AARES 53rd Annual Conference
Wednesday 11th February - Friday 13th February 2009
Cairns International Hotel, Northern Queensland, Australia
The 2009 Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) will be held in Cairns, Australia, from Wednesday 11th to Friday 13th February 2009. Workshops preceding the conference will be held on Tuesday the 10th of February.
Further information about the venue and conference program, etc. can be found on the
official conference website (currently in construction).
Interested parties are invited to submit a title for a contributed paper.
Paper Titles
Due 12 September 2008
- Please submit your contributed or poster paper title(s) to chantelle@aomevents.com by 12 September 2008 and place "AARES 2009 Paper Title" in the Subject line.
- Include the full title, author name(s) and the contact details of the person presenting the paper. An Abstract Guidelines and Presenters Information Kit will be sent to the presenter.
- Please also provide up to 6 keywords to assist us in placing your paper in the most appropriate session.
- Poster presentation: Contributed paper presentation slots are limited. Please indicate if you would prefer to use the poster option. Final assignment of oral or poster presentations will be at the discretion of the Local Organising Committee.
Lodgement of a paper title does not mean automatic inclusion in the Conference program. Presenters will be advised by 10 October 2008 if and by what mode of presentation their paper is accepted. If you have submitted more than one title, please seriously consider whether you will be submitting papers for all the titles that you have sent. The Local Organising Committee will be using these titles to organise the contributed paper sessions.
With acceptance for poster paper presentation, you will be sent a specific Presenters Information Kit.
Abstracts
Due 14 November 2008
- Please follow the guidelines in the Abstract Guidelines and Presenters Information Ki.
- Please submit your contributed or poster abstract to chantelle@aomevents.com by 14 November 2008 and place "AARES 2009 Abstract" in the Subject line.
Papers
Due 16 January 2009
- To ensure more widespread distribution of contributed papers,electronic versions of papers are required to be submitted prior to the Conferencet.
- Please submit your contributed or poster paper to chantelle@aomevents.com by 16 January 2009 and place "AARES 2009 Paper" in the Subject line.
The preferred format of papers is PDF although Microsoft Word will also be accepted. Note that there is free PDF conversion software available on a number of Internet sites (see for example
www.pdf995.com). Please also bring 30 hard copies of your paper to the Conference.
PowerPoint Presentations
Due 16 January 2009
- Please send a copy of your PowerPoint presentation to chantelle@aomevents.com by 16 January 2009 or bring a copy on disk or USB Drive to the Conference and report to your Session Room at least 40 minutes before your session commences.
Conference Organiser
Shanna Sheldrick & Chantelle Dolphin
All Occasions Management
41 Anderson Street, Thebarton, South Australia 5031
Phone: +61 8 8354 2285; Fax: +61 8 8354 1456
2009 IAAE Conference, 16-22 August 2009 in Beijing
The 27th International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) will be held next year in Beijing, China, 16-22 August 2009. The Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) will offer up to 2 fellowships, in the amount of A$1,500 each, to support participation of AARES members in the IAAE 2009 conference. The deadline for applying for these Fellowships is on Friday, 19 December 2008. Please send your application to Ms. Annie Hurst, AARES Office Manager, Email:
aares@anu.edu.au.
To be eligible for consideration for a fellowship you must be the designated presenting author of a paper that has been submitted as a possible contributed paper at IAAE 2009 (eligibility is not conditional on the paper being accepted for presentation at the conference), and a financial member of AARES.
Winners will be selected by the AARES Travel Awards Committee comprising the current President of AARES, the President of the AARES New Zealand Branch, the President of the AARES American Branch, and the Australian representative to IAAE. Selection will be based on the quality of the paper submitted to the Conference and other elements of the application. If you are eligible, I would like to encourage you to apply.
We encourage all of you to participate at the Conference and submit contributed papers. Please see
here for the conference details, or visit
the conference website.
Some important dates to remember regarding the conference are as follows:
Conference dates: 16 to 22 August 2009
Learning workshops: Sunday 16th August 2009
Official opening and first plenary sessions: Monday 17th August 2009
Final sessions and departure: Saturday 22nd August 2009
Deadline for contributed papers: 30 November 2008
Deadline for proposals on discussion groups, mini-symposia, learning workshops and computer sessions: 31 January 2009