2026 AAEA Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City

2026 AAEA Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City

Virtual Track Sessions

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From Mentee to Mentor: Journeys of Mentorship and Leadership in Cultivating Tomorrow’s Ag Econ Leaders

Date: September 9, 2026
Time 11:00am - 12:30pm Central Time
Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/S_KX1VcfTbu9TLTd-pb3Fw

Session Description: In honor of Dr. Uma Lele's mentorship initiatives, this virtual panel brings together women agricultural economists at different career stages and professional roles to share their experiences as mentees and how those experiences shape their mentorship approaches.

Sponsored Section: Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics Section (CWAE)

Organizer: Deepthi Kolady

Panelist:

  • Alicia Rosburg
  • Carola Grebitus
  • Cheryl Devuyst
  • Leah Palm-Forster
  • Deepthi Kolady

To write or Not to write a textbook?

Date: TBD
Time TBD
Zoom: TBD

Session Description: The session will offer information on the challenges and experiences of writing academic textbooks. Each presenter will present her/his recent work and will convene as a panel. Some questions/topics include:

Timing: When to write a book? What are the 'favorable' conditions?
Context: What is your audience and what is the purpose of the book
Content: How to select topics, how to avoid replications, how to make it stand out
Other: Co-authors or not? Publisher? Things to take into consideration in agreements

Sponsored Section: Teaching, Learning, and Communications Section (TLC)

Organizer: Maria Bampasidou

Panelist:

  • Oral Capps
  • Elizabeth Yeager
  • Zachariah Rutledge
  • Gerald Shively

China's Influence in Latin American Agriculture and Trade

Date: TBD
Time TBD
Zoom: TBD

Session Description: This track session examines the multiple channels through which China’s investment in Latin America may influence the region’s future agricultural development and trade dynamics. In addition, it seeks to assess whether and how deepening China–Latin America economic ties could affect the region’s engagement with the United States, particularly with respect to agricultural trade flows, value?chain integration, and potential policy spillovers.

Sponsored Section: Latin American Section (LAS)

Organizer: Graciela Andrango

Chinese Influence on Brazilian Agriculture: Economic Linkages, Market Risks, and New Opportunities

Yuri Calil
 

China's influence on the Southern Cone

Emiliano Lopez Barrera
 

China's influence on Central America

Luis Sandoval
 

China's Growing Footprint and Its Impact: A Perspective from Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador's Agriculture

Graciela Andrango
 

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