Given the COVID-19 situation worldwide The Czech Economic Society has chosen to take action and postpone the conference to May 2021. Based on all the information, we will also change the dates of the Call for Paper to the conference and inform you as soon as possible.

The conference is organised in cooperation with the University of Economics, Prague. It is supported by the Council of Scientific Societies of the Czech Republic and The National Budget Council. The financial support is provided Humusoft, s.r.o. and Bureau Van Dijk. The conference also benefits from media partnership with Roklen24.cz and magazine Bankovnictví.

VENUE:
University of Economics, Prague, W. Churchill square no. 4, Prague 3, Czech Republic.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME:
Friday 4^th December 2020
13:30 - 18:00 Registration
14:00 - 15:40 Student Sessions
15:50 - 17:30 Parallel Sessions
17:30 - 17.50 Coffee Break
17:50 - 18:00 Opening Speeches
18:00 - 19:00 Keynote Speech Jiri Rusnok (Governor of the Czech National Bank)
19:00 - 22:00 Welcome Dinner

Saturday 5^th December 2020
  8:30 - 11:00 Registration
  9:00 - 10:40 Parallel Sessions
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 Keynote Speech Philippe Aghion (College de France, London School of Economics)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Awards of the Czech Economic Society
14:30 - 14:50 Coffee Break
14:50 - 16:30 Parallel Sessions
16:30 - 17:30 Glass of Wine

SUBMISSIONS:
Submissions of completed papers in English (pdf format) are welcomed by the 20^th October 2020. The submissions should be sent to conference@cse.cz. Researchers are invited to submit papers in any area of economics and finance. Submissions of complete sessions devoted to specific topics are possible. Presenters may be asked to serve as discussants. Decisions on acceptance or rejection will be sent out by the 1^st November 2020.

REGISTRATIONS:
All presenting authors should register through the REGISTRATION FORM. Registrations of non-presenting participants are also welcome. There is no registration fee for members of the Czech Economic Society until the 10^th November 2020. To become a member, please follow the instructions at https://www.cse.cz/en/page/membership-and-application. After the 10^th November 2020 and for non-members, the conference fee is 1,000 CZK. Institutional member of the Czech Economic Society may nominate participants for free.

FREE MEMBERSHIP TO STUDENTS:
The Czech Economic Society offers free conference registration and two-year membership to students presenting at the Biennial Conference.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
Jan Hanousek (chair, CERGE-EI), Roman Horváth (IES, Prague), Barbara Pertold-Gebická (IES, Prague), Kamil Galuščák (Czech National Bank), Karel Janda (IES, Prague)

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Jakub Fischer (chair, University of Economics, Prague), Klára Baková (Mendel University in Brno)

PREVIOUS BIENNIAL CONFERENCES:

• 10^th biennial conference 2018
• 09^th biennial conference 2016
• 08^th biennial conference 2014
• 07^th biennial conference 2012
• 06^th biennial conference 2010
• 05^th biennial conference 2008

CONFERENCE E-MAIL:
conference@cse.cz