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Pre-registration for Pre- and Post-conference Workshops are required before the annual meeting. You may register for a Pre- and Post-conference Workshop while registering for the annual meeting or by calling the AAEA Business Office at (414) 918-3190.
SOLD OUT
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
(Note: will depart Marriott at 12:00 pm)
light lunch included in tour
Limited space available
Stops subject to change
$115
8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Bus will depart Marriott at 8:00 am; meet at 7:45 am in lobby
Light lunch included
Limited space available
Brief Description:The COSBAE Historical Plantation Tour will include a tour of two sugar plantations in the New Orleans region: the Laura and Oak Alley plantations. The tour will provide historical context regarding slavery, Creole culture, and plantation operations pre and post emancipation.
This workshop has been cancelled.
SOLD OUT
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tour and pre-conference workshop at New Orleans Marriott
Brief Description:
Agribusiness industry leaders and academics will initially present their thoughts and comments on issues facing agriculture and agribusinesses. Conference attendees will engage in a roundtable discussion on potential research and education programs that can address the issues presented. The objective is to create new opportunities and collaborations among pre-conference attendees and strengthen the relationship between agribusiness industry and academia.
Current panelists that have agreed to speak are (1) Aidan Connolly, President of AgriTech Capital and President of IFAMA and (2) Dr. Jayson Lusk, Vice President and Dean of the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University.
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
New Orleans Marriott
SOLD OUT
Attendees Will Be Required to Bring Their Own Laptops
Brief Description of Topic:
In a novel attempt to enhance teaching in our profession, we propose starting a teaching academy initiative to provide consistent efforts across our discipline to offer dedicated teacher training and mentoring of teacher development for students and early career professionals. Planned as an annual event, the AAEA Teaching Academy presents value and timely training for graduate students, early career professionals, faculty, and others to learn about inclusive, innovative, effective, and evidence-based pedagogy, teaching methods, and learning tools that enhance classroom experience. By participating in the academy, individuals will also build mentoring and networking relationships among education programs in the agricultural and applied economics, and agribusiness management profession. A significant effort would be put forward in engaging diverse audiences from minority serving institutions, in order to elevate diversity, equity, and inclusion in our classrooms and our profession.
We are offering up to 20 travel grants for graduate student AAEA members and AAEA early career professional members to help participants attend the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting and the academy Pre-conference Workshop, and the activities for the following academic year. The travel grant will help cover travel to the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Registration, and hotel costs up to $1000 per participant (*Required to stay at the Annual Meeting Hotel - New Orleans Marriott). All travel grant recipients will receive reimbursement for the costs of attending the workshop (receipts required). In addition, all travel grant recipients are expected to attend the full day workshop, the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting, and participate in other academy activities during the 2024/2025 academic year.
Priority for travel grants will be provided to graduate students and early career professionals at minority institutions, primary teaching institutions, and students with need, but all persons are encouraged to apply. The application deadline has passed.
This workshop has been cancelled.
This workshop has been cancelled.
Note: 2-day workshop
New Orleans Marriott
Students & ECP $25; General $55
| Wednesday, July 31st 8:00 am – 6:00 pm |
Thursday, August 1st 8:00 am – 12:30 pm |
Brief Description:Increases in food price inflation and volatility in recent years have renewed focus on the determinants and impacts of food price changes, as well as on the importance of reliable food price forecasts. The USDA Food Price Outlook (FPO) tracks and forecasts food price changes and FPO forecasts inform USDA agencies, industry, academia, and the public and rank second in web trafï¬c among ERS data products. Even after recent reï¬nements, the current FPO approach to forecasting food prices could be further improved by incorporating market conditions such as energy costs, wages, labor availability, transportation congestion, and market concentration, which have recently been cited as drivers of record-breaking inflation rates. Macroeconomic conditions that potentially affect retail demand, including the money supply, exchange rates, and core inflation, have only been examined in a pre-pandemic context, and it is unclear whether these same mechanisms can explain current inflationary trends. To address these shortcomings and identify new research areas, the workshop will gather top experts from government, academia, and industry to identify stakeholders’ needs, underutilized information, and the best methods for evaluating and forecasting food prices.
AAEA Student Member Travel Grant Available up to $1,000
(20 travel grants available - Restricted to AAEA Graduate Student Members and Early Career Professional Members)
Deadline to apply is May 19th
Waivers are restricted to AAEA Graduate Student Members and Early Career Professional Members. To apply, submit one paragraph (no more than 200 words) explaining why you should be considered for the waiver, and 2 questions that you want to be asked from the panelists. Complete this application form by May 19th . The travel grant will help cover travel to the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, 2024 post-conference workshop, and hotel costs up to $1000 per participant (*Required to stay at the Annual Meeting Hotel - New Orleans Marriott). All travel grant recipients will receive reimbursement for the costs of attending the workshop (receipts required). In addition, all travel grant recipients are expected to attend the full 2-day workshop. Complete and return application by May 19, 2024
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
New Orleans Marriott
$35
Attendees Will Be Required to Bring Their Own Laptops
Brief Description of Topic: The workshop will involve presentations of completed and work in process of projects funded within the period of 2020-2023 by NIFA’s Agricultural and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive research programs in agricultural and resource economics. The four AFRI economics programs represented are: (1) the Economics, Markets, and Trade (EMT) and (2) the Environmental & Natural Resource Economics (ENRE) programs; (3) Rural Economic Development; and (4) Social Implications for Emerging Technologies. Project directors whose projects are completed or near-completed will present papers outlining their research endeavors and findings. Projects that are in early stages will present posters outline their project objectives, methods, and anticipated results.