Thursday, June 2, 2016

The American Economic Association Annual Meeting


Dr. Allan Wain is a Harvard University Labor and Worklife (LWP) fellow and the head of research and strategy at the infrastructure investment management company CP2. In addition to his fellowship studies and professional work, Dr. Allan Wain maintains membership with industry organizations like the Academy of International Business and the American Economic Association.

The 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association (AEA) was held in San Francisco, California. Held over three days, the program featured more than 520 educational sessions, including an opening plenary session focusing on lessons learned from the global financial crisis led by Jan Kregel of the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. Other sessions touched on topics related to water resource management, effects of the Dodd-Frank Act and JOBS Act on capital markets, capital taxation, and gender in corporation management. Individuals can review the complete 2016 program at www.aeaweb.org.

The AEA website also provides information on future annual meetings, which have been scheduled with the help of nearly 60 additional associations operating in related fields. The 2017 meeting will take place in early January at the Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Grand Chicago Hotel and Towers. Future meetings have been scheduled through 2024, including the 2018 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, and a 2019 meeting at the Philadelphia Marriott.

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