VAE Annual Meeting / Conference

(Online Calendar of Events:  Click here for the full calendar of events.)

VAE Annual Meeting:  The 34th Annual Meeting of the VAE will take place in Richmond, Virginia on April 5 and 6, 2006.  Our Annual Meetings feature presentations on the Virginia and national economies, as well as papers by economists and analysts from across the Commonwealth.  

Each year, the highlight of the conference is the William A. Sandridge Lecture and the accompanying dinner.  The 2007 Sandridge Lecturer will be Dr. Jeffrey M. Lacker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

                                   Please make plans now to attend
                             our 2007 Annual Meeting - April 5 and 2007.

      * Conference Registration Form:     Available in Fall '06

     * Event Questions:  please please contact Dennis O'Toole, VAE president,
           at 
dmotoole@vcu.edu  or  (804) 828-1998

     * Event Program:    Word format    PDF Format    (Preliminary Program in Fall '06)

     * 2007 Sandridge Lecturer:   Jeffrey M. Lacker, president
                                                   Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
   
                                                   
Click HERE for Dr. Lacker's Bio
     
     * Lodging:
  To be announced

                        Please make lodging arrangements directly with the hotel.
                        
Please mention the VAE when reserving and checking in.

     * Area Visitor Information:  Richmond Metro. Convention & Visitors Bureau


Previous VAE Annual Meetings:

2006:

Williamsburg

April 6-7, 2006 - Woodlands Hotel

 

Keynote:

Dr. Vernon Smith, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic  Sciences (2002) and Professor of Economics & Law at George Mason University
Website - 2006 Meeting

 

 

 

2005:

Richmond

March 2005 - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

 

Keynote:

Dr. Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

     

2004:

Richmond

March 2004 - Crowne Plaza Hotel (Downtown Richmond)

 

 

 

2003:

Virginia Beach

March 13-14, 2003 - Cavalier Hotel

 

Keynote:

Gordon Tullock, Professor of Economics & Law, Center for the Study of Public Choice, George Mason University
Topic:  Erroneous Arguments for Income Redistribution

     

2002:

Richmond

March 21-22, 2002 - Crowne Plaza Hotel

 

Keynote:

Thomas Humphrey, Vice-President and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Topic:  Knut Wicksell and Gustav Cassel on the Cumulative Process and the Price Stabilizing Policy Rule

     

2001:

Charlottesville

March 15-16, 2001 - Charlottesville DoubleTree Hotel

 

Keynote:

Steven E. Rhoads, Professor of Government, University of Virginia
Topic:  Sex, Biology and Economics

     

2000:

Roanoke

March 16-17, 2000 - Hotel Roanoke

 

Keynote:

Patrick J. Michaels, Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia  and  State of Virginia Climatologist
Topic:  Global Warming: So Who's Blowing Smoke?

     

1999:

Richmond

March 25-26, 1999 - Crowne Plaza Hotel

 

Keynote:

John W. Snow, Chairman, President, and CEO, CSX Corporation
Topic:  

     

1998:

Charlottesville

March 19-20, 1998 - The Boar's Head Inn

 

Keynote:

Cynthia M. Latta, Principal Economist for DRI/McGraw-Hill and Manager of the U.S. Macroeconomic & Industry Forecast Services
Topic:  Social Security or Social Insecurity

     

1997:

Richmond

March 20-21, 1997 - Crowne Plaza Hotel

 

Keynote:

Richard F. Hokenson, Chief Economist, Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette
Topic:  International Population Developments

     

1996:

Williamsburg

March 28-29, 1996 - The Woodlands Hotel & Conference Center

 

Keynote:

Dr. Leonard Schifrin, Chancellor Professor of Economics, College of William and Mary
Topic:  Health Care Reform in the U.S.: Where Are Wek, Where Do We Go?