December 9, 2019

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

It’s not too late to register for the ASSA Annual Meeting.  The fee for registration is $145. 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 AEA strongly discourages the use of regular hotel rooms for interviewing purposes. Interviews held in hotel suites are considered acceptable. In an effort to support this initiative, the suites in the conference block for the 2020 ASSA Annual Meeting were reserved for employers who will be conducting interviews. While most suites will have a completely separate area for interviewing, please note that some other suites will have partially visible beds but will be separate from the interviewing area.

The AEA Ombudsperson, Leto Copeley of Copeley Johnson and Groninger PLLC, will be available to all ASSA attendees during the 2020 Annual Meeting. There will be walk-in office hours and the ability to schedule appointments. To schedule an appointment, call or text 919-240-4263 or email aeaombuds@cjglawfirm.com. Office hours at the ASSA Annual Meeting and other details can be found at www.aeaweb.org/ombuds.

The AEA's 2020 Continuing Education Program will be held at the Westin San Diego Gaslamp on January 5-7, 2020, immediately following the close of the ASSA meetings. Participants can choose from three concurrent programs. Topics and speakers will include:

• Mastering Mostly Harmless Econometrics – Alberto Abadie (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Joshua Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Christopher Walters (University of California, Berkeley)
• Monetary Policy – Gauti B. Eggertson (Brown University) and Jon Steinsson (University of California, Berkeley)
• Climate Change Economics – Lint Barrage (University of California, Santa Barbara), Michael Greenstone (University of Chicago), and Gilbert E. Metcalf (Tufts University)

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

More than 200 Posters are included on the 2020 AEA program for San Diego. 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 Marriott Marquis San Diego in the Grand Ballroom Foyer and West Lobby Lounge on the lobby level of the North Tower.

Plan your experience at the ASSA Meeting. Get your smartphones and tablets ready for the 2020 ASSA event! There is 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 app is accessible at https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/mobile-app or from any app store.

Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) invites your participation in CSWEP's events at the 2020 ASSA Meetings, including two Mentoring Breakfasts for Junior Economists, a Peer Mentoring Breakfast for Mid-Career Economists, a joint panel with CSMGEP on Launching a Professional Development Initiative: A Conversation among Mentoring Veterans, Eager Mentors, and Founders of New Mentoring Initiatives and the CSWEP Annual Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony Luncheon. Pre-registration for all mentoring breakfasts 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 Newly Formed Committee on the Status of LGBTQ+ Individuals in the Economics Profession will host three events on Saturday, January 4, 2020 in the Marriott Marquis San Diego: a research session, a business luncheon, and an inaugural on-site reception. The LGBTQ themed "Pink Papers" research session will occur at 8 a.m. in Grand Ballroom 11. The luncheon will address the committee's future activities and priorities from 12:30 - 2:15 p.m. in the Santa Rosa Room. The reception will take place from 6 – 8 p.m. in the Catalina Room. These events are free and open to all conference registrants; allies are especially invited to the research session and reception. Individuals interested in these issues who are unable to attend in San Diego can read the group's newsletter, Maynard's Notes (https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/aealgbtq), follow us on Twitter @LGBTQ_Econ, and/or contact the committee's co-chairs: Lee Badgett (lbadgett@econs.umass.edu) or Kitt Carpenter (christopher.s.carpenter@vanderbilt.edu).

Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession is pleased to announce the 2020 AEA Summer Program application portal is open. The AEA Summer Program is a prestigious program that uniquely enables students to prepare for the rigors of graduate studies—particularly at the PhD level—through two months of intensive training in microeconomics, math, econometrics and research methods with leading faculty. More information can be found here: https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/aeasp.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 AEJ Best Paper Awards at https://www.aeaweb.org/aej/bestpapernominations.php. The awards will be announced in April 2020, selected from articles published in the 2017 through 2019 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, 2020.

The AEA wants to help keep you informed! EconTrack – the AEA Job Information Board is now open with the goal of providing job candidates with reliable information about the status of open positions during the annual job market cycle. This service is hosted by the AEA and is intended to provide verified and up-to-date information in a professional climate. We need your help to make it successful! Please encourage your recruiters and hiring teams to supply status information for open positions at your institution. Learn more at http://www.aeaweb.org/econtrack.

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