Thursday, February 22
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Registration…Room 407
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EEA Executive Board Meeting and Dinner…Executive Board Room, 46 th floor (by invitation only)
Friday, February 23
8:00 am - 9:00 am Coffee Break…Acts III and IV Ballroom (4 th floor)
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration….Room 407
8:00 am - 5:30 pm Exhibits…Acts III and IV Ballroom (4 th floor)
9:00 am - 10:40 am Sessions 1 - 19 (see listings for rooms)
10:40 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break…Acts III and IV Ballroom (4 th floor)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Sessions 20- 39 (see listings for rooms)
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Sessions 40- 59 (see listings for rooms)
2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Sessions 60 - 79 (see listings for rooms)
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm Coffee Break…Acts III and IV Ballroom (4 th floor)
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Sessions 80 – 99 (see listings for rooms)
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Presidential Address…Act I Ballroom (4 th floor)
EEA President Robert Shiller speaking about “Historic Turning Points in Real Estate and Other Speculative Markets”
The address will be followed by the EEA Business Meeting
6:00 PM Refreshments with Forensic Economists – Eastern Style (Informal Session Sponsored by NAFE) Location to be announced at Session 94 (4:00 PM session held at Crowne Plaza), or contact Larry Spizman for details.
6:30 pm - 8:00pm EEA President’s Reception…Atrium, 4 th Floor
All conference participants are invited to attend this reception to meet other participants and the Association's officers. Cash bar and complimentary snacks.
Saturday, February 24
8:00 am - 9:00 am Coffee Break...Acts III and IV Ballroom (4 th floor)
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration…Room 407
8:00 am - 5:30 pm Exhibits…Acts III and IV Ballroom (4 th floor) (last day of exhibits)
9:00 am - 10:40 am Sessions 100 - 119 (see listings for rooms)
10:40 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break…Acts III and IV Ballroom (4 th floor)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Sessions 120 - 139 (see listings for rooms)
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm Conference Luncheon… Times Square C Ballroom
EEA President-Elect Joseph E. Stiglitz, speaking on TBA
2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Sessions 140 - 159 (see listings for rooms)
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm Coffee Break…Acts III and IV Ballroom (4 th floor)
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Sessions 160 - 179 (see listings for rooms)
5:00 pm Exhibit area closing…Acts III and IV Ballroom (4 th floor)
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Issues in Political Economy editorial board meeting…Room 1508
5:40 pm USBIG Featured Speakers…Room 504
Michael Samson, of Williams College, Williamstown, MA and the Economic Policy Research Institute, moderates presentations by:
Stanley Aronowitz, the City University of New York and Senator Eduardo Suplicy, Brazilian Federal Senate
5:45-6:30 “How to Motivate Students by Using Software”…Room 405
Kristen Elmore, Hawkes Learning Systems
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Eastern Economic Journal reception…Atrium, 4 th Floor
All conference participants are invited to this reception. It's an opportunity to meet the editors of the Journal and other members of the editorial board. Cash bar and complimentary snacks.
Sunday, February 25
7:30am -9:00 am Omicron Delta Epsilon Chapter Advisors Breakfast Meeting...Samplings Restaurant
8:00 am - 9:00 am Coffee Break...Atrium, 4 th Floor
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration…Room 407
9:00 am - 10:40 am Sessions 180 - 199 (see listings for rooms)
10:40 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break…Atrium, 4 th Floor
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Sessions 200 - 219 (see listings for rooms)
2:00 pm A Tribute to Robert Harris…Room 504
2:15 pm USBIG Organizational Meeting…Room 504