May 13 by 11:59 pm central time
Please prepare a Cover Page using the appropriate template below and append it to your pdf file before uploading.
As author of the paper, you retain all copyrights. It is recommended that you include a copyright statement at the bottom of the cover page, e.g.
Copyright 2026 by [author(s)]. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided this copyright notice appears on all such copies.
Laptops will be provided in the breakout rooms. Have your slides on a jump drive. Session moderators will coordinate with presenters to ensure that your presentation is loaded onto the computer before the session begins. Be sure to arrive at your session room 15 minutes ahead of the start time to ensure that your presentation is loaded onto the computer before the session begins.
All participants: presenters, moderators, discussants, and panelists, in organized symposia, invited paper sessions, the invited case study session, and track sessions must be registered for the 2026 AAEA Annual Meeting and be 2026 AAEA members.
Laptop computers are provided in concurrent session rooms. Please have your presentation on a jump drive.
Please note that each presentation room will be equipped with a Laptop computer, LCD projector, screen, and microphone. Presenters will be responsible for bringing their presentation on a jump drive.
Final versions of the cases must be emailed to Mary Annen at mannen@aaea.org. He will upload it to AgEcon Search on your behalf. Additionally, your paper should be submitted to the AETR Proceedings Issue Editor by the same date if the authors wish the case study to be reviewed for publication in AETR.
Final versions of the invited papers must be emailed to Mary Annen at mannen@aaea.org. She will upload it to AgEcon Search on your behalf; please prepare a Cover Page using this template and append it to your pdf file before emailing to Mary. Additionally, your paper should be submitted to the AEPP Proceedings Issue Editor by the same date if the authors with the invited paper to be reviewed for publications in AEPP.
Track session papers do not need to be uploaded to AgEcon Search. If you would like your paper in AgEcon Search, please email info@aaea.org with this request. Please contact Jessica Weister at jweister@aaea.org or (414) 918-3190 if you have any questions about submitting or participating in a Track Session.
At least one proposer for the organized symposium must be a member of AAEA, and all presenters, speakers, and/or discussants at the Annual Meeting must be members of AAEA and registered for the Annual Meeting. Final versions of the invited papers must be emailed to Mary Annen at mannen@aaea.org.
Please keep submissions under 10 MB. The full version of the paper has no length limitations, but less than 25 pages is preferred. Double-spaced, 8.5 by 11-inch, single-sided format is requested. Please follow the American Journal of Agricultural Economics style guidelines, with the exception of the single table/figure per page convention.
When submitting your paper to the abstract system you will need to select a subject code. The subject code you select is the category your paper will be grouped in when being reviewed. If accepted, sessions are comprised of abstracts with the same subject codes. To assist you with selecting a subject code the Organizing Committee created keywords for each of the subject codes. We recommend you refer to the keywords for subject codes to help you determine the subject code for your submission.
With just 15 minutes to present, the key to success is to identify a clear message—the essence of your work. You will have time to sketch out the full paper. But remember that audience members will retain just 1-2 points, so design the talk around supporting and delivering a clear message. Your goal should be to tell the audience just enough to pique their interest and follow up with you or read your paper. Aim for no more than 15 slides (one per minute), so design carefully to make the most of this time budget. There will be 5 minutes of discussion, so you can address specific details at that time.
Part of your job in your session is to provide active feedback to your co-presenters. Be sure to read their papers before the session and be ready to ask them questions.
Tips from Professor Marc Bellemare, AAEA member.
If you are participating in a Lightning Session, you will have 9 minutes to present. The key to success in this format is to identify a clear message—the essence of your work. Design the talk around supporting and delivering the message. Your goal should be to tell people just enough to entice them to follow up with you afterward to learn more. We recommend having only 8 slides total, so design them with care to convey your message creatively and effectively.
Tips from Professor Marc Bellemare, AAEA member
The goal of moderating these sessions is to foster interesting discussion and helpful feedback on presentations. Plan to moderate actively. Discussion time is valuable for both attendees and presenters. Read all the papers in advance (Selected Papers are available on AgEcon Search). Prepare 1-2 questions on each paper, to be ready to start discussion. Two weeks before the conference, circulate papers among all presenters in the session, asking them to read their colleagues’ papers. Let presenters know that a 15 minute (Selected Paper Sessions)(7 minutes for Lighting Sessions) time allotment will be rigidly enforced. At the session, manage presentation time to allow at least 5 minutes (Selected Paper Session)(2 minutes for Lightning Sessions) of discussion time per presentation. Invite questions after each presentation (rather than collective discussion at end of period). Allow time for audience members to initiate questions, but be ready to ask the first one.
July 26-28, 2026
AAEA Annual Meeting