This conference hosted by ESAM and the NZ Association of Economists will cover the traditional ESAM topics of economic theory, microeconomics, econometrics, etc, but will also host keynote addresses and contributed paper sessions on the themes listed on the Home Page to commemorate the career of Bill Phillips and the 50th anniversary of his famous 1958 Economica paper. The following table lists the various topics and the coordinators of each topic.
| Bob Buckle | Programme Chair |
| John Gibson | Programme Chair |
| John McDermott | The Phillips Curve 50 Years On |
| Viv Hall | Stabilisation Policy and Policy Modelling |
| Gary Hawke | Institutions and Economic Performance |
| Ian King | Migration, Diaspora and Human Capital |
| Warwick McKibbin | China: Implications for the World |
| AWH Phillips: Memories and Reflections on his Contribution to Economics | |
| Phillip McCann | Innovation and Technology |
| Rohan Pitchford | Microeconomics |
| Rohan Pitchford | International Trade and I/O |
| Rohan Pitchford | Game Theory and Auction Theory |
| John Gibson | Experimental Economics |
| John Gibson | Development and Applied Microeconomics |
| John Gibson Nicholas Barr | Public Economics |
| Basil Sharp | Environmental and Resource Economics |
| Dean Hyslop | Labour Economics: Theory and Applied |
| Sholeh Maani | Education and Skill Effects |
| Glenn Boyle | Finance: Asset Pricing and Empirical Finance |
| Bill Griffiths | Microeconometrics |
| Bill Griffiths | Bayesian Econometrics |
| Bill Griffiths Les Oxley John Gibson | Econometric Theory |
| Les Oxley | Time Series Econometrics |
| Stephen Turnovsky | Economic Growth |
| Viv Hall Ian King | Macroeconomics |