All sessions, whether invited or contributed, will include four papers.  The deadline for society members to join the organizing committee was December 31, 2018. The deadline for submission of invited and contributed sessions is April 1, 2019, with decisions to be announced on May 1, 2019. 
Local Organizing Committee: 

Michael Kosfeld, Goethe University Frankfurt (Chair)
Ester Faia, Goethe University Frankfurt
Francis Gross, European Central Bank
Florian Hett, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Loriana Pelizzon, Goethe University Frankfurt

Program Committee

          Chairs:

Apostolos Serletis, University of Calgary, Canada
Stephen Spear, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

         Committee Members:

Invited Sessions Organizers

William Barnett, University of Kansas, and Center for Financial Stability, NY City, barnett@ku.edu
Ernst Berndt, MITeberndt@mit.edu
Jane Binner, University of Birmingham, United KingdomJ.M.Binner@bham.ac.uk
Sadullah Celik, Marmara University, Turkeyscelik@marmara.edu.tr
Dongfeng (Karen) Chang, Shandong University, Chinadchang@sdu.edu.cn
Evangelos Charalambakis, Bank of Greeceecharalambakis@bankofgreece.gr
Michael Ellington, University of Liverpool, EnglandM.Ellington@liverpool.ac.uk
Makram El-Shagi, Henan University, Chinamakram.elshagi@gmail.com
Guohua Feng, University of North Texasghfeng26@gmail.com
Dennis Fixler, Bureau of Economic Analysisdjfixler@gmail.com
Kevin Fox, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australiak.fox@unsw.edu.au
Florian Hett, University of Frankfurt, Germanyhett@econ.uni-frankfurt.de
Robert Hill, University of Graz, Austriarobert.hill@uni-graz.at
Hylton Hollander, Stellenbosch University, South Africahylton@sun.ac.za>
Fredj Jawadi, University of Lille, Francefredj.jawadi@univ-lille.fr  
Arthur Kennickell, Graduate Center, CUNYarthur.kennickell@gmail.com
Michael Kosfeld, Goethe University Frankfurtkosfeld@econ.uni-frankfurt.de
Evangelos Kyritsis, VATT Institute for Economic Research, Finlandvangkyritsis@gmail.com
Anastasios Malliaris, Loyola University ChicagoTmallia@luc.edu
Ryan Mattson, West Texas A&M Universityrmattson@wtamu.edu
Asghar Shahmoradi, International Monetary FundAShahmoradi@imf.org
Ibrahim Tahri, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, GermanyIbrahim.Tahri@pik-potsdam.de
Victor Valcarcel, University of Texas, DallasVictor.Valcarcel@utdallas.edu
Philip Vermeulen, European Central Bank, Philip.Vermeulen@ecb.int
Sofie Waltl, LISER, LuxembourgSofie.Waltl@liser.lu
Libo Xu, University of San Franciscolxu37@usfca.edu
Nan Zhang, Hiroshima Shudo University, Japanzhang@shudo-u.ac.jp
Florian Zimmermann, University of Bonn, GermanyFlorian.Zimmermann@briq-institute.org

Contributed Sessions Organizers

Fredj Jawadi, University of Lille, Francefredj.jawadi@univ-lille.fr: Financial Economics Dynamics
Chander Kant, Seton Hall University, kant@kresearch.org: Convergence, Catch-up, Inter-country Income Inequality,
     Long-term Economic Growth
Ryan Mattson, West Texas A&M Universityrmattson@wtamu.edu: Empirical Applications of the Divisia
     Aggregates
Xiao Qiao, Paraconic Technologies US Inc.xiaoqiao10@gmail.com: Return Predictability and Volatility Modeling
Stephen Spear, Carnegie Mellon Universityss1f@andrew.cmu.edu: Recent Developments in Quantitative
     Economics and Finance
Marcel Timmer, University of Groningen, Netherlandsm.p.timmer@rug.nl: Productivity, International Trade,
     Economic Growth, Welfare Management
Philip Vermeulen, European Central BankPhilip.Vermeulen@ecb.int, Measurement of Wealth and Consumer
     Price Indexes