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The Federal Forecasters Consortium (FFC), in alliance with The George Washington University (GWU), is pleased to announce our Brown Bag Seminar Series on Forecasting. This year there will also be sessions for the 2011-2012 University Seminar on Forecasting.

For more information on the Brown Bag Seminar Series, go to the Research Program on Forecasting's Website (at the George Washington University)
http://research.columbian.gwu.edu/cer/research/forecasting *(External link - see disclaimer page)

Email Fred Joutz (bmark@gwu.edu) if you are interested in participating in the FFC Brown Bag Seminar Series at GWU, which is typically held on Thursdays from 12:30 to 2:00 pm each month.

To be added to the seminar mailing list contact:
     Demetric Sewell
     U.S. Census Bureau
     Demetric.M.Sewell@census.gov (301) 763-6287

Time and Location:
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
John W. Kendrick Conference Room
Monroe Hall Room 321
2115 G Street
Washington, DC 20052

2013

Friday May 17, 2013 | 1:30-3:00 pm
Detecting Corruption in International Soccer Using Forecasting
James Reade, Univeristy of Birmingham (UK)

Thursday May 2, 2013 | 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Creation of Holiday Variables for the Deseasonalization of Transportation Data
Theresa Firestine, Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Thursday April 25, 2013 | 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Special Mentoring Workshop
Marcelle Chauvet, University of California, Riverside

Wednesday April 24, 2013 | 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Real-Time Nowcasting of Nominal GDP
joint with the GW Macro-International Seminar:
Marcelle Chauvet, University of California, Riverside

Thursday April 18, 2013 | 12:30 - 2:00 pm
TBA
Arabinda Basistha, West Virginia University

Thursday April 11, 2013 | 12:30 - 2:00 pm
TBA
Keith Ord, Georgetown University and the Research Program on Forecasting

Thursday April 4, 2013 | 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Creation of Holiday Variables for the Deseasonalization of Transportation data
Theresa Firestine, Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Thursday March 7, 2013 | 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Evaluating Oil Price Forecasts
Fred Joutz, George Washington University and the Research Program on Forecasting

Thursday February 21, 2013 | 12:30 - 2:00 pm
TBA
Olivier Coibion, IMF and UT Austin

Thursday February 14, 2013 | 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Differential Interpretation of Public Information: Estimation and Inference 
Xuguang (Simon) Sheng, American University and the Research Program on Forecasting

Thursday February 7, 2013 | 12:30 - 2:00 pm
U.S. Population Projections
Jennifer Ortman, U.S. Census Bureau

Past Brown Bag Seminars