The Ifo Annual Meeting takes place in June and consists of a closed session (General Meeting, Meeting of the Board of Trustees) and a public session with an analysis of the economy by the president of the Ifo Institute and guest speakers from business and politics. The Annual Report is presented at this meeting.
The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Ifo Institute took place on Wednesday, 29 June 2011, in the Grosse Aula of the University of Munich.
Programme (PDF, 55 KB, in German)
The Ifo Economic Forecast has been published for the Annual Meeting. Ifo Economic Forecast 2011/2012: Upswing Proceeds at a Slower Pace
Report in: ifo Schnelldienst 13/2011, p. 3-5, Download (1,8 MB)
"Bildung: Motor für Wachstum und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt in einer globalen Welt", Thomas Rachel, Roland Berger, Peter Müller, Ludger Wößmann, in: ifo Schnelldienst 13/2011, p. 6-15, Download (582 KB)
Recording Video, 87 min. (in German)
Expert panel with Roland Berger, Founder of the Roland Berger Foundation Bernd Huber, President of the University of Munich Hans-Werner Sinn, President of the Ifo Institute Peter Müller, Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Culture Ludger Wößmann, Head of Department Human Capital and Innovation, Ifo Institute Moderation: Hans-Ulrich Jörges, Stern
The prizes are awarded by Dr. Wolfgang Sprißler of the Friends of the Ifo Institute, Prof. Dr. Heinrich W. Ursprung, deputy chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Council, and Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Hans-Werner Sinn, President of the Ifo Institute.
Prize for Academic Research Awarded by the Friends of the Ifo Institute
As recognition and incentive for high-quality research, the Friends of the Ifo Institute society award an annual prize for academic research. The requirement is publication in a scholarly journal with a peer review process.
The award of the year 2010 goes to:
Dr. Stefan Bauernschuster for his article: "Mandatory Sick Pay Provision: A Labor Market Experiment" (with Peter Dürsch, Jörg Oechssler, Radovan Vadovic), Journal of Public Economics 94, 2010, 870-877.
Prof. Ursprung, Dr. Bauerschuster, Dr. Sprißler
A special prize goes to Ifo researcher
Arno Städtler for excellent long-term coordination of the project "Information system Branchen special". (Project Information system Branchen special (Branchenberichterstattung "Branchen special"))
Prof. Sinn, Herr Städtler
The Annual Report (in English and German) has been published for the Annual Meeting.
Ifo Annual Report 2010: Content page with download option for each chapter
For a printed copy of the Annual Report 2010 (German and English in one volume), please contact Susanne Makedonski.
Phone: +49(0)89/9224-1604 Fax: +49(0)89/9224-1267