The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) is the largest international association of applied economists, strategists, academics, and policy-makers committed to the application of economics. Founded in 1959, it is one of the member organizations of the Allied Social Science Associations. According to the association's website, "NABE's mission is to provide leadership in the use and understanding of economics.". NABE was holding its annual conference at the Marriott World Trade Center hotel during the 9/11 attacks. The association's membership is divided into subject-oriented subdivisions or round tables, including: financial, health economics, international, manufacturing, real estate/construction, regional/utility, small business/entrepreneurship, technology, and transfer pricing. Each round table plans and executes webinars and sessions at NABE meetings each year. NABE also has local and student chapters in many cities and much of the United States. Leadership Presidents Past presidents of the NABE include former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan and Federal Reserve, Council of Economic Advisers and Congressional Budget Office advisor Diane C. Swonk. Since 2009, NABE's executive director has been Tom Beers, former chief economist of the Manufactured Housing Institute and economist with the National Association of Realtors and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Past presidents include: Activities NABE Annual Meeting: The NABE Annual Meeting features speakers, panel discussions, educational sessions, and networking opportunities. In addition to NABE Members and those in related fields, attendees include business leaders, government officials, analysts, investors, and members of the business media. Economic Policy Conference: Held annually in the spring in Washington, DC, focuses "on the one seemingly-unpredictable variable that regularly confounds many economists and their models: economic policy". Speakers at the Economic Policy Conference typically include leaders from the Federal Reserve Board, Treasury Department, Congressional Budget Office, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and other government agencies, in addition to analysts at think tanks and other institutions. Webinars/Teleconferences: Each of the ten NABE Roundtables conducts regular webinars and teleconferences on topics within its area of interest. These sessions are available to both members and non-members. Publications: NABE offers a variety of publications. Business Economics, its journal - as below - is best known of these. NABE Surveys: NABE regularly conducts three surveys of its membership: the Outlook Survey, the Industry Survey, and the Economic Policy Survey. The NABE Outlook Survey, the most well-known of the NABE surveys, provides the consensus forecast of NABE’s professional economic forecasters. Education and career development Certified Business Economist: NABE offers