EASTERN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION

INFORMATION FOR SESSION ORGANIZERS

Thank you for your interest in organizing a session for the annual meetings of the Eastern Economic Association. The following information should be everything needed, but if questions arise or if you require further assistance, please contact the Association's Executive Director, Dr. Mary H. Lesser at (914) 633-2088 or by e-mail at mlesser@iona.edu.

General Information

Sessions at the EEA meetings cover the full range of topics in economics. The meetings begin at 9:00am Friday morning and end at 12:30pm on Sunday. Session times are 9:00 am, 11:00am, 2:00pm and 4:00pm (there are only morning sessions on Sunday). The 9:00am and 2:00pm sessions last for 90 minutes and the 11:00am and 4:00pm sessions last for 100 minutes.

Sessions generally consist of three (possibly four) papers. Typically, each paper has a discussant, and there is a session chair. Some sessions are organized as panel discussions, in which case there may be several presenters and no set discussants, or one general respondent to a variety of presentations. Organizers therefore have some flexibility in the design of their sessions.

Fees

There are no paper submission fees for papers that are part of organized sessions. However, each participant (including discussants, co-authors, and chairs) attending the meetings is expected to pay the appropriate conference registration fee. Some people have found this confusing, thinking that there are no fees, or that since they have been "invited" to participate there will not be a fee. Session organizers are therefore asked to be sure that all of their participants are aware of the requirement that they register, the amount of the registration fee, and the deadline by which payment is due. Organizers will also be asked to intervene in cases where their participants do not pay.

The conference registration fee is $45 for EEA members and $95 for non-members. There is an additional $15 charge for on-site registration. Membership in the EEA costs $50 and includes four issues of the Eastern Economic Journal. Student memberships are available at the discounted rate of $25 (proof of status must be supplied). One can become a member at the same time as one registers for the conference and immediately avail oneself of the member rate. Fees can be paid by check (payable to the Eastern Economic Association) or by Visa or MasterCard.

How to Propose an Organized Session

Proposed sessions should be submitted to the Executive Director of the EEA by the published deadline (see below). Session organizers must provide the following information about their sessions (following the format below is helpful for that is how the session will be listed in the conference program). It is most helpful if the information can be sent in an e-mail message or as an attached Word document (PLEASE...NO FORMATTING!!).

Title of paper
Name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s)
<repeat for all papers in session>

Names and affiliations of discussants, listed in order of the papers they will discuss

In addition, contact information must be provided for each participant (name, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail if available).

It is also helpful to inform the Executive Director of any scheduling constraints or preferences as soon as they are known (for example, if your participants cannot be at the conference on the Friday, or the Sunday, or prefer the morning or afternoon, etc.).

The Process

Proposed sessions should be submitted to the EEA Executive Director by the published deadline (see below). The sessions will be reviewed by the Program Committee and participants will be reminded about registration fees and deadlines by the EEA office (it is helpful if session organizers make participants aware of both fees and deadlines in their initial communications).

After the Program Committee meeting a schedule of sessions will be developed and made available on this web site. Changes in titles, participants, etc. can be made up until the program goes to print. Later changes will be published on a separate sheet provided with the printed program at the conference. Both the printed program and web site program will include e-mail addresses of those presenting papers. Authors are also invited to supply information as to whether or not (and where) their papers appear on their web sites so that they can be linked to the EEA program web site.

Forms

Participants in organized sessions who are presenting a paper should complete and return this form along with payment. Those participants who are not presenting papers but are serving as session chairs or discussants may use the alternative form. (Any participant who is both presenting a paper and also serving as a discussant or chair need only complete and return the first form refered to above.)

Deadlines for the 2003 Conference

The deadline for submitting a proposed session to the EEA Executive Director is November 3, 2006.

The program committee will meet on December 2, 2006. A schedule of sessions will be available on the EEA web site soon after.

Hotel reservations must be made by January 19, 2007. After that date rooms may not be available at the conference hotel or at the special conference rate of $175 (plus taxes). The hotel for the 2007 conference is the Crowne Plaza Manhattan Hotel at 1605 Broadway (between 48th and 49th Streets) in New York City. The hotel number is 800 243-6969 or 212 977-4000 (by fax at 212 315 6164)..

In order to be listed in the printed conference program, participants must register and pay the appropriate registration fee by January 12, 2007 (the fee is thereafter nonrefundable).

Contact Information

Please submit the information or direct all questions to:

Dr. Mary H. Lesser, Executive Director                      Voice: (914) 633-2088
Eastern Economic Association                                    Fax:    (914) 633-2549
c/o Iona College                                                          e-mail: mlesser@iona.edu
715 North Avenue
New Rochelle, New York 10801-1890
U.S.A.