Center for Economic Studies (CES)
This center is located in Munich. It works closely with
CESifo ,
and one of its purposes "is to bring together economists from all over
the world for discussion and exchange of knowledge and ideas." They
have brought in a number of outstanding economists to give lectures
(which are available here). It also has its own research group. Their
working papers and publications ("CESifo Bulletin," "Economic Policy
(A European forum)," and "Policy Contributions" (articles on topical
issues). In addition, they have a great deal of information about
themselves and their programs available here.
http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~ces/