Last Updated on September 6, 2022 by Marcin Błażejowski
The first international gretl conference was held in Bilbao, Spain on May 28-29, 2009. You will find here the information about the most relevant facts at this conference.
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The Conference was opened by Allin Cottrell, the leader developer of gretl jointly with Inmaculada Gallastegui, the Dean of the Bilbao Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, and Ignacio Díaz-Emparanza the chair of the conference.
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The first oral communication in the Econometric Theory session was given by Lee Adkins.
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The polish team presented a paper as well.
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Allin Cottrell talked about the history of gretl, her design and prospective lines.
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