September 1, 2016

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 Chicago, IL January 6-8, 2017. This is a Friday/Saturday/Sunday meeting. Headquarters, registration and exhibits are in the Hyatt Regency, Chicago. Registration opens September 14th at 10am CDT at https://conf.aeaweb.org. General meeting information, which also includes procedures for employers and job seekers, will be available on the AEA website September 6th. There will be no on-site interview arrangement service or on-site message exchange center; all interview scheduling should be conducted over the internet prior to arrival in Chicago. Job placement interview tables will be located at the Sheraton Grand Chicago.

The 2017 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 2017 Continuing Education Program will be held at the Loews Chicago on January 8-10, 2017. Participants can choose from three concurrent programs. Topics to date will include Cross-Section Econometrics, (Alberto Abadie, MIT, Joshua Angrist, MIT and Christopher Walters, UC Berkeley), and Behavorial Finance (Ulrike Malmendier, UC Berkeley, and Nicholas Barberis, Yale University). Registration opens September 14th. For more information and updates see https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/cont-ed/.

Announcing an amendment to rules for awarding the John Bates Clark Medal. By vote of the AEA Executive Committee and effective immediately, the rules for awarding the Clark Medal shall be changed to append "If there is a significant body of joint work, the Clark Medal may be awarded jointly to two recipients." See https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/honors-awards for more information about the Clark Medal and other AEA awards.

Locations for Future Annual Meetings will be Chicago, January 6-8, 2017, followed by: Philadelphia (2018), Atlanta (2019), San Diego (2020), Chicago (2021), Boston (2022), New Orleans (2023), San Antonio (2024), and San Francisco (2025). Please note that the locations for 2018 and 2019 have been reversed to provide members with the best possible meeting experience.  

The Annual AEA Officer Elections are 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 October 1, 2016.

JOE Network is gearing up for another vibrant hiring season. Now in its third year, JOE targets the comprehensive needs of all participants (Candidates, Employers, and Faculty) in the annual economics job market cycle. Users share materials, communicate confidentially, and take advantage of new features to manage their files and personal data. Reference letters for JOE listings can be requested, uploaded, and fulfilled in a single, streamlined process, with everything securely maintained and activated in one location. New this year, job-seekers can include video clips as part of their candidate profiles allowing recruiters and hiring departments to have a more personal experience with potential candidates. The JOE Network is accessible at the AEA website, https://www.aeaweb.org/joe

"A career in Economics . . . it's much more than you think." The AEA has launched a 9-minute informational video aimed at prospective or first-year students who may be investigating economics as a career option but are unclear about how broadly a degree in economics can be applied. The video features four individuals offering insights on how economics can be a tool for solving very human problems and perspectives on how they chose economics as a career path. The film also helps raise awareness about the need for more diverse voices in the field of economics. Available at the AEA website and on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/135871291

The Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP). Nominate your candidates for CSWEP's Carolyn Shaw Bell Award and the Elaine Bennett Research Prize by September 26, 2016, and September 21, 2016, respectively.   For more information on these two important awards go to https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/cswep/awards. Stay current on these and other CSWEP opportunities with the CSWEP News or at cswep.org. Digital subscriptions to the CSWEP News are free and automatically accord the status of CSWEP Affiliate to subscribers.

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, 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, 2017.

The Seventh Annual AEA Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE) is May 31 – June 2, 2017 at the Westin Denver Downtown. The conference is hosted by the AEA Committee on Economic Education, the Journal of Economic Education and the Federal Reserve Bank of Denver. Plenary talks will be given by Dean Karlan (Yale University), Troy Davig (Kansas City FED), and Anna Maria Lusardi (George Washington). There will be a dinner and a speaker at the Federal Reserve Bank of Denver. 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 will open September 23, and the submission deadline is December 1, 2016. The submission portal and general information is available at https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/economic-education. Send questions about submissions to Jennifer Imazeki (jimazeki@mail.sdsu.edu).

AEA Journal Access for Secondary School Students and Teachers Gain complimentary access to the AEA's prestigious group of economics journals for high-school age students. Teachers are encouraged to utilize online journal articles and summaries for classroom instruction. Eligible students must be of high-school age; proof may be required upon request.  Sign-up today! 

Have you read the "Top Ten" intriguing economics research stories emerging from AEA journals over the last year? Check out the one-year anniversary page of Research Highlights ... a feature on the AEA website offering summarized journal articles enhanced with photos, graphs, and links to related materials for better comprehension. Explore the full archive and stay tuned for new highlights covering the latest research every few days on our homepage or via the AEA Twitter feed. 

EconLit is still the most complete research database for all essential economics working papers, journals, PhD dissertations, and books. Remind your students about this treasure trove of economics literature now containing more than 1.4 million records with coverage from 74 countries ... from as far back as 1886! Take advantage of complimentary EconLit classroom posters or send us an inquiry about complimentary EconLit "screen cleaners" for your students (great for eyeglasses or phone and computer screens).