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CEA 2026

The 60th Annual Meetings of the Canadian Economics Association will be hosted by the Department of Economics at Simon Fraser University (SFU) from May 28th to May 30th, 2026. The conference sessions will take place at the downtown campus of SFU located at 515 West Hastings Street. 

An Online Day of Meetings will be held virtually on Friday, May 22nd, 2026.

Programme chair is Professor Paul Beaudry (Vancouver School of Economics, UBC) and the local organizers are Professor Steeve Mongrain and Professor Kevin Schnepel at Simon Fraser University.

Local Information

See here for Air Travel Discount Codes and our Accomodations page for information about our hotel call-in blocks.

What Else is Happening in Vancouver

Reproducibility Workshop
Register for the free, intensive training event: "Summer School in Research Reproducibility: Ensuring the Transparency and Credibility of Your Work" for researchers of all levels on May 28th from 9AM-3PM. Travel Grants available for students. Apply here.

Replication Games
Register for the Replication Games on May 27th: a free,1-day event from 8:45AM-4:45PM which provides early career researchers and graduate students alike an opportunity to expand their knowledge of good practices while networking with local researchers.

Canadian Conference on AI, Robots & Vision (AI/CRV) on May 25-29
Information regarding the conference along with a registration link and schedule details can be found here. 

Undergraduate Poster Sessions

Portal now open! For past winners and submissions details see the website here. 

Exhibitor Registration

Exhibitors at the CEA Annual Conference are offered a prime location to meet with members of the Economics community of Canada and around the world. Registration Page for Exhibitors here. 

Daycare

For daycare options see the a link for local childcare here. In addition please check with your hotel to find out if childcare is available directly with hotel concierge. 

Media Inquiries & Complimentary Press Passes

For details on complimentary media passes, please see the media page.

Session Organizers

Groups or individuals organizing sessions are asked to contact the program office at cea.confererence@gmail.com (Attn: Chelo Ferrer-Gonzalez) by January 31st. For further details, see the session organizers page.

Student Travel Grants

Please submit your registration form and travel grant application before the deadline of March 15th, 2026. Application information forthcoming.

  • Important Dates and Deadlines

    December 2025 The programme chair starts accepting submissions of papers for presentation at the conference through the web interface.
    January 31, 2026 Last day for prospective special session organizers to contact the program office for booking blocks of sessions.
    February 1, 2026 Advance registration for the conference commences.
    February 13, 2026 Deadline to submit your paper or abstract.
    March 13, 2026 Last day for travel grant applications to be submitted to the CEA.
    March 24, 2026 Last day for notifying paper submitter on the acceptance or rejection of their paper for presentation.
    April 3, 2026 Last day for presenters to register. Presenters must register by this date or lose their conference program slot.
    Mid-April The preliminary program is expected to become available.
    May 3, 2026 Early registration ends and late registration fees apply thereafter.
    May 4, 2026 Last day to withdraw and receive a refund (full refund minus a $75 administration fee). After this date, the registration fee is non-refundable. 
    May 22, 2026 Online session day.
    May 28, 2026 Embrace Day sessions.
    May 29-30, 2026 The in-person sessions for paper presentations.

Contact:
office@economics.ca

The Canadian Economics Association is a federal not-for-profit corporation.
GST/HST registration number: 803271592
QST registration number: 1225222921

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