This issue summarises the contributions of experts and researchers participating in the 15th Munich Economic Summit. The key questions tackled are: what can we learn from past immigration flows? What were the shortfalls in Europe's bid to tackle the latest immigration wave? How can we improve and forge a coherent policy for the future? Read on to learn more about the speakers' responses!

The Scientific Advisory Council was set up to advise both the Ifo Institute and CESifo. It consists of 12 internationally respected, independent academics and experts who are appointed for a maximum of 2 periods each lasting 4 years. The council elected Tony Venables from the University of Oxford as its new chairman and Veronika Grimm as its deputy chairman. Find out more about old and new council members here!

CES, Ifo and CESifo are hosting guest researchers from Germany, India and the USA in December 2016. Learn a bit about what they are working on, and about who they are:

Tanika Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, will be visiting CESifo from 05 December to 11 December 2016
Zeno Enders, University of Heidelberg, will be visiting CESifo from 19 December to 21 December 2016
Wilhelm Kohler, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, will be visiting CESifo from 12 December to 16 December 2016.
Gernot J. Müller, University of Tübingen, will be visiting CESifo from 19 December to 21 December 2016.
Dietrich Vollrath, University of Houston, will be visiting CESifo from 02 December to 17 December 2016.

Venice Summer Institute 2017
In co-operation with the Venice International University CESifo's eighteenth Venice Summer Institute will take place from 12 to 17 June 2017. In five workshops a broad range of topics are covered. Check out the official website for more information about the workshops on
• New Evidence on Consumption, Household Behaviour, and Inequality
• Exchange Rate Adjustment in the Euro Area
• Place-Based Policies
• Dynamics of Conflict - Results from Theory and Experiments
• Fiscal Competition and Mobility: Theory and Empirics
The submission deadline is 19 Dec 2016.

2017 IIPF Annual Congress
The 73rd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from August 18 through 20, 2017. The theme of the keynote speeches and panels will be “Fiscal Reform". Contributed papers on any topic within the field of Public Economics and related disciplines will be considered, as is traditional at IIPF congresses. Both practitioners and academics are invited to participate. Check out the call for papers here!

Industrial Organisation in the Digital Economy
This two-day workshop to be held at the HEC Management School in Liège targets PhD students and young postdoctoral scholars with an interest in the industrial organisation of the digital economy. The keynote speaker will be Markus Reisinger from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Consult the call for papers here!

Traineeships (PhD) in Directorate General International and European Relations
The Directorate General International and European Relations of the European Central Bank is seeking applications for its traineeship programme from PhD students who have successfully completed at least two calendar years of their PhD studies. Find out more about this job posting here!

For new postings on the Bulletin Board, please contact contact Yvonne Maldener.