Programme

Monday, July 11^th

9:00-10:45

Opening and welcome speeches:

Gino Mirocle Crisci (Rector, Università della Calabria, Cosenza)

Donato Romano (Scientific Committee)

Rosanna Nisticò (Organizing Committee)

Keynote speech: Alex McCalla (University of California at Davis)

10:45-11:15

Coffee Break

11:15-13:00

Lecture 1: "Trade data and networks"

Luca De Benedictis (Università di Macerata)

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

Reading Time and Consultation

14:30-16:15

Lecture 2: "Specialization and Agro-food Competitiveness in International Trade"

Anna Carbone (Università della Tuscia, Viterbo)

16.45-18:30

Hands-on session: Trade data

Anna Carbone (Università della Tuscia, Viterbo)

Luca De Benedictis (Università di Macerata)

Tuesday, July 12^th

9:00-10:45

Lecture 3: "Imperfect Competition and International Agricultural Trade"

Alex McCalla (University of California at Davis)

10:45-11:15

Coffee Break

11:15-13:00

Lecture 4: "International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment"

Margherita Scoppola (Università di Macerata)

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

Reading Time and Consultation

14:30-16:15

Lecture 5: "Regulatory Cooperation in Regional Trade Agreements"

Alan Matthews (Trinity College, Dublin)

16.45-18:30

Hands-on session:

Policy data: Luca Salvatici (Università Roma Tre)

Wednesday, July 13^th

9:00-10:45

Lecture 6: "Agricultural Policy, Trade and Development"

Jonathan Brooks (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris)

10:45-11:15

Coffee Break

11:15-13:00

Lecture 7: " Spatial Equilibrium, Behavioral Hypotheses, and Calibrating Models"

Quirino Paris (University of California at Davis)

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

Reading Time and Consultation

14:30-16:15

Lecture 8: "Gravity Models"

Luca De Benedictis (Università di Macerata) and Luca Salvatici (Università Roma Tre)

16.45-18:30

Hands-on session:

Gravity model applications

Mariarosaria Agostino (Università della Calabria, Cosenza)

Luca De Benedictis (Università di Macerata)

Luca Salvatici (Università Roma Tre)

Thursday, July 14^th

9:00-10:45

Lecture 9: "Trade challenges, trade opportunities"

Tassos Haniotis (European Commission, DG Agri, Brussels)

10:45-11:15

Coffee Break

11:15-13:00

Lecture 10: "Trade disputes"

Mary Bohman (United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Washington D.C.)

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

Reading Time and Consultation

14:30-16:15

Lecture 11: "Assumptions and Results in the Assessment of Trade Liberalization Effects: how to get out from the maze"

Luca Salvatici (Università Roma Tre)

16.45-18:30

Hands-on session:

Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models  applications: Luca Salvatici (Università Roma Tre)

Friday, July 15^th

9:00-13:30

Conference:

"Challenges to agricultural policies and implications for national and local agri-food sectors"

13:30

Buffet