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4th International Conference

ICT as Drivers of Development
in Transition Economies

 

 

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Warsaw, 14th May 2004

 

 

 



 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 

Friday, 14th May

 

9.00 - 10.30
Opening session:

Address by Prof. Andrzej K. Ko¼miñski, Rector of the Leon Ko¼miñski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management (WSPiZ), Warsaw, Poland

 

WSPiZ and TIGER Distinguished Lectures Series

Prof. Dale W. Jorgenson, Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University, USA
Information Technology and the World Economy

 

10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break

 

11.00 - 13.00
1st Session: The Impact of ICT on Growth and Productivity in Transition Economies

Bart van Ark, Groningen University, Netherlands, and Conference Board, USA; Marcin Piatkowski, TIGER-WSPiZ:
Productivity, Innovation and ICT in Old and New Europe

Sergey Perminov, Elena Egorova, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute (CEMI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia:
ICT Impact on Economic Growth and Labor Productivity in Russia

Marcin Piatkowski, TIGER-WSPiZ:
The Aggregate Contribution of ICT to Output and Labour Productivity Growth in Transition Economies

Chair:
Dale W. Jorgenson, Harvard University, USA

 

13.00 - 14.00
Buffet lunch

 

14.00 - 16.00
2nd Session: Panel: How Can Policy Help Transition Economies Benefit from Technological Progress?

Prof. Micha³ Kleiber, Poland's Minister of Science and Information Technology

Prof. Robert McGuckin, Director, Economic Research, Conference Board, NYC, USA

Tomasz Bochenek, CEO, Microsoft Poland

Dr Harald Eggers, Vice President, Siemens Poland

Chair:
Marcin Piatkowski, TIGER-WSPiZ

 

16.00 - 16.30
Coffee break

 

16.30 - 18.00
3rd Session: Determinants of Diffusion and Productive Use of ICT

Marc Bogdanowicz, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS/JRC), European Commission, Seville, Spain, and Pál Gáspár, International Center for Economic Growth, European Center, Hungary:
Determinants of Diffusion and Productive Use of ICT: The Broader European Picture

Marcin Kolasa, Zbigniew ¯ó³kiewski, National Bank of Poland:
Total Factor Productivity and Its Determinants in Poland - Evidence from Manufacturing Industries. The Role of ICT

Patrice Muller and Pau Salsas, London Economics, UK:
Internet Use by Businesses in Old and New EU Member Countries

Prof. Lech W. Zacher, Leon Ko¼miñski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management (WSPiZ), Warsaw, Poland:
ICTs: Changing Economies and Societies - Looking for Dynamic Interfaces

Valentin Zelenyuk, EERC (Economics Education and Research Consortium) and National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Kiev, Ukraine:
Statistical Testing of Contributions of TFP, ICT and non-ICT Capital to Labor Productivity Change within the Growth Accounting Framework

Krzysztof Piech, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland:
Development of ICT in Transition Countries: Cross-country Comparison

 

Chair:
Prof. Bart van Ark, Groningen University, Netherlands, and Conference Board, USA

 

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