47th Annual Conference

October 25, 2024

This year's conference is hosted by

Kentucky State University

Frankfort, 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.

Kentucky State U
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Registration for the 2024 Conference closes October 15 at 4 pm

Agenda

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Arrival, Hotel check-in, Dinner, and Networking

Thursday night meet-up details TBA

Friday, October 25, 2024

Parking Map

Conference location: 
Kentucky State University
400 East Main St.
Frankfort, Ky. 40601

 6:30 am: Breakfast
 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

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

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

Deadline: September 27, 2024

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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