AEW is a monthly applied economics workshop hosted by several Asian research universities and institutes. To accommodate different time zones, all seminars are held on Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tokyo Time (i.e., 8:30-10:30 a.m. or 3:00-5:00 p.m. for Taipei, Hong Kong, and Singapore).

The typical AEW audience includes faculty members and graduate students from the sponsoring institutions (UTokyo, NTU Taiwan, NUS, HKUST, Academia Sinica, HKU, and Hitotsubashi). Approximately one-fifth of the audience is from other places. All attendees will need to register in advance. 

After the keynote seminar (75 minutes, including Q&A), the presenter of the AEW discussion paper, pre-selected by the keynote speaker, will deliver a 20-minute presentation, followed by a 10-minute open-floor discussion. We are flexible about the format in which the keynote speaker feels comfortable providing feedback. Some keynote speakers made a formal discussion voluntarily. Others joined the audience to offer informal comments. 

The faculty and Ph.D. candidates of the sponsoring institutes can sign up for a 20-minute 1-1 meeting with the keynote speaker. The number of 1–1 meetings ranges between 3 and 11, determined by demand and supply. In the event of excess demand, we prioritize seats for full-time junior faculty and Ph.D. candidates on the job market who submit a paper to the AEW discussion session.