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

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

Section Business Meetings & Events

Meeting times and rooms subject to change.
All rooms are located inside the Kansas City Marriott Downtown

Sunday, July 26
Meeting Room Time (Central)
Section Leaders Meeting Truman A 7:30 am - 9:30 am
Section Reception Bar West Tower - third level 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
AEM Section Business Meeting & Reception Jay McShann A & B 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
AFM Section Business Meeting Bennie Moten B 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Africa Section Business Meeting Truman A 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
AIP Section Business Meeting Bennie Moten B 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
ARA Business Meeting Mary Lou Williams A 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
ATP Agricultural Trade and Policy Section Meeting Mary Lou Williams B 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
BEER Section Business Meeting Lester Young A 10:00 am - 11:00 am
CHAIRS (NAAEA) Business Meeting Mary Lou Williams A 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
China Section Business Meeting Truman B 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
COSBAE Section Business Meeting Truman A 10:00 am - 11:00 am
CRENET Section Business Meeting Bennie Moten B 10:00 am - 11:00 am
CWAE Section Business Meeting Truman B 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
CWAE, COSBAE, & Africa Section's Reception Truman A 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Early Career Section Business Meeting Julia Lee  A 9:00 am - 10:30 am 
Econometrics Section Business Meeting Mary Lou Williams B 10:00 am - 11:00 am 
ENV Section Business Meeting Bennie Moten A 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
EXECON Section Business Meeting Mary Lou Williams B 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Multistate Research Project NE2204: Annual Business Meeting Big Joe Turner B 2: pm - 4:00 pm
EXT Business Meeting & Reception Andy Kirk A & B 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
FAMPS Business Meeting Julia Lee A & B 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
FSN Breakfast Meeting Truman B 9:30 am - 11:00 am 
Health Economics Section Business Meeting Lester Young B 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
IBES Business Meeting Mary Lou Williams A 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
International Section Business Meeting Lester Young A 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 
Labor Economics Section Business Meeting Julia Lee A 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 
Latin American Section Business Meeting & Reception Lester Young A 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 
SCE Business Meeting Lester Young B 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Senior Section Business Meeting & Reception Bennie Moten A & B 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
South Asia Section Lester Young A 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
TLC Business Meeting & Reception Truman A 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
The National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy Meeting Bennie Moten A 02:00 pm -03:00 pm
FSN Informal Scanner Data Users Gathering Julia Lee A 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Competitions
GSS / EXT Graduate Extension Competition Eisenhower (East) 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
GSS / AEM Graduate Case Study Competition & Finals Roosevelt 7:00 am - 6:00 pm
GSS / C-FARE Policy Communications Competition Nixon (East) 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
GSS /  AMS USDA Data Visualization  Taft 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
SS-AAEA Spreadsheet Competition Count Basie A1, Count Basie C1, Yardbird A 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
SS-AAEA Academic Bowl Orientation Colonial Ballroom 8:00 am - 9:00 am
SS-AAEA Academic Bowl Day 1 Count Basie A1,Count Basie C1, Yardbird A, Yardbird B 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Student Section Paper Competition Yardbird B 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Student Competition Waiting Room Count Basie Foyer 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday, July 27
FAMPS Poster Judging Count Basie Ballroom 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Student Section Academic Bowl Eisenhower, Nixon 8;00 am - 12:00 pm
Student Section Academic Bowl Finals Imperial Ballroom 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Student Section Business Meeting Colonial   8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Undergraduate Recruitment Fair Imperial Foyer 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Please contact Mary Annen with any catering request.

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