[Gretl-devel] Conference 2011

Hi All, I've been following the discussion about the next gretl conference. As I promised in Bilbao, I approached the editors of Advances in Econometrics about doing a gretl edition with an accompanying conference. The AIE conferences (http://www.bus.lsu.edu/hill/aie/aie_main.htm) are normally held in Baton Rouge, usually in the fall (early November). I've been to a couple of these and they are quite nice (though, it would be impossible to top the wonderful hospitality of our hosts in Bilbao!). I don't have a firm commitment yet, but the response I got from Carter Hill was very favorable. I pitched it as a volume on open source econometrics software (of which gretl is the leader, right?). Guest editors (me? and any volunteers) can influence the focus quite a bit. This would open it up a bit to contributions from R users perhaps, but it will help fill up the volume. Usually there are about 15 or so submissions for a volume. Anyway, if there is interest in pursuing this venue or if any of you have any ideas or suggestions, let me know and I'll see what I can do. Also, I'll be working on a new version of my gretl book later this year so any comments or suggestions would be welcome. Cheers, Lee -- Lee Adkins Professor of Economics lee.adkins(a)okstate.edu learneconometrics.com