Joint End of Year WEN Event & ESA AGM

SPECIAL INVITATION: Joint End of Year WEN Event & ESA AGM

We are delighted to invite you to the annual general meeting of ESA-SA branch which will be followed by a special talk by Melissa Wilson (CEDA) discussing, “Dynamic Capabilities: How Australian firms can survive and thrive in uncertain times” . The event will end with networking drinks and nibbles.

Date: Tuesday  5 December 2023

Time: 5:15-7:30

Arrive by 5:00 to commence ESA AGM at 5:15-5:35. WEN event to start at 5:40 pm.

Venue: SANTOZ Lecture Theatre, Level 1, 10 Pulteney St Adelaide

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics, University of Adelaide

Cost: Free

All members and supporters of the Economic Society of Australia (ESA) and Women in Economics Network (WEN) are warmly invited.  WEN event is open to the public. Please register through below link. 

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Notice of Annual General Meeting of ESA-SA Branch 2023

Election of Executive Committee Members:

According to the Constitution, Executive Committee members Jasmine Douglas and Duygu Yengin are required to retire at this AGM. They may stand for re-election. The Executive Committee member for representative of the Young Economists (currently Sarah Millbank) will also be re-elected at the AGM.

Nominations for these positions are welcome. If you would like to make a nomination for these positions please complete the attached nomination form and submit to zhang.wei@adelaide.edu.au  by email. Alternatively, you can bring a completed nomination form with you to the AGM.

Committee Nomination form

The AGM will be followed by the Special WEN End of Year Event.

Special WEN Talk: Dynamic Capabilities: How Australian firms can survive and thrive in uncertain times

In uncertain times, businesses play a key role in fuelling economic growth and innovation. They require dynamic capabilities to sense opportunities and threats, allocate resources effectively, and adapt through renewal and transformation to not just survive but also excel.

CEDA Senior Economist Melissa Wilson will unpack the results of the first broad survey of dynamic capabilities of Australian businesses, conducted by CEDA and University of Technology Sydney. She will discuss what the survey results mean for businesses and the economy more broadly. This unique research is the first of its kind in Australia, and will ultimately inform future efforts to lift the capabilities of Australian businesses. Her presentation will be followed by Q/A.

Both men and women are welcome to attend. The event is open to public.

The Women in Economics Network aims to promote and support the careers of female economists and foster greater gender equality and inclusion within the economics profession in Australia. If you would like to show your support for WEN, we invite you to consider joining or renewing your membership. To check the status of your membership, log in to the ESA portal to ensure your membership is current and tick the WEN box in My Profile.

About the Speaker

Melissa is Senior Economist (SA) at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). She leads CEDA's research on business dynamism and productivity, and was the lead author of the report 'Dynamic Capabilities: How Australian firms can survive and thrive in uncertain times'. Melissa has over a decade of experience as an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), where she worked in a broad variety of areas including the RBA’s business liaison program, overseas economies, international relations, labour markets, domestic markets, financial stability and public education.