RCANS 2017 (6th Regional Committee on Neogene Atlantic Stratigraphy), 10-13 July, 2017, Ponta Delgada, AZORES

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCESSUBCOMISSION ON NEOGENE STRATIGRAPHY

Dear Colleagues: It is with great pleasure that the Organizing Committee announces the RCANS 2017 (6th Regional Committee on Neogene Atlantic Stratigraphy), to be held 10-13 July 2017 at the University of the Azores (Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores).

Please consult the Congress webpage at: http://rcans2017.org/

The Organising Committee welcomes all interested researchers to take part in this exciting event with state-of-the art communications that intends to bring together an international team of experts in a pleasant atmosphere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, at the volcanic oceanic Azorean island of São Miguel!

Important datesThe Congress will be organized in accordance with the following schedule:

1. 1 January to 15 April 2017 - Submission of abstracts
2. 1 January to 15 April 2017 - Registration and Field trip bookings (at standard rates)
3. 30 April 2017 - Deadline for formal notification of acceptance of abstracts
4. 16 April to Congress - Registration and Field trip bookings late paid rates
5. 10-14 July 2017 - Congress sessions
6. 14-15 July 2017 - post-Congress field trip to Santa Maria Island

Scientific Programme

The scientific programme comprises 9 sessions (6 within the framework of the 6th RCANS and 3 within the framework of the 3rdAtlantic Islands Neogene and Quaternary International Congress – 3rd AINIC). In brackets, find the name of the chairman/coordinator of each section:

6th RCANS:

1) Neogene high-energy events in the Atlantic (Pedro Costa, FCUL, Portugal);

2) Neogene sea-level changes and its record in the Atlantic coasts;

3) Tectonic evolution of the Atlantic Domain during the Neogene (João Duarte, FCUL/IDL, Portugal);

4) Geological evolution of oceanic islands (Ricardo Ramalho, Univ. Bristol, UK & FCUL/IDL, Portugal);

5) Atlantic rocky and sandy coastlines during the Neogene (Markes Johnson, Williams College, USA);

6) Palaeogeography and palaeoecology of the Atlantic margins during the Neogene (Ilde Armenteros, Universidad Salamanca, Spain).

3rd AINIC:

7) GIS and remote sensing applications for the Atlantic Quaternary: case-studies (Artur Gil, cE3c/Univ. Açores);

8) Palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology of MIS 5e and MIS 11 deposits in the Atlantic coasts (Sérgio Ávila, CIBIO-Açores/Univ. Açores, Portugal);

9) Terrestrial ecosystems in the Atlantic during the…

Spatial data analysis in practice involves an encompassing set of skills that includes manipulation of spatial data, exploration of spatial statistics techniques and use of Geographic Information Systems.In this course students are trained to become users of spatial data analysis techniques.  Students will gain a broad knowledge of the diversity of current approaches, which methods are at hand and examples of applications using spatial data analysis in different fields. The 2017s course counts with two renowned scholars:

• Prof Robert Haining, University of Cambridge, UK, author of “Spatial Data Analysis”, Cambridge press and
• Prof Luc Anselin, Director, Center for Spatial Data Science, The University of Chicago, USA (http://spatial.uchicago.edu), responsible for the development of software such as Spacestat, Geoda and PySal.

Spatial data analysis involves exploratory and confirmatory analyses that facilitate and enhance decision making with spatial data. This includes techniques that help visualize data, identify patterns and processes, detect outliers and anomalies, test hypotheses and theories, and generate new spatial data and knowledge. It is therefore not a surprise that spatial data analysis is an emerging field, with advancing technologies and evolving applications that are fundamental for a number of sciences, geography, architecture & urban planning, transportation, criminology, demography, epidemiology and economics, just to name a few. Mobile data and services, from apps, allied to GIS, provide the necessary setting for enhanced analysis of patterns and process over time and space.

For more details, see attached the course description or contact the head teacher.

Call for papers | FIRST WORKSHOP ON URBAN AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS, June 27,28,29, 2017, Bogotá, Colombia

Giving the increasing importance of the cities as employment and sustainable living cores within a regional environment, and all the challenges on these areas for policymakers and citizens; the department of economics of the Ponticia Universidad Javeriana and the Banco de la República de Colombia will host their rst workshop on urban and regional to be held in Bogota the 27, 28 and 29 of June 2017. The workshop aims to provide researchers with a space for presenting and discussing research on urban and regional economics.

Gilles Duranton (UPenn), Nathaniel Baum-Snow (U. Toronto), Esteban Rossi Hansberg (Princeton), Klaus Desmet (SMU), Alex Anas (University at Bualo), Erick Verhoef (VU Amsterdam), Miguel Angel Garcia Lopez(UAB) are some of the special guest that have conrmed attendance.

Topics
The conference will consider the following topics: location theory, environment and the city, urban spatial structure, policies for competitive cities and regions, regional labor markets, congestion pricing, transport economics, urban inequality and segregation and gender aspects in urban areas, urban economic growth and development. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome.

The program will include key note presentations from invited speakers and policy makers.

Format
Accepted papers will be presented in parallel sessions. We will assign one discussant to every paper in its eld of expertise, so each person accepted will have the responsibility to present and discuss one paper.

Submission
We encourage, PhD students and scholars to submit papers about their original research by March 15, 2017 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Notication of acceptance will be sent by May 1st

Registration
Registration will be open after May 2nd. There will be a registration fee. Participants and attendees should cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.

All inquiries please direct to the organizing committee: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Program committee:
David Castells-Quintana, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Ana María Díaz, Ponticia Universidad Javeriana. Paula Herrera-Idárraga, Ponticia Universidad Javeriana. Luis Carlos Reyes, Ponticia Universidad Javeriana. Andrés Rosas, Ponticia Universidad Javeriana. Guillermo Sinisterra, Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración.

12 International Conference Challenges of Europe:

“INNOVATIVE RESPONSES FOR RESILIENT GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS”

17 -19 May, 2017 / Bol, Island Brač, Croatia

It is expected that all ABC participants sign up for the Conference and present a paper. Please look at the website and the link to the conference: http://conference.efst.hr/

3-year Postdoctoral Research Assistant position in Marine and Coastal
Conservation and Management at NUI Galway and the Marine Institute, Ireland

The researcher will work on a project to develop a quantitative, spatially explicit ecological risk assessment framework for development in Irish coastal waters. The framework is intended to demonstrate the use of systematic spatial planning conservation methodology as a decision support system for consent authorities. The successful candidate will work on a research award at NUI Galway, Discipline of Geography in close collaboration with the Marine Institute and the Socio-economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) at NUI Galway.

Deadline: February 17th, 2017

For more information about the post please visit: http://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/jobs/researchjobs/

1st short Announcement, JAN 2017:
The 54th Annual Meeting of the Japan Section of the RSAI
2017.01.23

The 54th Annual Meeting of the Japan Section of the RSAI will be held from 6th Fri. till 8th Sun., October 2017 in Kyoto, Japan.

Venue: Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus (Tojiin-Kitamachi, Kita-Ku, Kyoto)
http://en.ritsumei.ac.jp/access/ 

Please book your accommodation(s) by yourself as soon as possible because Kyoto starts Autumn-high season after October.

List of Organizing Committee:
Chair:
Hidehiko KANEGAE (Ritsumeikan University)

Vice-Chair:
Yusuke TOYODA (Ritsumikan University)

Committee members:
Kiyoto KUROKAWA (Ritsumeikan University)
Kenich ISHIBASHI (Nagoya Sangyo University)
Satoru ONO (Ritsumeikan Univesity)
Minji CUI (Ritsumeikan University)

Office:
Project II, The Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan
University
http://r-dmuch.jp/en/index.html 
,Komatsubara Kitamachi -58, Kita-ku, Kyoto, 6038341, JAPAN

Contact & updated information:
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
URL: http://jsrsai.jp/en/

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) in collaboration with Sam Ratulangi University invites scholars, practitioners and graduate students to submit papers to be presented in the 6th IRSA International Institute. The theme of the conference is Maritime Infrastructure and Regional Development, and it will be held in Manado, North Sulawesi on July 17-18, 2017.

Potential topics to be discussed in this conference include, but are not limited to:

• Eastern Indonesia Regional Development
• Infrastructure Development and Financing Infrastructure Development
• Logistic and Transportation
• National and Regional Competitiveness
• Public Private Partnership
• Village Fund for Infrastructure
• Political Economy and Governance of Regional Development
• Financial Inclusion
• Regional/International Trade, Public Finance, Investment and Inflation
• Rural Development, Agriculture, Urban Issues, Rural-Urban Migration
• Other Topics Related to Regional Science or Regional Development

Extended paper abstract of about 250-500 words should be submitted online via http://manado2017.irsa-indonesia.org/abstract-submission/ by April 14, 2017.

Abstract should consist of background, data and methodology, potential contribution to knowledge, and keywords. Abstracts must be submitted in English, as also the full paper.

Paper sessions are seminar-style for each paper and ample time for discussion and for participants to provide constructive feedback to authors. Paper presentations will be in English.

Important Dates