Date: 28 November, 2025 Time: 10:00-11:15 Venue: E4-1061 Attendants/Speakers: I Man (Dora) VONG Manager of the Corporate Banking Department Tai Fung Bank This seminar aims to provide students with a valuable opportunity to connect the theories of money and banking learned in the classroom with practical applications in corporate banking. The seminar features Ms. Dora VONG, who has nearly twenty years of experience in the international banking industry, to share her professional knowledge and hands-on experience in areas such as corporate lending, cross-border financing, credit analysis, risk management, and corporate client relationship management. Through Ms. VONG’s detailed explanation of the [...]

Date and Time: 2 December, 2025 (Tue): 16:30-18:00 Macao time  4 December, 2025 (Thu): 16:30-18:00 Macao time Speaker: Prof. Timo Trimborn Professor Department of Economics and Business Economics Aarhus University, Denmark Zoom ID: 601 593 1147 Password: 717380 Language: English About this workshop: This workshop aims to demonstrate the recent development in quantitative methods in the field related to macroeconomics. In addition, it aims to broaden students' horizons, enrich their academic knowledge and help them master computation software for quantitative analysis. The workshop will be relevant to current research theories and methods in fields related to dynamic macroeconomics, together with [...]

Date: 17 November, 2025 (Monday) Time:10:00-13:00 Venue: E21B-G002, University of Macau Organizers: University of Macau and City University of Macau Language: English About this workshop: This workshop covered topics related to empirical and theoretical research in econometrics, environmental economics, macroeconomics and economic growth. It provided a platform for economists from the University of Macau and the City University of Macau to present and discuss each other’s research. It also offered an opportunity for our colleagues to build their network with other economists in Macao. We looked forward to hearing the insightful presentations and discussions from the participants, and hoped that [...]

Date: 27-28 October, 2025 (Mon & Tue) Time:9:00-12:30; 14:20-17:10 (27 Oct 2025, Mon)  9:00-12:30 (28 Oct 2025, Tue) Register: https://go.um.edu.mo/mf9r9ptw Venue: E21B-G002 Language: English About this workshop: The purpose of this workshop is to convene researchers and practitioners to engage in discussions on the latest developments in international macroeconomics and finance, with particular relevance to Macao. The workshop will focus on critical issues such as global capital flows, exchange rate dynamics, the impact of monetary and fiscal policy spillovers, financial stability, and the formation of beliefs by private agents and policymakers. By providing a platform for the exchange of cutting-edge [...]

Date: 16-17 October, 2025 (Thu & Fri) Time:9:50-12:15; 14:00-18:15 (16 Oct 2025, Thu) 10:00-12:15; 14:00-16:45 (17 Oct 2025, Fri) Register: https://go.um.edu.mo/6l00gnxr Venue: E21B-G002 Language: English About this workshop: The Greater Bay Area Market Design Workshop 2025 convenes leading scholars and practitioners to explore the next frontier of economic engineering: designing markets and allocation systems that are not only efficient but also resilient, fair, and adaptable to the complex challenges of the 21st century. As a pivotal subfield of economics, market design provides the theoretical and practical toolkit for solving critical resource allocation problems, from matching students to schools and doctors [...]

Date: 03 October, 2025 Time: 10:00-11:15 Venue: E4-1061 Attendants/Speakers: Lai-Chong Au Group Chief Executive Officer, Delta Asia Financial Group This seminar aims to provide students with a unique opportunity to connect the theoretical concepts of money and banking with real-world practices. By inviting Ms. Lai Chong Au, Group Chief Executive Officer of Delta Asia Financial Group, to share her extensive experience and insights, the session seeks to deepen students’ understanding of the banking industry, financial innovation, and leadership in a rapidly evolving financial landscape. Through the discussion and Q&A, students will gain practical perspectives on challenges and opportunities in the [...]

Date: 14 May, 2025 Time: 11:30-12:30 Venue: E21B-G002 Attendants/Speakers: Helena LEONG Director, Research and Statistics Department, Monetary Authority of Macao Isabel CHOY Senior Economist, Research and Statistics Department, Monetary Authority of Macao Cindy HUANG Assistant Economist, Research and Statistics Department, Monetary Authority of Macao This workshop aims to analyze the current development of Macao’s financial sector, the financial policies outlined in the Policy Address, and the role of modern finance in the moderate economic diversification plan.

Date: 28-29 April 2025 (Mon & Tue) Time: 09:00-12:15; 13:45-17:35 (28 April 2025, Mon)            09:00-12:15; 13:45-17:10 (29 April 2025, Tue) Venue: E21B-G002, University of Macau Language: English The aim of the conference is to bring together leading experts from academia, central banks and other policy institutions to present their research findings involving expectations data and modelling of expectations in macroeconomics. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Economic agents’ expectation formation and updating of expectations • The role of expectations for economic decisions • The effect of monetary, fiscal and other [...]