The 71st European Meeting of the Econometric Society (ESEM) will take place in Cologne, Germany, August 27-31, 2018. The Meeting is hosted by the University of Cologne and will run in parallel with the 33rd Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA). Participants will be able to attend all sessions of both events. The program chairs are Marco Ottaviani (Bocconi University) and Michèle Tertilt (University of Mannheim). The members of the local organizing committee from the University of Cologne are Felix Bierbrauer, Raphael Flore, Michael Krause, Marc Bettzüge, Isabel Schnabel (WinE, University of Bonn) and Daniel Scheu.
The Presidential Address will be given by Tim Besley (London School of Economics and Political Science). The Fisher Schultz Lecture will be given by Matthew Gentzkow (Stanford University). The Laffont Lecture will be given by Jeremy Greenwood (University of Pennsylvania).