In recent years, HenU`s school of economics hosted and organized several conferences and meetings, among them is the HenU/INFER Workshop on Applied Macroeconomics the most prominent and international one. Since 2015, the annual workshop organized by Prof. Makram El-Shagi and Prof. Lin Zhang together with INFER (International Network for Economic Research) attracted over 300 scholars to share their latest research results in all areas of applied macroeconomics in Kaifeng. Keynote speakers were Prof. Lawrence Christiano, Prof. Randall Wright, Prof. Joshua Aizenman, Prof. Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Prof. Martín Uribe, Prof. Harald Uhlig, Prof. Fabio Canova, Prof. Kenneth D. West, Prof. Barbara Rossi, Prof. Yoshino Naoyuki, and Prof. William Barnett.

The next workshop will be on November 5th-6th, 2021 (online workshop).