Introduction to OxMetrics 4 - the New Generation of OxMetrics^TM

FREE SEMINAR

6 April 2007
George Washington University - Washington, DC - U.S.A

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We would like to invite all OxMetrics users and anyone interested in software for data analysis to attend a FREE seminar, in Washington, DC, lauching the new OxMetrics - OxMetrics 4. Lunch and refreshments are provided. You will be given the opportunity to discuss the software with the developers. Computers will be available during the breaks for you to try the software.

OxMetrics™ is a software system providing an integral solution for those working in data analysis, with an emphasis on econometric modelling and forecasting, cross section and panel data. OxMetrics' modules have been developed by senior academic professors and researchers working in the forefront of research in econometrics, financial econometrics, statistics and computing technology. OxMetrics offers the following benefits:

• Latest developments in financial and econometrics modelling techniques (e.g. volatility, regime switching modelling)
  
• Easy integration with an organisations' existing systems
  
• World-wide support and training
  
• Low cost solution.
  

For further details on OxMetrics visit the OxMetrics Web.

Seminar Theme: The seminar aims to provide a detailed overview of the new release of OxMetrics - OxMetrics 4.

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Agenda
(subject to minor changes)

9H00-9H25	Registration and coffee
9H25-9H30	Welcome	Fred Joutz, User (George Washington University)
9H30 - 10H15	OxMetrics 5 - The new generation of OxMetricsTM	Jurgen Doornik, Developer (OxMetrics Technologies and Oxford University)
10H15 - 11H00	Automatic econometric modeling with OxMetricsTM	David Hendry, Developer (Oxford University)
11H00 - 11H30	Refreshments
11H30 – 12H00	Constructive Data Mining with OxMetricsTM	Neil Ericsson, Advisor Developer and User (Federal Reserve Board)
12H00 - 12H30	Modeling Energy with OxMetricsTM	Fred Joutz, User (George Washington University)
12H30 - 13H30	Lunch
13H30 - 14H15	The new Multivariate STAMP 8	Siem Jan Koopman, Developer (Vrige Universiteit Amsterdam)
14H15 - 15H00	Developements in G@RCH	Sebastien Laurent, Developer (Universite Notre-Dame de la Paix)
15H00 – 15H30	A report on Forecasting the Peromyscus maniculatus Population in the Northwestern United States	Robert Yaffee, User, (New York University) - co-authors
15H30 - 15H45	Refreshments
15H30 - 16H15	Autometrics in PcGive 12	Jurgen Doornik, Developer (OxMetrics Technologies and Oxford University)
16H30 – 16H45	Discussion
16H45	Close

You may want to attend one or more of the courses organised around this seminar:

Econometric Modeling using PcGive™ - 2 April 2007
Econometric Modeling using PcGive™ and an Introduction to Forecasting and Analysing Time Series using Kalman filter methods within OxMetrics™ - 2 - 3 April 2007
Forecasting and Analysing Time Series using Kalman filter methods within OxMetrics™ - 3-5 April 2007
Ox Programming - 4-5 April 2007
Modeling and Forecasting Volatility with GARCH models - from Theory to Practice – 9-11 April 2007