We are pleased to announce that distinguished researcher, John Rust will join the conference as keynote speaker. John Rust is professor of economics at the University of Maryland at College Park. He has published many papers in most of the top economic journals including American Economic Review and Journal of Political Economy. He has also served as associate editor in journals such as Econometrica, and Journal of Econometrics. He is currently the associate editor of Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (for his research, please click here).