Welcome to the ERS Conference Center

Upcoming Conferences

ERS hosts or sponsors several conferences each year on topics that have included food assistance, rural issues, and global trade. Watch this page for upcoming conferences.

Past Conferences

2011

• National Conference on Rural Wealth Creation and Livelihoods
  (10/3 - 10/5, Washington, DC)
• 2011 Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Conference
  (9/23/11, Washington, DC)
• Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings
  (9/22/11, Washington, DC)
• Using Scanner Data to Answer Food Policy Questions Conference
  (6/1 - 6/2, Washington, DC)
• Invasive Species Management: 2011 PREISM Workshop
  (5/17, Washington, DC)
• ERS 50th Anniversary
  (5/4 - 5/5, Washington, DC)
• USDA Organic Farming Systems Research Conference (3/16 - 3/18, George Washington University, Washington, DC)

2010

• Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings (9/24/10, Washington, DC)
• Causes and Consequences of Global Agricultural Productivity Growth (5/11-12, 2010, Washington, DC)
• Incorporating Behavioral Economics into Federal Food and Nutrition Policy (4/15-16, 2010, Washington, DC)
• Centennial Celebration for the Food Availability Data System (2/26, 2010, Washington, DC)
• Evolving Agricultural Policies in a Changing World: Review of OECD agricultural policy work with emphasis on domestic policies in North America (1/19-20, 2010, Washington, DC)

2009

• FY 2010 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings (12/10)
• 2009 Invasive Species Management: 2009 PREISM Workshop (10/22-10/23)
• 2009 Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) (10/15-16/09)
• Workshop on Local Food Systems (6/26/2009, Washington, DC)
• Agricultural Outlook Forum 2009 (2/26/2009-2/27/2009, Arlington, VA)

2008

• FY 2009 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings (12/04/08)
• Invasive Species Management: 2008 PREISM Workshop (10/23-10/24/08)
• 2008 Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Conference (10/16-10/17/08)
• Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Understanding Food Deserts (10/09/08)
• Workshop on Broadband in the Rural Economy (9/29-9/30/08)
• Workshop on Emerging Issues in Global Meat Trade (9/18-9/19/08)
• The End of the Multifiber Arrangement: Impact on Developed and Developing Countries Conference (1/31-2/1/08)

2007

• Food and Nutrition Assistance Research:  Emerging Issues and Recent Findings (12/6/07)
• IRAC-Sponsored Public Conference: Risk Assessment, Economic Analysis, and Foodborne Illness Regulations (11/16/2007)
• Invasive Species Management: 2007 PREISM Workshop (10/18/2007-10/19/2007)
• New Developments in U.S. Land-Use Data Collection and Analysis: Implications for Agriculture and Rural Land (10/16/2007-10/17/2007)
• Data Needs for Agri-Environmental Policy Modeling and Analysis (10/15/2007)
• 2007 Food Assistance and Nutrition RIDGE Conference (10/11/2007-10/12/2007)
• International Agricultural Productivity Growth Workshop (03/15/2007)
• USDA Outlook Forum (03/01/2007-03/02/2007)
• 2007 Food Assistance Research Conference (01/12/2007)

2006

• 2007 Food Assistance Research Conference (11/17/2006)
• 2006 FANRP Small Grants Conference (10/12/2006-10/13/2006)
• Henry C. Taylor Lecture (09/20/2006)
• USDA Outlook Forum (02/16/2006-02/17/2006)
• The 2006 FANRP Conference: Recent Findings and Emerging Issues (02/15/2006)