ACCI 2025 Annual Conference

“Enhancing Consumer Well-being: Equity and Resilience”
April 15-17, 2025, Omni William Penn, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Hotel Information

Make your hotel reservation first and receive $100 off the registration price!
Make your reservation HERE

ACCI's group rate is $179 + tax per night single/double occupancy (about $204 USD)
Group rate ends March 15, 2025
Group rates are available for 3 days before and after the conference dates, based on availability.
A small block has been reserved for Federal employees. Please contact the ACCI Office if you need to book at the Federal per diem.

General information about Omni William Penn, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Registration Information

Pricing:

Professional Members - $700 until 3/15/2025; $750 after
Student Members - $400
Retiree Members - $450
Non-member (join when you register & receive member pricing) - $850

Register HERE
Registration Terms & Conditions - The Fine Print
Travel details and more here

Schedule

Overall Conference Agenda as of 1/8/2025: ACCI Conference Agenda.pdf
Presentation details will be forthcoming; acceptances going out soon!

Speakers

Colston E. Warne Lecture: Emily Gallagher, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder
Esther Peterson Consumer Policy Forum Lecture: Devesh Raval, Deputy Director for Consumer Protection at Federal Trade Commission

Sponsorship

Become a Sponsor. See our Sponsor Prospectus.

Note: ACCI’s Journal of Consumer Affairs has announced a call for papers for a special issue "Enhancing Consumer Well-Being: Equity and Resilience" The submission deadline for that call is September 1, 2025.

Conference Planning Committee Chair: Richard Stebbins
Co-Chair: Yilan Xu

Goals of the Conference

Learning about programs and research in the wide field of consumer science,
Networking to learn what others are doing,
Motivation to become refreshed, stimulated in your own work, and to keep up the new connections made here.

Conference Objectives: At the end of the conference, participants will be able to: (1) name at least three new research projects of which they were unaware; (2) describe at least three new professional contacts; and (3) explain ACCI’s mission and vision and identify at least one way in which you could become active in support of work in the consumer's interest.