EGMD-2011 offers an introductory lecture and an advanced course on mathematical aspects of economic growth. The course includes four lectures complemented by extended round table discussions.

A daily plan includes 4 hours of lectures and 4 hours of discussions.

Prominent scientists from Russia, Austria and USA will give the lectures.

The EGMD-2011 lecturers and MSU professors will moderate the discussions.

EGMD-2011 organizers will ask each student to propose one issue (ideally, related to the student’s research area) for a round table discussion. The Program Committee will select the most interesting issues and include them in the agendas of the round table discussions. Each author of the selected issues will be asked to present briefly her/his research area and the issue proposed to start the discussion.

Timetable (final) [.xls]

Plenary Lecture

Concepts of Economic Growth and Economic Development: "Pure Economic Theory" Perspective Prof. Alexander Nekipelov, Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Lectures

Economic Dynamics of the Complex System Cycle Prof. Brian Fath, Towson University, USA

Application of Pontryagin’s maximum principle in growth theory Prof. Sergey Aseev, Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS, Russia and International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Austria

Rationalizability in Optimal Growth Theory Prof. Gerhard Sorger, University of Vienna, Austria

Dynamic Games and Economic Growth Prof. Thomas Weber, Stanford University, USA