Evening
19:30 Walking tour around downtown Valencia (start in hall of Hotel Astoria)
21:00 Welcome "tapas" dinner at "Los Arcos" restaurant in the historical centre of Valencia (see map, click on the map to enlarge).
Sunday 7 May (location Adeit, at walking distance from Hotel Astoria, see map)
Guided tour from Hotel Astoria to Adeit leaves at 9.10 from the lobby of the hotel.
Morning
9.30 - 10.30: Business meeting (Bart van Ark, RUG)
10.30 - 11.00: coffee break
11.00 - 13.30: Session 1a: Discussion of Results of Preliminary Database:
Presentation of some results for Austria (Michael Peneder, WIFO)
Presentation of some results for Germany (Bernd Görzig, DIW)
Presentation of some results for The Netherlands:The Development of Productivity Statistics for the Netherlands (Rutger Hoekstra, Statistics Netherlands)(please log in with the password for the preliminary database)
Presentation of some comparative results (Bart van Ark, RUG)
Discussion and reports on feedback from NSI's
Afternoon
13.30 - 15.00: buffet lunch at Hotel Astoria
15.00 - 18.00: Session 1b: Next Steps towards Public Version of Database
Presentation WP 1 and 3 (Marcel Timmer, RUG) followed by discussion
18.00 - 18.30: coffee break
18.30 - 20.30: Bilateral meetings between RUG/NIESR teams and consortium
members to discuss database issues
Evening
Free
Monday 8 May (location Adeit, see map)
Morning
09.30 - 11.30: Session 1c: Next Steps towards First Public Version Database
Presentation WP 2: Labour Quantity (Kate Robinson, NIESR)
Presentation WP 2: Labour Quality (Mary O'Mahony, NIESR), followed by discussion
11.30 - 12.00: coffee break
12.00 - 14.00: Session 2a: Discussion and Planning of Research Proposals
Overview (Mary O'Mahony, NIESR)
Presentation on WP 7 (Mary O'Mahony, NIESR) followed by discussion
Presentation on WP 8 (Kurt Kratena, WIFO) followed by discussion
Afternoon
14.00 - 15.30: buffet lunch at Hotel Astoria
15.30 - 17.30: Session 2b: Discussion and Planning of Research Proposals
Presentation on WP 9 (Bart Los, RUG) followed by discussion
Presentation on WP 10 (Eric Bartelsman, AMBER/VU) followed by discussion
Research Proposals: The way forward (Mary O'Mahony, NIESR)
Evening
18.00: Visit to "La Albufera", a fresh water lake (the main part of a
natural park) - 25 km away from downtown Valencia.
21.00: "Paella" dinner in the "Oceanographic" restaurant (see map, click on the map to enlarge)
Tuesday 9 May (location Adeit, see map)
Morning
9.30 - 10.30: Session 2c: Planning session on database, research and future
conferences
Next steps in general (Bart van Ark, RUG)
Research Proposals: The way forward (Mary O'Mahony, NIESR)
10.30 - 11.00: coffee break
11.00 - 13.00: Session 3: Additional research and methodology papers
Henry van der Wiel (CPB): Scale Effects in Business Services in Relation to Productivity and Market Characteristics
Kyoji Fukao (Hitotsubashi University) and Tsutomu Miyagawa (Gakushuin University): The Japanese Industry Productivity (JIP) Database (Paper)
Robert Inklaar (RUG): Productivity and ICT use in Europe, U.S., Australia and Canada
Dale Jorgenson (Harvard University): Blueprint for Expanded and Integrated U.S. National Accounts: Review, Assessment, and Next Steps
Background documents:
Hak K. Pyo, Bongchan Ha and Geun-Hee Rhee (Seoul National University and Korea Productivity Center): Productivity Analysis by Industry in Korea through EU KLEMS Database
DG Reseach (European Commission): Presentation of the FP7 Framework
Noon
13:00 Closing of Conference
The EU KLEMS consortium would like to thank
and
Universidad de Valencia (Adeit)
for the organization of this conference and their financial support.