The International Conference on Coexistence between Genetically Modified (GM) and non-GM based Agricultural Supply Chains (GMCC)

Call for Papers

The program and organizing committees of the International Conference on Coexistence between Genetically Modified (GM) and non-GM based Agricultural Supply Chains (GMCC-15) invite abstracts for posters, contributed papers, organized sessions, and pre- and post-conference workshops. Submissions may address any aspect of coexistence in international supply chains (economics, law, technical aspects, industry, and crop cultivation).

 Topics of Interest

• Coexistence at crop, farm, and landscape level

• Segregation in food and feed supply chains

• Detection of events

• Technical solutions to coexistence

• Testing methods and standards

• Adventitious and low-level presence and associated policies

• Regulatory implications of developments in trait discovery and biotechnology techniques

• Regulation and deregulation of events

• Socioeconomic impact of coexistence

• International trade, TTIP, and segregation

• Legal and ethical aspects of coexistence

• Industry and private standards for coexistence

• GM pipeline of new events, crops, and target markets

• Case studies of successful coexistence

Upcoming Deadlines

Deadline abstract submission: April 30, 2015

Notification of authors: June 30, 2015

Deadline for early online registration: September 15, 2015

Deadline full paper submission: September 15, 2015

*Registration after 1 November 2015 gives no guarantee for a place at the conference dinner and your name on the participant list.

o    Abstract submissions for posters, papers, and organized sessions can be submitted using the online submission system.

o    Proposals for pre- and post-conference workshops can be submitted via email to secretariat.gmcc2015@wur.nl. Venue NH Amsterdam Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Dam 9, 1012 JS Amsterdam, The Netherlands

To register for the conference, please fill in the registration form on the website.

• €500 - Early-Bird Conference Rate (up to September 15, 2015)
• €600 - Full Conference Rate (after September 154, 2015)
• €250 - Student Registration (must be current, full-time student)
• €50 - Conference Dinner (November 19, 2015)
• €200 - Accompanying Person (up to September 15, 2015)
• €250 - Accompanying Person (after September 15, 2015)

Further Information Website: www.wageningenur.nl/gmcc2015 Email: secretariat.gmcc2015@wur.nl

Call for Abstracts: The Economics of Beer & Brewing

Seattle, WA

September 8-9, 2015

Host Institution

IMPACT Center

School of Economic Sciences

College of Agricultural, Human, & Natural Resource Sciences

Washington State University            

The Economics of Beer & Brewing

The BEERONOMICS Conference provides a forum to exchange ideas and present high-quality economic research related to the economics of beer, brewing and related activities.

The 2015 Beeronomics conference will encompass a wide array of topics including the economics of production, international and interregional trade, industrial organization, marketing, consumption, policy and regulation, economic history, law and economics, and macroeconomics.

Join us in Seattle for this exciting conference opportunity. A tour of the hop industry will be available given sufficient interest.

Submit one page Abstracts by April 15, 2015 to beeronomics2015@gmail.com.

Hotel and Registration

The conference will be held in downtown Seattle at the Sheraton Hotel. A block of rooms with a special rate has been set aside: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/Beeronomics.

Check for registration information on the Beeronomics 2015 website: http://www.beeronomics2015.org/.

For more information, please contact Charli Hochsprung, Event Coordinator, at beeronomics2015@gmail.com, 1-509-335-5555.

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Shale Development and Agriculture

Shale development affects agriculture in diverse ways. Farmers receiving royalty payments may invest in their agricultural business, switch agricultural activities, or work less. However, competition for labor, water, land, and infrastructure, as well as land or water contamination accidents, can reduce farm profitability.

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Call for Proposals: Invited Paper Sessions

AAEA welcomes proposals for Invited Paper sessions for the 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Papers in these Invited Paper sessions may be published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics in March 2016 subject to review (If your paper is accepted, you must inform Kristen Wright at kwright@aaea.org of your plan to submit or not to submit to AJAE by March 18. Within that notification, authors should include a 250 word abstract of their paper).

Proposals from individuals or groups need to be submitted using the online Abstract Management Systemby Thursday, December 4, 2014.

Proposed session formats must include either two papers with two discussants or three papers with one discussant. Four paper sessions will not be considered.

Proposals will be evaluated by how well they satisfy the following criteria:

• The proposed session supports the objective of the Association to further the development and dissemination of systematic knowledge of agricultural and applied economics.
• The importance of the session is well-justified.
• The proposed papers are innovative and the topics are likely to generate meaningful discussion during the presentation, as well as interest in a published version.
• It is likely that the session format will be conducive to a clear, focused, and informative presentation of the topics proposed.
• The session theme and paper topics are not repetitive of themes and/or topics previously addressed in Invited Paper sessions.
• The set of sessions will appeal to a broad spectrum of the membership.

Proposals should include session title, session rationale, titles and two-page abstracts of each proposed presentation, and names and contact information of authors, discussants, and moderators.

Proposals will be reviewed and selected by a subcommittee of the AAEA Board. Final versions of the invited papers must be submitted to AgEcon Search by June 24, 2015 and should be submitted to the AJAEProceedings Issue Editor by the same date if the authors wish the invited paper to be reviewed for publication in the AJAE. 

Submit your Invited Paper Sessions in the online Abstract Management System.

If you have any questions about submitting an Invited Paper session proposal, please contact Kristen Wright at kwright@aaea.org or at (414) 918-3190.

Read the full call on our website