2018 LERA@ASSA Participant Info |
ALL MEETING PARTICIPANTS | Session Chairs | Session Presenters (Authors) | Session Panelists | Session Discussants Dear LERA@ASSA 2018 Participant, Thank you for attending and participating in the upcoming LERA@ASSA 2018 in conjunction with the ASSA/AEA. We are excited you will be there! Bookmark this page, and check back often. Here, we will post links, checklists, and information that you will need to have in-hand as the meeting approaches. Participants presenting a paper are invited to publish in the Proceedings of the LERA Annual Meeting (Chairs/Discussants are also invited to publish remarks and poster session participants are invited to publish an abstract.) Cordially, Information for All Meeting Participants
Additional Checklists: Session ChairsThank you for attending and participating in the upcoming LERA@ASSA 2018 in conjunction with the ASSA/AEA as a session Chair! We are excited about this program and your involvement, and we hope you enjoy the conference. To help you prepare, please find information below that you will need in the coming months. Session chairs play a very special role at our meeting; without you, a successful event would not be possible. Please download and read this letter with more complete information about chairing a session at the LERA meeting. Here is a summary: 1. Verify program information – Could you take a moment to look up your session information in our online program? Is the listing accurate? If you have changes in the coming months, please let us know and we will update the information in the online program, and (if time allows) the final printed program that we will distribute on site. 2. Contact Session Participants – We ask that you contact your session participants and request from them both 1) a copy of their paper or presentation if any, and 2) a brief biography to help you with introductory remarks as you will responsible for introducing the participants in your session. You should ask to receive these materials by November 14, 2017. We also instruct them to forward this information to you, but, as Session Chair, it is ultimately up to you to obtain this information. Any contact information LERA might have can be found in the LERA Member Directory. 3. Forward Contact Information for Session Participants to LERA – Also if you could, please forward contact information for your session participants to [email protected] if you have any changes with your participants leading up to the conference. We ask because we plan to send informative emails/mail to participants at various times throughout the coming months, and if we don't have their contact information on file, they will miss deadlines regarding registration, hotels, speaker information, etc. Any contact information LERA already has on file, if you have questions, can be found in the LERA Member Directory. 4. Determine and Enforce Time Limits for Session Participants – At the meeting, two hours should be allotted for your session (please check the online program for your session specifics), with time reserved for questions and comments from the audience. Therefore, presenters should have about 10-12 minutes each, depending on the number of participants in your session, to present their material. You should determine and communicate these time limits to participants and you enforce the time limits at the meeting. 5. Publish in the LERA Proceedings – If your session will have papers presented in it, then we would invite you to submit remarks as Chair (considered discussant remarks) for publication in the LERA Proceedings of the Annual Meeting. Please let us know by February 10, 2018 if you plan to publish. Author guidelines can be found online, as well as the upload form. Participants in your session authoring and presenting papers and discussants (if any) are also invited and encouraged to submit their papers/remarks. Papers can be submitted any time from now until July 15th online, and it’s no problem to submit a revised version later if need be. Session Presenters (Speakers who are paper authors)Thank you for attending and participating in the upcoming LERA@ASSA 2018 in conjunction with the ASSA/AEA as a presenter. We are excited about this program and your involvement, and we hope you enjoy the conference. To help you prepare, please find information below that you will need in the coming months. 1. Verify program information – Could you take a moment to look up your session information in our online program? Is the listing accurate? If you have changes in the coming months, please let us know and we will update the information in the online program, (and if changes are prior to printing) in the final printed program that we will distribute at the meeting. 2. Time limits for session participants – Two hours is allotted for the session (please refer to online program for specifics), with time reserved for questions and comments from the audience. Therefore, participants are given about 10-12 minutes each, depending on the number in the session, to present their material. Your session chair has been asked to determine and communicate these time limits to you and to enforce them at the meeting. 3. Forward Presentation and Bio by November 14 – Please forward a copy of your paper or presentation to your session Chair and Discussant(s) (if any) by Nov. 14, 2017 to allow them time to review and prepare remarks. In addition to your paper/presentation, you will also need to supply the Chair of your session with brief biographical remarks for yourself so that they can introduce you. You can locate your session chair and discussants using the online program, and any contact information we might have for them can be found in the LERA Member Directory. 4. Publish in the LERA Proceedings– If you are presenting a paper, then we invite you to publish it in the LERA Proceedings of the Annual Meeting. Please let us know by February 10, 2018 if you plan to publish. To actually submit remarks Author guidelines can be found online, as well as the upload form. Session Panelists (Speakers without papers)Thank you for attending and participating in the upcoming LERA@ASSA 2018 in conjunction with the ASSA/AEA as a panelist. We are excited about this program and your involvement, and we hope you enjoy the conference. To help you prepare, please find information below that you will need in the coming months. 1. Verify program information – Could you take a moment to look up your session information in our online program? Is the listing accurate? If you have changes in the coming months, please let us know and we will update the information in the online program, (and if changes are prior to printing) in the final printed program that we will distribute at the meeting. 2. Time limits for session participants – Two hours is allotted for the session (please refer to online program for specifics), with time reserved for questions and comments from the audience. Therefore, participants are given about 10-12 minutes each, depending on the number in the session, to present their material. Your session chair has been asked to determine and communicate these time limits to you and to enforce them at the meeting. 3. Forward Presentation and Bio by November 14 – Please forward a copy of your paper or presentation to your session Chair and Discussant(s) (if any) by Nov. 14, 2017 to allow them time to review and prepare remarks. In addition to your paper/presentation, you will also need to supply the Chair of your session with brief biographical remarks for yourself so that they can introduce you. You can locate your session chair and discussants using the online program, and any contact information we might have for them can be found in the LERA Member Directory. Session DiscussantsThank you for attending and participating in the upcoming LERA@ASSA 2018 in conjunction with the ASSA/AEA as a discussant. We are excited about this program and your involvement, and we hope you enjoy the conference. To help you prepare, please find information below that you will need in the coming months. 1. Verify program information – Could you take a moment to look up your session information in our online program? Is the listing accurate? If you have changes in the coming months, please let us know and we will update the information in the online program, (and if changes are prior to printing) in the final printed program that we will distribute at the meeting. 2. Time limits for session participants – Two hours is allotted for the session (please refer to online program for specifics), with time reserved for questions and comments from the audience. Therefore, participants are given about 10-12 minutes each, depending on the number in the session, to present their material. Your session chair has been asked to determine and communicate these time limits to you and to enforce them at the meeting. 3. Receive Papers by November 14 – We have requested that session participants forward a copy of their paper/presentation to you by November 14 so you have time to review and prepare their remarks. If you do not receive these materials, please check with your session chair. You can locate your session chair using the online program, and any contact information we might have can be found in the LERA Member Directory. 4. Publish in the LERA Proceedings – If papers are presented in your session, then we would invite you to submit discussant remarks for publication in the LERA Proceedings of the Annual Meeting. Please let us know by February 10, 2018 if you wish to publish. Author guidelines can be found online, as well as the upload form. Ground Transportation from Airports(Information to be added.)
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