39th IARIW General Conference

Brussels, Belgium | August 24 – 28, 2026

Thank you!

Thank you for attending the 39th IARIW General Conference! Please check back soon for the post-conference survey. Questions or feedback? Email info@iariw.org.

Timeline:
  • Abstract Submissions Open – April 24, 2025 – October 31, 2025
  • Abstract Submission Notifications – February 2, 2026  
  • Registration Portal Opens – March 25, 2026
  • Early Registration Ends – May 31, 2026
  • Deadline for Editing Paper Titles and Abstracts – July 15, 2026
  • Conference Registration Ends – July 31, 2026
  • Conference Papers Due – July 31, 2026
  • Conference Posters Due – August 10, 2026
  • Discussant Presentation Upload Deadline – August 19, 2026
Important Links:
Presenter/Discussant/Chair Guidelines and Information:

–Steps for Uploading Discussant Slides, Presentation Files, and Papers to Oxford. 

General Information:

  • Flashdrives aren’t allowed to be used at the National Bank of Belgium. Papers/slides will all have to be uploaded to Oxford Abstracts and accessed via the IARIW program site during the conference to present. Here is a guide with step-by-step instructions on how to do that. That means that whatever is uploaded to the site needs to be the final version of your presentation. If you need to make changes after Sunday, 23 August, please email info@iariw.org.
  • Uploads in PPT or PDF only. Please doublecheck your upload afterwards to make sure it renders correctly. If it includes audio, animation or anything else unusual, please let us know. Do not include any password protected files. Please include the name of your session, the day and time, and the discussant’s name in the file name.
  • The deadline to upload papers for discussants to read to Oxford Abstracts is 31 July (authors can also upload presentation slides to help the discussants). The deadline for discussants to upload slides to Oxford Abstracts is 19 August. The deadline to upload posters to Oxford Abstract for printing is 10 August.
  • The only person who can upload to Oxford Abstracts is the submitter of the paper; most submitters are also the presenter of the paper. Please make sure to send that person any updates to the abstract, the full paper for the discussant, and discussant slides/presentation materials. An email will be sent to all authors on the paper with the contact info for the submitter, please refer to that email. If you still need their email address, please reach out to info@iariw.org.

Role Specific Information

  • Paper Presenters: Please make sure that your full paper is uploaded to Oxford Abstracts or send your paper directly to your discussant by 31 July. An email will be sent to all authors on the paper with the contact info for the submitter, please refer to that email. If you still need contact info for your submitter, please reach out to info@iariw.org.
  • Poster Presenters: Posters will be printed in Brussels and delivered to the conference. This means you will not need to bring a printed poster to the conference. To accommodate printing, please post a pdf file of your poster (in A0 size, 84.1 x 118.9 cm, portrait orientation preferred), on the Oxford abstract portal by 10 August. If you cannot upload it, you can send it to
  • Discussants: Please make sure that your slides for presentation during the conference are uploaded by 19 August. The submitter of the paper is the only one that can upload the slides so please send to your submitter for upload. An email will be sent to all paper authors/discussants on the paper with the contact info for the submitter, please refer to that email. If you still need contact info for your submitter, please reach out to info@iariw.org.
  • Chairs: The chair can be critical to the success of a session. The principal challenge for a chair is to enforce time allotments. A presenter who runs over their allotted time is using time that belongs to another presenter or the audience.
    • Ensure that the papers are presented in the order listed on the Oxford Abstract program as participants may need to more between sessions.
    • Ensure that authors and discussants understand that the discussant speaks first, presenting the paper and providing comments, followed by audience questions, and then the author responds. Usually, the timing is 18-20min for discussant, 5min for questions, and 5-7 min for author’s response.  Please ensure a balanced contribution from the discussant, author and audience.
    • Start the session on time and state the ground rules at the beginning of the discussion, including timing and commitment to the discussion.
    • Chairs introduce the discussants and author presenters, and provide a brief (few sentences, 1min) description of the session – why it is an important session.
    • This introduction time is not built into the 30 minutes for each paper. Hence, chairs may need to adjust the timings as the session proceeds to make sure that the session does not go over the ending time by more than a few minutes.
    • Monitor the clock. Presenters who appear to be off track to complete on time should be cautioned mid-presentation.  Chair can use signs that read, “5 minutes,” “2 minutes”, “1 minute”, and “Stop” to help alert presenters to their timing.
    • Chairs should sit in the front row of the audience, facing the presenters, rather than at the head table, during the presentations.
    • Be prepared to initiate the question period if the audience is not engaged, and ensure that audience questions and statements are short and to the point.
Themes: Please see here for detailed theme descriptions & organizers.
  • Theme 1: Advancing Well-being Measurement and Application: Bridging Research and Practice
  • Theme 2: Determinants of Well-being
  • Theme 3: Non-Traditional Data
  • Theme 4: Advances in Distributional National Accounts
  • Theme 5: Challenges in Measuring Consumption: Today’s Choices and Tomorrow’s Outcomes
  • Theme 6: Inequality and Housing: Micro and Macro Perspectives on Housing Affordability
  • Theme 7: Capital Stock
  • Theme 8: Inequality of Opportunity, the Top End of the Income Distribution, and the Political Salience of Inequality
  • Theme 9: The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA)
  • Theme 10: Productivity and Infrastructure
  • Theme 11: Other
Program Committee:
  • Charles Yuji Horioka, Center for Social Systems Innovation at Kobe University
  • Shatakshee Dhonghe, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Jorrit Zwijnenburg, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Marina Gindelsky, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Questions? Email info@iariw.org.