The AEA panel sessions provide a forum for the exchange of insights and expertise on important topics in economics. Topics at the 2025 meeting include:

• Accessing Confidential Federal Data for Research Purposes: Recent Advances
• Advice on Publishing in Economics and Science Journals
• AI and the Future of Work
• Ben Bernanke's Contributions to Economics
• Climate Adaptation: Policy Needs, Knowledge Gaps, and the Way Forward
• Economic Implications of AI
• Economic Policy in the Trump Administration
• Future of Higher Education
• Inflation and the Macroeconomy
• Monetary Policy
• Remembering Robert Solow (1924–2023)
• The State of First-Gen College Grads in the Economics Profession
• The Tradeoffs of Data Transparency: A Discussion of the Pros and Cons of Replication Packages, Pre-registration and Pre-analysis Plans 
• Translating Economic Research Into Public Policy: Lessons from Economists in Government
• Who Cares? Care, Care Work, and Family Leave Policies

The ASSA Annual Meeting will be held January 3–5, 2025, in San Francisco, CA. Registration is open. For details about the planned panels, check out the preliminary program.