Meetings

These events are held by population research-related organizations or individuals in conjunction with the annual meeting. MIM attendees may come from the PAA Annual Meeting community or from outside the annual meeting audience. Please check out all of this year's MIMs and add them to your schedule.

Monday, May 4, and Tuesday, May 5

2026 FSCPE Spring Meeting (Invite only)
9:00 am - 5:00 pm, America's Center Room 106

Wednesday, May 6

• Feminist Demography Workshop
  8:00 am – 5:00 pm, America's Center Room 266
  
  
• Frontiers in Mortality
  8:30 am – 5:30 pm, America's Center Room 265
  
  
• 2026 FSCPP Annual Meeting
  9:00 am – 5:00 pm, America's Center Room 106
  
  
• Medically Assisted Reproduction and Fertility in a Changing Demographic Landscape
  9:00 am – 12:30 pm, America's Center Room 262
  
  
• Measuring Heat for Use in Population Research
  1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, America's Center Room 261
  
  
• Economic Demography Workshop
  1:00 pm – 6:00 pm, America's Center Room 280
  
  
• The Demographic and Health Surveys Program: Revitalization, Innovation, and What’s Next
  1:30 pm – 3:00 pm, America's Center Room 262
  
  
• Demography and Economics Coordinating Center (DECC) (Invite only)
  2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, America's Center Room 225
  Poster session and networking event for the NIA Demography and Economics Centers.
  
  
• Demography and Economics Coordinating Center (DECC) (Invite only)
  4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, America's Center Room 240
  Meeting for directors of NIA Demography and Economics Centers and NIA program officials. 
  
  
• NICHD Center and Training Directors Meeting
  5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, America's Center Room 262

Thursday, May 7

• IUSSP Laureate Ceremony for Jane Bertrand
  5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, America's Center Room 101
  
  
• Harvard Pop Center Party (Invite only)
  6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, Landmark 7 - Marriott St. Louis Grand
  
  
• Penn State Population Research Institute Networking Night
  6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Landmark 4 - Marriott St. Louis Grand
  
  
• Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) Population Working Group
  6:30 pm – 7:00 pm, America's Center Room 371
  
  
• Harmonizing Geographic U.S. Census Data Across Time: Resources from IPUMS NHGIS
  6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Landmark 1 - Marriott St. Louis Grand
  
  
• Cornell Population Center & NextGenPop Reception
  6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Landmark 3 - Marriott St. Louis Grand

Friday, May 8

• Research on East Asian Demography and Inequality (READI)
  7:00 am – 8:00 am, Landmark 5 - Marriott St. Louis Grand
  
  
• Human Development and Fertility: New Evidence and Enduring Debates
  12:15 pm – 1:30 pm, America's Center Room 370
  
  
• U of M, UCLA, Wisconsin, Brown, and Washington Reception
  6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Landmark 4 - Marriott St. Louis Grand
  
  
• Princeton University OPR
  6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Landmark 2 - Marriot St. Louis Grand
  
  
• The Future of DHS: Supplemental and Alternative Data Sources
  7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Landmark 6 - Marriott St. Louis Grand

Saturday, May 9

• PAA Annual Membership Meeting 🍩☕
  8:30 am – 9:30 am, America's Center Room 263 

Guidelines

See all Member-Initiated Meeting guidelines and instructions. 

Meeting Organizer?

See this page for all contacts to help with the set up of your event. 

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Please make note of the following:

• Participants attending the PAA 2026 and a Member-Initiated Meeting (MIM) are required to register for the annual meeting. 
• Submit one application per part or day. For example, if the event has two parts, takes place in both the morning and afternoon, or occurs over two days, a separate application should be used for each.
• We do not promote or list events that coincide with PAA research sessions or other PAA events within PAA Annual Meeting materials or outlets.
• Room assignment notifications will be sent after February 5, 2026. Due to limited availability, no changes or additional MIM applications will be accepted once assignments are made. A $200.00 administrative fee will be billed at the time of room assignment.