WEAI conferences bring together audiences from all over the world and provide an opportunity for the economic community to collaborate, share and learn. The first conference was convened in 1922 in Portland, Oregon. WEAI's Annual Conference is held in the summer each year and attracts over 1,000 attendees from around the world and regularly includes over 300 concurrent sessions from all areas of economics. The International Conference began in 1994 and brings between 300 and 500 economists from around the world together to share the latest in research and methodology. We encourage professionals at all stages in their career to come and experience a WEAI conference.