General Program
Thursday, April 23From 13:00 Reception and Registration of Participants
15:00-15:30 Auditorium, Welcome Address by Maria-Cristina Marcuzzo, President of ESHET
15:30-16:15 Auditorium: Blanqui Lecture by Pier Luigi Porta: The 'School of Milan'. Competition and Public Happiness in Pietro Verri's Political Economy
Chair: Herald Hagemann
16:15-18:15 Parallel Sessions A
18:15-18:45 Coffee Break
18:45-19:45 Auditorium: Invited Speaker, Robert Solow: Stories About Economics and Technology
Chair: Heinz Kurz
20:00 Buffet
Friday, April 24
9:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions B
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions C
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-15:30 Parallel Sessions D
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Parallel Sessions E
Saturday, April 25
9:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions F
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions G
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Auditorium: Invited Speaker, Nicholas Crafts: Cliometrics and Technological Change
Chair: Tony Brewer
14:30-16:30 Parallel Sessions H
16:30-16:45 Coffee Break
16:45-17:45 Auditorium: ESHET General Assembly
21:00 Conference dinner at the Mediterranean Hotel
Sunday, April 26
Tour to Vergina (reserved participants only) departure at 9:00 Arrival in Thessaloniki 17:00.
Visit to Macedonia’s royal tombs at Vergina. Vergina is about an hour drive from Thessaloniki (80 kms on the highway toward the city of Veroia and another 12 kms to Vergina on a small country road).
The royal tombs of King Philip II and a young prince identified as Alexander IV, son of Alexander the Great, are protected inside the earthen mound. The two graves that date from the 4th century BC were found intact and lavishly decorated with splendid wall paintings. The discovery of the tombs is considered to be one of the most significant archaeological events of the 20th century. It is listed as one of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/780). The tour should last about an hour.