email: Meierewe@fgr. wu-wien.ac.at. Applications should be received by January 18, 1999.

Enlarging the European Union to Encompass Central and Eastern Europe

March 16, 1999, Kiel, Germany

Organizer: Ostsee Akademie.

Language: German.

Information: Ostsee-Akademie, Trave-muende, Europaweg 3, D-23570 Lue-beck, tel. 49-4502-803-203/205, fax 49-4502-803-200, Email: ostseeaka demie @t-online.de, Internet: http://www. balticnet.de/Ostsee-Akademie/Ostse eakademie-Info.html.

Unions and Industrial Relations in the Transformation Countries

Date changed: formerly November 1998, now March 14-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany

Organizers: Otto Brenner Foundation, Hans Bockler Foundation, Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

Languages: English, German, and Russian.

Call for papers: The Otto Brenner Foundation invites researchers to propose topics for lectures. Submit CV with list of relevant publications to the address below. The costs of participation and travel will be covered for those applicants accepted.

Information: Michael Guggemos, or Dr. Wim van Meurs, Otto-Brenner-Stiftung, Buero Berlin, Alte Jakobstrasse 149, D-10969 Berlin, tel. 49-30-834-8668, fax 49-30-25396011, Email: meurs@zedat. fu-berlin.de.

The European Union Enlargement to the East, But at What Speed?

March 22-23, 1999, Paris, France

Organizers: GASI (University Marne la Vallée) and ROSES (University Paris 1, Panthéon Sorbonne).

Topics: EU enlargement in process, East-West economic convergence in Europe; costs and benefits of EU accession for both associated countries and EU members; microeconomics of EU enlargement, including competition, investment, and enterprise adjustment.

Information: Xavier Richet, Directeur du Centre Interuniversitaire d’études hongroises, Université Paris 3, 1, rue Censier, 75005 Paris, France, tel. 330-1-45-87-41-83, fax 330-1-43-37-10-01.

International Conference: Recent Developments and Problems in the Transition Economies

March 25-27, 1999, Skopje, Macedonia

Organizer: Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Economics.

Information: Mrs. Valentina Ganzovska, Faculty of Economics, Blvd. Krste Misirkov bb, Skopje 91000, Macedonia, tel. 38991 223-245, fax 38991 118-701, Email: valentina@eccf.ukim.edu.mk.

Eleventh Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE)—1999

April 28-30, 1999, Washington, D.C.

Welcoming address by James D. Wolfensohn, President, the World Bank; keynote addresses by Kenneth Arrow, Stanford University, and Joseph E. Stiglitz, Senior Vice President Development Economics and Chief Economist, World Bank. Sessions include: Economic Architecture (Arminio Fraga/Dani Rodrik; Amar Bhattacharya/Joseph E. Stiglitz; Erik Berglöf; and Ann Florini); Social Issues (Francois J. Bourguignon; Glenn C. Loury; Abhijit Banerjee; and Ravi Kanbur/Nora Lustig); Economics of Transition—Ten Years After (Charles Wyplosz; Nicholas Stern; Yingyi Qian; and Anders Aslund). Workshop sessions cover Health; Social Insurance; Decentralization and Environment; Macro Issues; Financial Market; Trade Policy; and Aid Conditionality. Participation for nonstaff by invitation.

Information: Boris Pleskovic or Gregory Ingram, Research Advisory Staff, World Bank, 1818 H. Street, Room MC4-391, Washington D.C. 20433, United States, tel. 202-473-1062, fax 202-522-0304, Email: bpleskovic @worldbank.org.

Enterprise in Transition

May 27-29, 1999, Šibenik, Croatia

Organizer: University of Split.

Information: Faculty of Economics, Radovanova 13, HR21000 Split, Croatia, tel. 385-21-362-465, fax 385-21-366-026, Email: eitconf@efst.hr, Internet: http://www.efst.hr/eitconf/.

Germany and the Baltic Countries in the New Europe: Experiences of One Decade of the New "Neighborhood"

May 28-30, 1999, Kiel, Germany

Organizer: Ostsee Akademie.

Language: German.

Information: Ostsee-Akademie, Trave-muende, Europaweg 3, D-23570 Lue-beck, tel. 49-4502-803-203/205, fax 49-4502-803-200, Email: ostseeak ademie@t-online.de, Internet: http://www.balticnet.de/Ostsee-Akademie/Ostseeakademie-Info.html.

First ABCDE—Europe, 1999

June 21-23,1999, Paris, France

Keynote addresses by Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister, France; James D. Wolfensohn, President, the World Bank; Joseph E. Stiglitz and Jean-Francois Rischard, the World Bank. Sessions include: The New Comparative Economic Systems (Round-table: Mustapha Nabli, Oliver Hart, Jean Tirole, Katharina Pistor); Transition—First Ten Years (John Flemming); Market Organization (Roundtable: Isher Ahluwalia, Masahiko Aoki, Assar Lindbeck); Poverty and Inclusion (Francois Bourguignon and Anthony Atkinson); Global Externalities (Domenico Sinscalco); and Closing: Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Oskar Lafontaine. Workshop sessions cover Labor Markets, Knowledge and Development, Gender Economics, Democratic Accountability, Social Security, Trading Blocks, Environment and Global Financial Crises. Participation by invitation.

Information: Boris Pleskovic, Research Advisory Staff, World Bank, 1818 H Street, NW, Room MC4-391, Washington, D.C. 20433, United States, tel. 202-473-1062, fax 202-522-0304, Email: bpleskovic @worldbank.org .

Fifth Annual CREEB Conference: The Impact of Transformation on Individuals, Organizations, Society

June 22-23, 1999, Chalfont St. Giles, England

Organizers: CREEB, Buckinghamshire Business School.

Information: Vincent Edwards, CREEB, Bucks College, Newland Park, Chalfont St. Giles, HP8 4AD, United Kingdom, tel. 44-1494-603159, fax 44-1494-874230, Email: creeb@buckscol.ac.uk.

Investment Summer Seminar

August 27–September 5, 1999, Vysoké Tatry-Podbanské, Slovak Republic

Organizer: PHARE ACE, and coordinated by the Center for Economic Development, Slovakia.

Topics: EU enlargement, Economic Competition, Foreign Investment.

Information: Mr. Luboš Vagač, Center for Economic Development, Bajkalská 25, 827 18 Bratislava, Slovakia, tel. 421-7-5341 7026, fax 421-7-5823 3487, Email: lubosv@cphr.sk.

The Baltics in Research and Teaching in Germany, Europe and North America

September 19-22, 1999, Kiel, Germany

Organizer: Ostsee Akademie.

Language: German.