Economics is essential to many of the pressing issues of our time including climate and the energy transition, aging population, inequality, geoeconomic competition, resource management and circular economy, healthcare, water and food security, poverty employment and livelihoods. It is with this in mind that Australian Conference of Economists (ACE) 2025 will explore Ideas for a Changing World, illustrating the practical and solution focused contribution of economics to these challenges. An acceleration in the availability, use and scale of data and experimental techniques has transformed our approach to these challenges. We welcome submission of papers on these pressing issues.

Additionally, 2025 represents the centenary of the Economic Society of Australia. Now in its fifty-fourth year, ACE 2025 will recognise the contribution economists have made to Australian society, business, finance and public policy over the past 100 years. During this time, towering Australian born or adopted economists have also contributed to many international debates, from the Great Depression to Bretton Woods. Economics has been central to many of the turning points in Australian history including industrial relations, trade, monetary, social and health policies. As we navigate a new turning point, economics is more central than ever.

We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney for in July 2025.

Ashley Brosnan

President, ESA NSW