To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: Peter L. Rousseau, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: Annual Meeting Registration and Other Announcements

The Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on January 4-6, 2019. This is a Friday/Saturday/Sunday meeting. Headquarters, registration and exhibits are in the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Registration opens September 12th at https://conf.aeaweb.org. General meeting information is available on the AEA website at https://www.aeaweb.org/conference. All interview scheduling should be conducted prior to arrival in Atlanta. Job placement interview tables will be located at the Hilton Atlanta, Galleria Hall.

Important Registration Information: Convention Management Resources (CMR) will be the housing company for the 2019 meetings. Please take a minute to review the process for booking rooms and placing yourself on waitlists as needed. 

The 2019 ASSA Meeting Preliminary Program is at https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/. Find out now what to look forward to at the Meetings. Follow us on Twitter @ASSAMeeting.

The AEA's 2019 Continuing Education Program will be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on January 6 – 8, 2019, immediately following the close of ASSA. Participants can choose from three concurrent programs. Topics and speakers will include Cross-section Econometrics – James H. Stock (Harvard) and Mark W. Watson (Princeton); Inequality and Innovation – Ufuk Akcigit (Chicago) and Stefanie Stantcheva (Harvard); and International Trade – Dave Donaldson (MIT) and Marc Melitz (Harvard). Registration opens September 12th. For more information and updates see https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/cont-ed/.

Locations for Future Annual Meetings will be Atlanta (2019), followed by: San Diego (2020), Chicago (2021), Boston (2022), New Orleans (2023), San Antonio (2024), San Francisco (2025), Philadelphia (2026) and Washington DC (2027).

New! EconSpark: An Economics Discussion Board is here. The AEA has launched a networking space for all members of the economic community to interact about a variety of topics in the field.   Help the AEA build a forum that enriches our community with meaningful, thought-provoking and impactful discussion. Check it out here: www.aeaweb.org/economics-discussion-forum.

The Annual AEA Officer Elections are still open. If you haven't voted and wish to participate, watch your mail for a paper ballot or your e-mail for an electronic ballot, and return it before September 30, 2018.

The JOE Network is designed for economists…by economists. No other placement program offers a more comprehensive way to match high-caliber candidates with sought after economics positions. Faculty can securely manage the reference letter writing process with ease. See the latest jobs and applicants at https://www.aeaweb.org/joe.

The Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) seeks nominations for CSWEP's Carolyn Shaw Bell Award by September 26, 2018 and for the Elaine Bennett Research Prize by September 21, 2018. For more information on these important awards go to https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/cswep/about/awards/. Stay current on all things CSWEP at cswep.org.

AEA Summer Training Program & Scholarship Program increases diversity by preparing talented undergraduates for doctoral programs in Economics and related disciplines. Students receive 8 weeks of intensive training in microeconomics, mathematics, econometrics, 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 http://econ.msu.edu/aeasp. Anticipated application deadline: January 31, 2019.

The Ninth Annual AEA Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE) is May 29 – May 31, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch. The conference is hosted by the AEA Committee on Economic Education in conjunction with the Journal of Economic Education. Plenary talks will be given by Stephen Chew (Samford University), Robert Frank (Cornell University), Anne Winkler (University Missouri, St. Louis). Submissions will be accepted via the AEA online submission system. Submissions may be of individual papers, complete sessions of three or four papers, workshops, or panels. Submissions of completed sessions are especially encouraged. The submission portal opened September 1, and the submission deadline is December 1, 2018. The submission portal and general information is available at https://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEACEE/Conference/2019/submissions/. Send questions about submissions to Roisin O'Sullivan (rosulliv@smith.edu).

Not making a submission this year but willing to serve in another capacity? Send a request to Roisin O'Sullivan (rosulliv@smith.edu) before the submission deadline. Include a list of up to three broad areas in which you could participate as a discussant/session chair (e.g. interactive teaching, undergraduate research, assessment, online learning, etc.)

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis will sponsor a pre-CTREE conference event at the Fed on Tuesday, May 28 from 12:30-6:30 p.m. This event will bring together a variety of Federal Reserve speakers and teaching professors on strategies for improving economic instruction, with sessions covering: Monetary policy in the 21st century, making the most of FRED and FREDcast in the classroom and using Excel to teach economics. Special sessions on women in economics and programming to support community college faculty will also be offered. A complimentary lunch will be served, and a reception will follow the day's events. Seating is limited and registration is required by May 22. For more information, contact Scott Wolla at scott.a.wolla@stls.frb.org.

ComplimentaryAEA Journalsaccess is available for secondary school students and their teachers. Teachers are encouraged to share online articles and summaries for classroom instruction. Eligible students must be of high-school age. Sign-up today.

Stay current on the most intriguing economics research emerging from the AEA Journals through Research Highlights. This complimentary publication includes summaries, videos, data visualizations, and audio interviews with some of the world's top economists. Subscribe now to the Research Highlights digest. For more frequent updates, check the AEA website, subscribe to the RSS feed, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.

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