************************************************************************ Econometrics, Time Series Analysis and Systems Theory A Conference in Honor of Manfred Deistler Organized by Benedikt M. Pötscher, Wolfgang Scherrer and Martin Wagner ************************************************************************ The conference will take place at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, June 18-20, 2009. Submit an abstract by February 1, 2009 to: [log in to unmask] Please visit the conference homepage on which further information will be put in due course: http://www.ihs.ac.at/etsast ************************************************************************ The purpose of this conference is to celebrate Manfred Deistler’s scientific achievements over a lifetime devoted to academic research and teaching at the occasion of his retirement from the University of Technology Vienna. The conference will consist of a series of invited and contributed presentations. The scope of the program is intended to cover the wide range of Manfred Deistler's scientific activities. Therefore this invitation is posted to people from the econometric, time series analysis and system theory scientific communities. We hope that the conference will serve as an opportunity for a fruitful exchange of ideas. The invited speakers are: Brian D.O. Anderson (Australian National University), Laurent Baratchart (INRIA Sophia Antipolis), A. Ronald Gallant (Duke University), Michel Gevers (Université Catholique de Louvain), Marco Lippi (University of Rome – La Sapienza), Ingmar Prucha (University of Maryland), Peter M. Robinson (London School of Economics), and Jan Willems (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven).