The Center for Growth and Economic Development Studies (FGV Growth & Development Center), of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) – the main Latin American think tank – is organizing a conference on the economics of oil and energy. The conference is co-sponsored by the Centre for Applied Macro and Petroleum Economics (CAMP), of the BI Norwegian Business School – a leading research center on macroeconomics with special focus on petroleum and energy economics.

Where and When: The event will take place at FGV, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from February 28th, 2018 through March 2, 2018.

Format: On February 28th there will be invited presentations of market participants, market analysts, practitioners, regulators, etc. On March 1st and 2nd, the academic portion of the conference will take place with invited and contributed presentations.

Participants of the academic portion of the conference are welcome to attend the business and policy event.

Submission of papers: We accept the submission of papers for the academic portion of the conference until December, 31st, 2017. Submissions must be in PDF format. Send email to joao.issler@gmail.com  Decisions will be made by January, 15th, 2018.

The event will be held in English.