CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Deadline: February 23, 2024, 11:59 pm Pacific Time

The CAES Annual Meeting Program Committee invites you to participate in the 2024 Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES/SCAÉ) Annual Meeting at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, from July 7-9. We are accepting submissions of abstracts for the Selected Paper program and proposals for Organized Sessions.

SELECTED PAPERS

Submissions on any aspect of agricultural or resource economics, including research, teaching, and/or outreach are encouraged.

Registration and Membership Requirements:

• Presenters must be members of the CAES and registered for the Annual Meeting by May 31, 2024.
• Each member may be the primary/presenting/contact author on up to two submitted abstracts, but there are no limits to co-authorship on other abstracts submitted by other individuals.

Submission Instructions:

• Proposals must be submitted in pdf format and cannot exceed 1,000 words excluding references.
• References may be included in the submission.
• To facilitate the blind review process, please do not place the author(s) name(s) on the abstract.
• A suggested format for the abstract is as follows: Title, Problem Statement/Research Questions and/or Objectives, Data and Methods, Results or Expected Results, and Implications

Submission Website and Procedures: 

After navigating to the conference software website, (https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CAES2024): 

1. If you have not submitted through the CMT system in the past, you will need to create a user account by clicking the “Registration” tab in the online system.
2. After you log in to the system, click “+ Create new submission” in the Author Console.
3. Enter the title of your paper.
4. The section “AUTHORS” should list your e-mail address, name, organization, and country.
5. To add more authors, please enter the e-mail address of your co-author and click “+ Add.” Fill in the fields to provide the name, organization, and country of your co-author and click “+ Add.” Repeat this process to add more co-authors.
6. In the section “SUBMISSION AREAS,” select the submission category. If you are submitting to the Selected Paper category, please choose the specific topic area that best characterizes your paper. If you are a graduate student who does not wish to participate in the graduate student paper competition, please use the Selected Paper category.
7. To upload your proposal in PDF format, click “Upload from Computer” and select the file.
8. Click “Submit.” You will receive a notice of your submission.

Topic Areas:  Select a topic area that matches the paper’s contribution most closely to help determine who reviews the paper:

• Graduate Student Paper Competition*
• Agribusiness
• Agricultural finance
• Agricultural marketing, demand, and price analysis
• Community and regional economics
• Consumer and household economics
• Environmental and resource economics
• Experimental and behavioral economics
• Food and agricultural policy
• International trade and development
• Production economics and farm/ranch management
• Quantitative and research methods

*Graduate student paper competition: To be eligible for this competition, a student must: a) be the lead author on the selected paper; and b) be able to submit the full paper by May 15, 2024. Only abstracts are required by the February 23^rd deadline. Selected participants will be contacted for more details.

Selection and Notification: 

• Selection will be based on input from blind peer reviews.
• Authors will be advised on the status of their proposals by March 22, 2024.

Contact:  

Direct all inquiries and correspondence to the 2024 CAES Selected Paper Program Chair Xiaoli Fan, University of Alberta, xiaoli@ualberta.ca. 

ORGANIZED SYMPOSIA

Organized sessions provide an opportunity to explore ideas that are relevant to the CAES and agricultural economics discipline. We are particularly interested in exploring novel formats, new ideas, and broader engagement strategies. We encourage members to make the most of this opportunity.

Registration and Membership Requirements: 

• Presenting authors must be members of CAES, and
• Registered for the Annual Meeting by May 31, 2024.

Proposal Instructions: 

• Proposals should not exceed 1,000 words and be submitted as a PDF file with double spacing.
• Papers should be original and not submitted elsewhere for presentation.
• The session format is open and may involve panel discussions of prepared questions, debates, roundtable meetings, or other formats.

Proposals must include the following:

• Session title
• Description of the topic, including why it will generate discussion
• Description of the session format
• List of session participants and the role each will play in the session
• List of paper or presentation titles, including all authors and affiliations

Selection and Notification:

• A committee headed by the CAES President will evaluate the proposals.
• Final selection of proposals will be based on a clearly worded rationale for their proposed organized symposium.
• Authors will be advised on the status of their proposal(s) by March 22, 2024.

How to Submit: 

• Email PDF proposals to CAES President Tristan Skolrud at skolrud@usask.ca.
• Put “CAES 2024 Organized Symposium Proposal” in the subject line.