MEA Conference 2025

Join us for the 2025 MEA conference! We have a great program this year with Menzie Chinn delivering the Hurwicz Lecture.

This year’s theme is “Economics in the News"

Highlights include:

Hurwicz Lecture: Keynote address by Menzie Chinn, Professor of public affairs and economics the University of Wisconsin-Madison on trade and tariffs

Panel Discussion: Leading experts on how we use and interpret economic data

Student Poster Contest: Undergraduate and graduate students share their research

CDC: Atrium 3

8:30-9:00am: Registration/Coffee

9:00-9:15am: Welcome/introductions: Dr. Kristine West, St. Catherine University

9:15-10:15am: Leonid Hurwicz Lecture: Dr. Menzie D. Chinn, Professor of Public Affairs and Economics, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin

10:15-10:45 am: Student research posters and coffee break

10:45 am-noon: Roundtable discussion on economic data: Angelina Trâm Nguyễn, Director of the Labor Market Information Office, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. Aaron Sojourner, Senior Researcher, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Abigail Wozniak, Vice President and Director of the Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

12:15 – 1:00 pm: Lunch, MEA Business Meeting, Student Paper Contest winners

1:00 - 1:30 pm: Student research posters – more time to mingle and network!