Interest Check: CSQIEP Conference August 5-7, 2024

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CSQIEP (AEA’s committee on the status of LGBTQ+ individuals in the economics profession) hopes to host a conference in San Diego, California on August 5-7, 2024, pending approval of the AEA Executive Committee at its January 2024 meeting. At this stage, we at CSQIEP are trying to assess interest. Registration itself will take place in winter/spring 2024. For now, we need a measure of interest to complete our planning. If you are or may be interested in attending, please complete the form at https://forms.gle/NRCvkDkF7VRtFMD7A

Here are the key details:

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·        The conference’s goal is mentoring LGBTQ+ graduate students by building community, sharing resources such as career, job market, and grad school advice, and providing feedback on research

  • We anticipate being able to cover travel costs (max $500 per person) and up to 3 nights hotel (double occupancy) for graduate students
  • We expect non-students to pay their own travel and accommodation costs.
  • Meals and coffee breaks provided Monday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon
  • For more info about conference programming, contact Kitt Carpenter (christopher.s.carpenter@vanderbilt.edu)
  • For more info about conference logistics, contact Martha Olney (olney@berkeley.edu)

Feel free to share this info with friends in other econ/econ-adjacent programs. We have a big marketing push this week, but as with all marketing pushes, it will have unanticipated holes in it. And it never hurts for someone to receive the same information multiple times.