MENU
Back to Top

June 2024 Issue 13

AAEA Deadlines    

June 27, 2024

  • AAEA AM24 Room Block Closes

June 30, 2024

  • AETR Special Issue on AI
  • AETR Special Issue on Agribusiness

July 18, 2024

  • Advance Registration for #AAEA2024

PDF


View in Web Browser

AAEA News

2024 AAEA Annual Meeting – Mobile App

Ready to attend the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting in New Orleans next month? We will use an online platform called Whova for our event. You can Download the Whova app to access the event:

  • View the event agenda and plan your personal schedule
  • Find who else is attending this event and reach out to people ahead of time
  • Plan some social activities such as a morning run, coffee hours, or meet-ups with your fellow attendees. You can even post job openings.
  • Receive updates such as last-minute session changes from the organizers
  • Get notifications for fun events happening at #AAEA2024 in NOLA

After downloading the Whova mobile app or accessing the event via the web portal, use the email address used to register for the annual meeting to login or sign up for a Whova account. If you aren’t sure what email you registered with, please contact the AAEA Business Office for confirmation. To protect user data, Whova requires a two-factor authentication at sign-in. After entering your email and password, a verification code will be sent to your email. Please check your inbox and spam folder for the code. Detailed instructions can be found here.

Already used the Whova app in the past? Double-check that it is installed on your phone, and log in using your existing account email and password.

Don't have a smartphone? Don't want to download the app? No problem! We have an interactive version of the schedule on the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting website.

Need a PDF copy of the program? Click the printer icon on the Schedule page to pull an up-to-date version. Please note that we will not be offering printed programs this year.

Still having issues? Contact the AAEA business office at info@aaea.org for more help.

Looking forward to seeing you in New Orleans!

2024 Annual Meeting Information

Preliminary Schedule

Sunday, July 28
  • Various Times
  • Various Times
  • 9:30 am -5:00 pm
  • 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Immediately following Gordon Rausser Keynote Address
  • 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Monday, July 29
  • 8:00 am - 8:30 am
  • 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
  • 8:30 am - 9:30 am
  • 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
  • 10:00 am - 11:30 am
  • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
  • 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
  • 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm
  • 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
  • 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
  • 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
  • 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
     
  • 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Tuesday, July 30
  • 8:30 am - 9:30 am
  • 10:00 am - 11:30 am
  • 11:45 am - 12:45 pm (**NEW TIME**)
  • 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
  • 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm
  • 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
 

The 2024 AAEA Room Block - TODAY LAST DAY TO BOOK
New Orleans Marriott
555 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 581-1000

Guest Rooms for Single/Double $179 per room per night
Taxes are a total of 16.2% (9.45% State Tax, 5% Federal Tax, and 1.75% Tourism Tax) plus a $3 per night occupancy fee.

Please reserve your room using the following link:https://book.passkey.com/e/50476455

Cut-off Date: Thursday, June 27, 2024 or when sold out.

2024 Registration Rates

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.

  Advanced
(June 1-July 18)
On-site
(July 19 and after)
Member Non-member Member Non-member
Graduate Student $140 $335 $180 $380
Professional $560 $720 $635 $795
Senior $450 $580 $525 $655
Guest $75 $75

*Guests include any interested party not professionally in or a student of the fields of agricultural or applied economics, or a related discipline. Guest fees include the welcome reception, plenary sessions, and all concurrent sessions (Guests under the age of 16 are free, and don’t need to register).

*Cancellation: Cancellations of meeting registrations are subject to a $50 processing fee. After July 5, no refunds will be given for meeting registrations or special event tickets. To cancel your Annual Meeting registration and/or special event tickets, contact the AAEA Business Office at (414) 918-3190 or info@aaea.org. Website: www.aaea.org. If AAEA cancels the meeting any paid meeting registration fees will be fully refunded.

AAEA Business Meeting

Date: Monday, July 29, 2024
Time: 8:00 am–8:30 am
Room: Acadia

AAEA’s annual Business Meeting will be held during the annual meeting in New Orleans on Monday, July 29 in the Acadia room at the New Orleans Marriott. This meeting gives members the chance to hear about the state of the association. Updates will be given by the AAEA President, the Finance Committee, and the AAEA Trust Committee. Additionally, Board members and Editors who are completing their terms will be recognized for their service. Lastly, those in attendance will be given an opportunity to voice any questions or concerns that they may have. We hope you’ll join us in New Orleans. View the Agenda

2024 AAEA Annual meeting Plenary Sessions

All events below will take place in Acadia on the 3rd floor of the New Orleans Marriott.

July 28
Gordon Rausser Keynote Address
Aaron Clauset, University of Colorado, Boulder
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
July 29
AAEA Business Meeting 8:00 am - 8:30 am
Presidential Address
Timothy Beatty, University of California, Davis
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Academic Bowl Finals 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
AAEA Awards, Fellows, Appreciation Club Recognition Ceremony 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
July 30
Fellows Address
Bruce McCarl, Texas A&M University
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Galbraith Forum
Catherine Wolfram, MIT
11:45 am - 12:45 pm

Preview of AAEA 2024 Annual Meeting Workshops & Luncheons

Pre-registration for Pre- and Post-conference Workshops and Luncheons 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.

Pre-Conference Workshops    
Saturday, July 27, 2024

Post-Conference Workshops
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Speaker Luncheons Preview

Luncheons are a ticketed event and will occur on Monday, July 29th. Additional details available here

  • Extension Section Lecture & Luncheon (SP31)
  • COSBAE Speaker Series & Luncheon (SP32)

Read more>>

*NEW* 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Quiet Room

Quiet Room: We will have a dedicated room available throughout the event for those who may wish to step out of the meetings. The quiet room provides a dedicated space for attendees to relax, recharge, and take a break from the noise and stimulation of the event. Studio 6 on the 2nd floor will be the Quiet room.

Hours:

  • Sunday: 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Monday: 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Tuesday: 7:00 am – 6:00 pm

New for 2024 FAMPS Section Poster Competition             

Read more here: https://www.aaea.org/membership/sections/famps/aaea-annual-meeting

Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Use in the Classroom and Academy

Deadline: June 30, 2024
Applied Economics and Teaching Resources is calling for manuscripts about use of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics in undergraduate and graduate education in the classroom and across the academy. Submissions of case studies, teaching and extension scholarship and research, educational innovations and methods, extension education innovations and methods, and commentaries about use of artificial intelligence, including use of large language models (LLMs) and platforms, such as ChatGPT, Bing AI, Bard, amongst other, and data analytics in undergraduate and graduate education, extension education, and other learning venues in institutions of higher learning. This special issue is open to a wide array of topics related to artificial intelligence and data analytics across the agricultural and applied economics and agribusiness and management economics disciplines. Topics may include but are not limited to innovative use of AI and data analytics in the classroom; innovative data analytic teaching modules and teaching case studies; teaching case studies about the impact of AI on agriculture, the agricultural industry and society; ethical and academic concerning the use of AI in the academy; assessments of AI for different learning outcomes and tasks; and use of AI and data analytics in extension education programming.
Read more>>

Call for Papers
Special Issue: Designing Agribusiness Education for Changing Student Demographics and Employer Needs

Deadline: June 30, 2024
Applied Economics and Teaching Resources is calling for manuscripts related to agribusiness education and curriculum. Agribusiness programs are simultaneously grappling with changing student demographics and evolving employer needs. Continued consolidation across all agricultural sectors means that fewer students are growing up on farms and ranches than in previous generations. Additionally, automation and technological change are rapidly transforming agricultural supply chains.  This change has contributed to a growing gap between the skills and knowledge sets that agribusiness programs prioritize and what employers within the food supply chain value (Johnson, Downey, and Holcomb, 2023). Agribusiness programs must both broaden their appeal to students without an agricultural background and adapt curriculum to ensure students are given the tools they need to thrive after graduation. Programs that achieve these objectives will help empower the next generation of problem solvers to grapple with increasingly intricate challenges within the food value chain. Departments that cannot meet these objectives may experience decreased enrollment and struggle to place graduates.
Read more>>

People Section


  • Arizona State University
  • University of Connecticut
  • Florida A&M University
  • University of Idaho
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • International Food Policy Research Institute
  • Virginia Tech
  • West Virginia State University

Read more>>

Obituary

Richard Thomas “Dickie” Crowder
8/3/1939 – 5/30/2024

Richard Thomas “Dickie” Crowder, age 84 of Baskerville, VA, died Thursday, May 30, 2024 in the Hundley Center, South Hill, Va. Mr. Crowder was an American government official and academic who served as Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative and Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and Commodity Programs. Crowder was born and raised in Southern Virginia. His father was a tenant farmer. He earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from Virginia Tech and was commissioned through ROTC at Virginia Tech and served two years in the U.S. Army. After active duty he earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University–Stillwater.
Read more>>

Other News

NBER Conference on Competition in the US Agricultural Sector

To promote research on competition in the agricultural sector and the consequences of the industrial organization of this sector for consumers as well as input suppliers, the National Bureau of Economic Research, with support from the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture, will convene a research conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 12, 2024. The conference will be organized by James MacDonald (University of Maryland) and Fiona Scott Morton (Yale University and NBER).

More details on the conference may be found at this link: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/competition-us-agricultural-sector. The deadline for submissions is September 3, 2024, and submissions should be of complete, or nearly complete, papers.

VIII Beeronomics Conference

The 2024 Beeronomics Conference will take place at University of Milan Bicocca, Italy, 19-22 June. Main panels and sessions will be held at the University of Bicocca main campus located in the heart of the city. The Conference Organising Committee, led by Christian Garavaglia, welcomes all high-quality research on the economics of beer and brewing.

Please find the official Conference Flyer/Call for Paper attached. Additional information about abstract submission and event details can be found on the conference's webpage: https://beeronomics2024.unimib.it/
Read more>>


AAEA is releasing "Members in the News" emails to the membership. If you find a State, National or International stories about an AAEA Member, please send a link of the story to Austin Sparbel at asparbel@aaea.org or  info@aaea.org.

What research and topics are you working on? Want to be an expert source for journalists working on a story? We want to hear from you. Contact Allison Ware in the AAEA Business Office via email, aware@aaea.org.

 
Sign up for listserv emails regarding
new positions HERE.

Anti-Harassment and Code of Conduct Policy

AAEA is committed to the fair, ethical treatment of all of its members and all other individuals participating in AAEA activities or activities connected with, or related to, AAEA activities, while providing an atmosphere that promotes a variety of research, teaching and extension/outreach activities. The AAEA has zero tolerance for, and prohibits any type of, discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment, within the organization, at professional meetings, in the field, or anywhere professional activities are conducted under the aegis of the AAEA. View the Policy.