2026 SDAE Annual meeting
November 21-23, 2026
Marriott marquis houston
houston, tx
The SDAE will sponsor sessions and host its 2026 Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
at the Southern Economic Association (SEA) 96th Annual Meeting.
Call for papers and session proposals
The SDAE is now accepting proposals for papers, paper panels, and discussion panels for its sponsored sessions at the SEA 96th Annual Meeting. To complete a submission, please access and submit the following form:
SDAE 2026 Paper and Panel Submission Form
The proposal deadline is Saturday, April 18, 2026.
Submission Review and Acceptance
The SDAE will review all submissions for consideration of inclusion on the allied organization conference program at the SEA 96th Annual Meeting. The SEA will send formal notifications of acceptance in early to mid-June 2026.
Conference Registration
The SEA requires that all participants in the meeting register and pay the corresponding registration fee. The SEA will share more information about conference registration, including a link to reserve lodging at the Marriott Marquis Houston, with the formal notification of acceptance.
Session Length, Format, and Schedule
The SDAE breakout sessions at the SEA Annual Meeting are scheduled on each of the three meeting days. Sessions are one hour and forty-five minutes in length and have at least four, prefferrably five paper presentations or panelists. The SEA conference organizers schedule the meeting. The SDAE does not have the ability to schedule presentations on specific days and or at specific times.
contact
Questions and comments may be directed to SDAE Vice President, Adam Martin, at sdae@ttu.edu.
annual Dinner and business meeting
Information about the 2026 annual dinner and business meeting will be shared this fall.
Contact Jayme Lemke (jlemke@mercatus.gmu.edu) with questions regarding the dinner.
Prizes
The SDAE will present the following prizes at the 2026 Annual Dinner and Business Meeting:
Nominations are currently open for the 2026 Best Book and Best Article Prizes until July 31. Nominated works must have been published between January 1, 2024 and July 31, 2026.
Carl Menger Essay Contest
Details for the 2026 Carl Menger Essay Contest will be posted soon.