48th Annual Conference
October 24, 2025
This year's conference is hosted by
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
All Kentucky economists and economics students are invited to attend and encouraged to participate through presentation and discussion of research, session leadership, and networking.
Agenda
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Arrival, Hotel check-in, Dinner, and Networking
Thursday night meet-up for conference registrants
6:00 p.m. until 8:00 pm, location TBA
Friday, October 24, 2025
Conference location
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd.
Bowling Green, KY 42101
8:15 – 9:00 am: Conference registration
9:00 – 10:00 am: Concurrent Sessions A
10:15 – 11:15 am Concurrent Sessions B
11:30 – 12:30 pm Concurrent Sessions C
12:45 – 2:00 pm: Luncheon (Included with Registration), Presentation of Kentucky Distinguished Economist Award, Keynote address
2:00 -3:00 pm: Late afternoon: Annual Business Meeting for all KEA members
Thanks to our sponsors
Cengage has long been the leading provider of print and online learning materials for both students and the community of economist educators. Because this mission is so vital, we have proudly sponsored the Kentucky Economics Association Best Student Paper Award for over 25 years and are so pleased to again make this award available to a deserving student economist. We look forward to many more years of partnership with the Kentucky Economics Association to advance economic education.
Pearson Education is a British-owned education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well for students directly. Pearson owns educational media brands including Addison–Wesley, Peachpit, Prentice Hall, eCollege, Longman, Scott Foresman, and others.
Call for Papers
The deadline is October 6, 2025
Please consider presenting your research, working papers, and work in progress at the conference. This is a great opportunity to get peer feedback on your work, especially for student researchers.
If you would like to chair a session, organizing the presentation and discussion of several papers with a common theme, please do so via the Submit a Session option below.
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