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We are pleased to announce the 1st UKMOD Fest, a gathering of developers and users of UKMOD to share experiences and ideas related to UKMOD, the free tax-benefit microsimulation model for the UK and its constituent nations.

The event will take place online on July 4, 2022. Registration is free and can be completed here. A video-link will be shared with registered participants prior to the event.

Program

10.30 Introduction (Matteo Richiardi)

Institutional uses of UKMOD

10.45 Scottish Government (Spencer Thompson)

11.00 Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Nicola Hudson)

11.30 Welsh Government (Thomas Nicholls)

11.45 House of Commons Library (Rachael Harker)

12.00 Greater London Authority (Barry Fong)

12.15 Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (Christina Palmou)

12.30 Lunch break

Developments

1.30 Extending UKMOD: The effects of Covid-19 on mental health (Patryk Bronka)

2.15 EUROMOD developments (Daria Popova)

2.30 UKMOD developments (Justin van de Ven)

3.00 Panel discussion: Model developments (Nicola Hudson (SPICe), Thomas Nicholls (Welsh government), Dave Pankhurst (DWP), Spencer Thompson (Scottish government), Justin van de Ven (CeMPA); chair: Matteo Richiardi (CeMPA).

3.45 Conclusions (Matteo Richiardi)

4.00 Premium User Group meeting (only for Premium User Group members)