The AEA Annual Meeting registration discount deadline is December 3, 2017. The fee for registration increases from $65 to $125 after the discount deadline. Register now at https://www.aeaweb.org/conference. Follow us on Twitter @ASSAMeeting to receive program updates and other developments before and during the meetings.

The 2018 ASSA Meeting Program is posted at https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/. Find out now what to look forward to at the Meeting.

The AEA's 2018 Continuing Education Program will be held at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown on January 7-9, 2018, immediately following the close of the ASSA meetings. Participants can choose from three concurrent programs. Topics and speakers will include:

• Matching Market Design - Atila Abdulkadiroglu (Duke), Nikhil Agarwal (MIT), and Parag Pathak (MIT)
• Machine Learning and Econometrics - Susan Athey (Stanford) and Guido Imbens (Stanford)
• DSGE Models and the Role of Finance - Lawrence Christiano (Northwestern) and Thomas Philippon (NYU)

For more information and updates see https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/cont-ed/. Send questions to assa@vanderbilt.edu or call us at 615-322-3509.

More than 400 Posters are included on the 2018 AEA program for Philadelphia. The posters will be available for viewing throughout the conference. Make sure to include time in your schedule to visit the poster exhibit, which will be located in the Grand Hall of the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) invites your participation in CSWEP's events at the 2018 ASSA Meetings, including two Mentoring Breakfasts for Junior Economists, a Peer Mentoring Breakfast for Mid-Career Economists, a joint panel with CSMGEP on Best Practices in Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Women, and the CSWEP Annual Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony. Pre-registration for all mentoring breakfasts and the CSWEP/CSMGEP Panel is required. CSWEP is also pleased to announce that the AEA will provide a room for nursing mothers at the annual meeting. Visit https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/cswep/programs/annual-meeting for more information and to register for the events.

AEA's Ad Hoc LGBTQ Economics Working Group will host a luncheon and discussion for LGBTQ economists and allies on Saturday, January 6, 2018 from 12:30-2:15 p.m. in the Liberty Ballroom Salon B of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. An LGBTQ economics-themed research session will follow at 2:30-4:30 p.m. in Room 405 of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Topics for the luncheon will include: discussion of the inaugural issue of the working group's newsletter, Maynard's Notes, and ideas for future issues; mentoring; and ideas for future working group events. All AEA meeting registrants are invited, including PhD students and economists working in any field in any type of setting (academic, government, think tank, private sector, etc.).  Individuals interested in these issues who are unable to attend the luncheon can contact Lee Badgett (lbadgett@econs.umass.edu) or Kitt Carpenter (christopher.s.carpenter@vanderbilt.edu) for more information.

The AEA's Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession (CSMGEP) compiles a list of minority candidates currently on the job market and posts the the listing on the AEA website.   View the candidates here:   https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/csmgep/market. For more information on CSMGEP, visit https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/csmgep.

Plan your experience at the ASSA Meeting. Get your smartphones and tablets ready for the 2018 ASSA event! There will be an enhanced mobile app for you to customize your meeting experience. The all-in-one app allows you to create your schedule in advance, locate your meeting room on a map, browse paper abstracts, take session notes, link your schedule across devices, and more. The 2018 ASSA app launches in early December and will be accessible at the AEA website or from any app store.

AEA Summer Training Program & Scholarship Program (May 31-July 29, 2018) increases diversity by preparing talented undergraduates for doctoral programs in Economics and related disciplines. Students receive intensive two-month residential training in microeconomics, mathematics, and research methods with leading faculty hosted at Michigan State University in collaboration with Western Michigan University. Students have the opportunity to earn up to 12 college credits. For more information and to apply, go to https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/aeasp. Anticipated application deadline: January 31, 2018.

Seeking nominations for the Best Paper Awards for the American Economic Journals. Beginning December 1, 2017, suggestions for the annual Best Paper Awards for the AEA's American Economic Journals can be made electronically at https://www.aeaweb.org/aej/bestpapernominations.php. The awards will be announced in April 2018, selected from articles published in the 2015 through 2017 volumes of each AEJ. To learn more about these awards or to see past winners go to https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/honors-awards/aej-best-papers. The deadline for nominations is February 15, 2018.

AEA's RCT Registry. With over 1,500 studies from 115 countries, the registry exists as a primary source for ongoing and completed randomized controlled trials (RCT) in economics and the social sciences. The registry is a comprehensive repository for details like study abstracts, research designs, start and end dates, and primary investigators offering useful insights to researchers and policymakers about the extent of publication bias or how outcomes of a study may impact whether it is published or not. The AEA RCT Registry is a no-cost resource and an important step towards research transparency. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/.