Beyond the Numbers - Wednesday-Friday, November 12-14, 2025
https://www.stlouisfed.org/res
Call for Proposals Submission deadline: Friday, June 6, 2025
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis seeks submissions for its conference on economic information. This conference will bring together librarians, information professionals, data researchers, and data managers to improve understanding of economic resources and how to find, use, and share them.
We encourage users, educators, creators, curators, and managers of economic, business, and financial information to share their expertise with an enthusiastic and knowledgeable community of peers.
Presentation types include:
- Lightning talks: 5-7 minutes
- Short sessions: 20 minutes
- Sessions, Panels, Workshops: 45-minute full sessions (will consider up to 90 minutes max)
Please include the following information in your submission:
- Title:
- Presenter(s):
- Presenter affiliation(s):
- Presenter email(s):
- Presentation type:
- Abstract (250 words max):
Abstracts for each proposal should be no more than 250 words. Clearly state the aim of the presentation, the topic, and the specific knowledge attendees will gain.
All proposals will be reviewed by the conference organizing committee. Conference Organizing Committee - Beyond the Numbers 2025<https://events.stlouisfed
Please submit your proposals by Friday, June 6, 2025, via email to Scott.StLouis@stls.frb.org and copy research.event.services@stls.f
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- Library instruction and reference work using economic data: case studies, best practices, key concepts, ethics, et cetera.
- Tools for working with data, ranging from extraction to cleanup to analysis and visualization: tutorials, best practices, what to avoid, et cetera.
- New, misunderstood, or underused economic information tools and sources, such as: artificial intelligence, papers and data stored in institutional repositories, data on international economic and financial conditions, non-traditional sources of data for economics research, et cetera.
- Best practices for promoting the FAIR data principles - findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse - including approaches to data archiving and preservation.
- Open information for economics: sources, issues, trends, and developments.
Kind Regards,
Adrienne
Adrienne Brennecke, Manager
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
adrienne.j.brennecke@stls.frb.
