1. 17. November 20071Präsentationsname (optional) Announcements of CIRET  CIRET/KOF/GKI Workshop Budapest 9 – 10 November 2009  CIRET-Conference New York 13 – 16 October 2010

2. 17. November 20072Präsentationsname (optional) CIRET/KOF/GKI Workshop Budapest  Workshop on Sentiment Indicators and the current Crisis  Both theoretical as well as empirical papers from different fields of business cycle analysis  Many excellent papers have been submitted. Therefore, the workshop has been extended to two days  Registration (until 15 October 2009) https://www.ciret.org/news/workshop_budapest/registration_form.pdf

3. 17. November 20073Präsentationsname (optional) CIRET-Conference New York 2010 Hosted by the Conference Board General Topic Economic Tendency Surveys and the Services Sector  The role of the service sector and its relationship to different parts of the economy, including the industrial sector  The impact of services activity on the dynamics of business cycles, labor markets, and economic growth  The relative importance of and the relationship between the manufacturing and service sectors  The lack of timely as well as long time series on services activity is a significant challenge, but it can be overcome not only through new business tendency surveys, but also by innovative research based on existing surveys of industrial sectors. Special Topic  Economic Tendency Surveys and Financial Markets

4. 17. November 20074Präsentationsname (optional) Detailed Topics I. Short-term Economic Surveys and Indicators  Business Tendency Surveys (including Investment Surveys)  Consumer Tendency Surveys  Composite and Leading Indicators  Ad hoc Surveys  New Methods  Real-time monitoring and forecasting II. Surveys Related to Structural Aspects of the Economy  Innovative Activity  Information and Communication  Technology (ICT)  Organisational Change  Labour Market Analysis

5. 17. November 20075Präsentationsname (optional) Special Topic and Award Special Topic Economic Tendency Surveys and Financial Markets - How well have BCS data performed in predicting the financial crisis and the global recession? - What role does money and credit play in modern economies? - What are the real time forecasting aspects of the use of BCS data? Isaac Kerstenetzky Award sponsored by Funda ção Getulio Vargas of Brazil (FGV) for the best papers presented at the CIRET Conference in distinct categories

6. 17. November 20076Präsentationsname (optional) CIRET-Conference New York Submission Procedure Abstracts Deadline: February 28, 2010 Papers Deadline: June 30, 2010 Further information you will find on: www.ciret.org/conferences/newyork_2010/