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*** EXTENDED DEADLINE ***
Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
 
 
18th ANNUAL BIOECON CONFERENCE
“Instruments and Incentive Mechanisms 
for Biodiversity Conservation 
and Ecosystem Service Provision
14th -16th September 2016
Kings College, Cambridge
United Kingdom
Hosted by the London School of Economics (LSE), the Graduate Institute-Geneva (IHEID) and Cambridge University Department of Land Economy (UCAM)

Supported by the Founding Partners of the BIOECON Network: 
IHEID, FEEM, UNEP, IUCN,GRI-LSE

With additional support from:
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) 

Keynote Speakers

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, University of Cambridge
Professor Amy Ando, Illinois University
The Scientific Partners of BIOECON are pleased to announce the Eighteenth Annual International BIOECON conference on the theme of “Instruments and Incentive Mechanisms for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Service Provision”. The conference will be held at Kings College Cambridge, England between the 14th – 16th September 2016. BIOECON 18 will be of interest to both researchers and policy makers working on issues in the area of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and sustainable development, in both developed and developing countries. In particular, we wish to explore the latest theoretical and empirical research on instruments and incentive mechanisms. The conference aims to present evidence on which instruments have worked and research on new instruments and incentive mechanisms that offer potential improvements or refinements on the existing toolkit. For instance, can conservation and environmental objectives be achieved via Conditional Cash/Social Transfers? How can Payments for Ecosystem Services be scaled-up from their current limited applications? What instruments can assist in conserving biodiversity as part of natural capital? The conference welcomes work on developed and developing country experiences.

The conference takes a broad interest in the area of resource management, development and conservation, including but not limited to: the role of biodiversity and ecosystem services in economic development, plant genetic resources and food security issues, deforestation and development, fisheries and institutional adaptation, development and conservation, wildlife conservation, and international trade and regulation. The conference will have sessions on economic development, growth and biodiversity conservation, as well as on institutions and institutional change pertaining to the management of living resources. For a flavour of previous conferences go to BIOECON 16 and BIOECON 17.  

In particular, submissions are invited on the themes of:
- Evaluation of biodiversity-related policies
- Institutional frameworks for resource conservation (property rights, market instruments etc.)
-  The role of behavioural economics in biodiversity conservation policy design

- Experimental (lab and field) approaches to biodiversity and ecosystem service conservation 
- Institution-building for provision of global public goods
- Valuation methodology and its application to biodiversity conservation
- Issues of governance and management of natural resources in developing countries
- Development, growth and resource constraints
- Resources management, distribution, development, poverty alleviation.

BIOECON also has the goal of influencing policy-makers and policy. To this end twoexpert policy panels will be organised. The purpose of these panels will be to bring together practitioners (Government, private sector, NGO) and academics from different disciplines to discuss current policy related issues in biodiversity conservation and environment. The panel sessions will be supported by and contribute to the aims and goals of and the funding partners: UNEP, IUCN and IIED. This year UNEP and IIED will be co-organising a panel discussion on the potential for Conditional Cash Transfers to secure ecosystem services and conservation objectives, in light of the recently agreed UN Sustainable Development Objectives (SDGs).

Complete papers may be submitted for presentation within the conference and only complete papers will be considered by the scientific programme committee. The deadline for submission of papers to BIEOCON 18 has been extended. Electronic copies should be sent to Ms Kristel Suijs at " href="http://customer43686.musvc2.net/e/t?q=u%3dF58PH%26n%3d8%266%3dC46P%261%3dA7LL%26w%3dosmccsunv7_4SUh_Ecd11ge7z_tSkb_6Btuqgu1p-pw6yq0w.qty%26p%3dowA8e4.6qv" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 127);">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than Tuesday 7th June 2016Please include Abstract, JEL Codes and Keywords with your submission. Acceptance of papers will be notified by email by Wednesday 22nd June 2016.  Unfortunately late papers cannot be considered.

It is also possible to submit 3-4 papers together as a suggested “special session” under one of the themes indicated above.  The Scientific Partners reserve the right to accept papers on an individual basis, so it is possible that even when a session is not accepted, individual papers within the session might be so.  

This year we would also like to receive suggestions for a special “natural sciences” or interdisciplinary parallel session to foster more interdisciplinary collaboration with the BIOECON network. Sessions proposed should focus on any aspect of biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services.

The conference will open with a reception at Kings College on early evening of Wednesday 14th of September.  Conference sessions will commence on the morning of the 15th of September and conclude on the afternoon of the 16th of September. The conference banquet will take place at the main Dining Hall of Kings College on the evening of the 15th of September. 

Selected presenters will be invited to register one presenter for the conference at the “invited presenter” rate.  The invited presenter rate consists of a £140 registration fee that will cover the costs of 2 nights single accommodation, reception, lunches, and conference banquet.  (A limited number of double rooms are available (at a surcharge of £50/night). Additional guests may be registered for lunch (£35/person) or the Conference Banquet at the additional cost of £50 per guest. There is a £250 registration fee for all other participants that will include the banquet, lunches and refreshments, but not accommodation.  There is a £130 registration fee for day-participants (that includes lunches and refreshments but not lodging and the conference banquet).  All other questions regarding fees, registrations and accommodation should be sent to Kristel Suijs at " href="http://customer43686.musvc2.net/e/t?q=h%3d0VNCB%26E%3dN%26s%3d7ULC%26u%3dbM9F%26N%3d5fg4sfoEBt_xtkU_94tnu8utt_KiXV_WRgoHwhuG-6jzP7wq.H0l%26j%3dFCx26J.skM" style="color: rgb(0, 127, 127);">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Registration will open on Tuesday 23rd June 2016. Registrations for conference presenters are due by 4th July 2016. Registration for all other participants closes on the 31st August 2016.  

Further registration details and all other conference information will be provided on the BIOECON website.

THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS


Following several requests, the deadlines for submission have been extended. Papers and extended abstracts are welcome until June 20th, 2016. Please consider to contribute or distribute this Call for Papers through your networks. 

The Second International Symposium on Cellular Automata Modeling for Urban and Spatial Systems (CAMUSS 2016) will be held in Quebec City, Canada from September 21 to September 23, 2016. CAMUSS 2016 is organized by the Centre for Research in Geomatics (CRG) and theConvergence Network, Université Laval, Canada, with the support of the Centre for Urban Policy Studies of the University of Manchester, UK.

http://www.camuss2016.ulaval.ca/
Full papers and extended abstracts due June 20th, 2016.

SYMPOSIUM TOPICS


CAMUSS 2016 invites authors to submit original research on topics including (but not limited to):

Fundamental Research in Cellular Automata 
  • Theoretical CA models
  • Cells in CA
  • Scale in CA
  • Neighborhood in CA
  • Transition rules in CA
  • Calibration of CA models
  • CA and complexity
  • Integration of CA and GIS
  • Integration of CA and remote sensing
  • Integration of CA and agent-based modeling
  • Integration of CA and supported vector machine algorithms
Other geosimulation techniques
  • Agent-based simulation
  • Artificial neural networks
  • Discrete choice theory
  • Advances in geosimulation modeling
Applications 
CA/geosimulation:
  • for land use/land cover modeling
  • for transport modeling
  • for demography modeling
  • for health and epidemiology modeling
  • for hydrology modeling
  • for fire modeling
  • and social sciences
  • of urban processes
  • in defence and security
  • of natural disasters
  • and energy networks
  • in environment
Other Applications of CA and geosimulation for modeling spatial systems.
SUBMISSION


The CAMUSS 2016 symposium consists of two refereed paper tracks: Full Papers and Extended Abstracts. Authors are invited to submit original research related to cellular automata (CA) and other geosimulation techniques (see above for detailed topics).

Full Paper Track

Full papers must be submitted in PDF format through the Easychair website. Full papers will be thoroughly reviewed by three members of the program committee. High-quality submissions will be accepted for presentation at the symposium and for publication in the proceedings (in a book of the Advances in Geographic Information Science Springer Book Series). Manuscripts must describe original work that has neither been published before, nor is currently under review elsewhere. Papers must be written in English according to Springer general Manuscript guidelinesand should not exceed 5,000 words.

Extended Abstract Track

Extended abstracts must be submitted in PDF format through the Easychair website. Extended abstracts describing work in progress will be reviewed by three members of the program committee. Accepted extended abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentation and will be published in electronic format as proceedings of the symposium. Extended abstracts must be written in English according to the symposium guidelines and should not exceed 1,500 words.

IMPORTANT DATES

  • Full papers and extended abstracts due June 20th, 2016
  • Full papers and extended abstracts notification July 11th, 2016
  • Full papers and extended abstracts camera-ready due July 25th, 2016

 
ORGANIZATION


CAMUSS 2016 Chairs
Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi, chair, Centre for Research in Geomatics, Université Laval, Canada
Nuno Norte Pinto, co-chair, University of Manchester, UK

Keynote Speakers
Professor Itzhak Benenson, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Professor Danielle Marceau, University of Calgary, Canada

Steering Committee
Michael Batty, CASA University College London, UK
Itzhak Benenson, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Geoffrey Caruso, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Helen Couclelis, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA
Yan Liu, University of Queensland, Australia
Danielle Marceau, University of Calgary, Canada
Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi, Université Laval, Canada
Nuno Norte Pinto, University of Manchester, UK
Roger White, Memorial University Newfoundland, Canada

Local Organizing Committee
Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi, Université Laval, Canada
Eveline Bernier, Centre for Research in Geomatics, Université Laval, Canada
Bernard Moulin, Université Laval, Canada
Sonia Rivest, Convergence Network, Université Laval, Canada
Hédia Sammari, Convergence Network, Université Laval, Canada

Dear All, we attach the Preliminary Program for the Seminar. You can go to www.saerargentina.com,ar to see more details of the Seminar. 

We are waiting for you! 

Kind regards!

Evelyn Colino - Pedro Elosegui

 

 

Estimados, adjunto enviamos el programa general (preliminar) del encuentro. 

No dejen de revisar la página www.saerargentina.com.ar donde encontrarán los datos de hoteles, inscripción y novedades. 

Los esperamos!

saludos cordiales

Evelyn y Pedro

Monday, 23 May 2016 10:48

ESPON News

Inspire Policy Making by Territorial Evidence

Policy Brief “Territorial Implication of Better Regulation for Europe towards 2050”

Better Regulation, with the aim to lead to EU policies achieving their objectives in the most effective and efficient way, is one of the central themes of the Dutch EU-Presidency.

Upon request the ESPON EGTC analysed possible long-term effects in case the design and implementation of the regulatory framework would not be aligned with Better Regulation.

This policy brief shows the necessity of better regulation by addressing two types of EU policies: Cohesion policy and the Transport Infrastructure policy. More

Workshop at the Metropolitan Solutions 2016

Berlin, 1st of June 2016Only two weeks to go before theWorkshop “European second tier cities in cohesive territorial development” which takes place in Berlin on the 1st of June in the framework of the Metropolitan Solutions 2016, the world’s biggest combined congress and expo for smart cities.

All speakers have confirmed their participation:

  • Michael Parkinson, University of Liverpool, UK
  • Michaela Gensheimer, ESPON EGTC, Luxembourg
  • Peter Schön, BBSR, Germany
  • Volker Schmidt-Seiwert, BBSR, Germany
  • Julian Jansen, City of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Andreas Schubert, City of Rostock, Germany
  • Katharina Erdmenger, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany
  • Luisa Pedrazzini, Lombardy Region, Italy
  • Inga Goldberga, City of Daugavpils, Latvia
  • Martin Gauk, ESPON EGTC, Luxembourg

Register HERE until Friday 27 May 2016 at 15h00. When you have registered you will receive a voucher code that you can use to get your free ticket.For more information about the event and the programme, please visit the ESPON`s website

Seminar “Territory matters: keeping Europe and its regions competitive”

Only 13 days left to register, register now!

Amsterdam, 16 and 17 June 2016 - The Seminar offers an excellent meeting and discussion forum and brings together policy makers and experts to share latest territorial evidence and to debate challenges around themes relating to the regional competitiveness.

During the event the following themes will be taken up:

  • Competitiveness of European regions
  • Impact of EU policy on national spatial planning
  • Urban Pact
  • Polycentric development at different scales
  • Cross border co-operation
  • Bottom-up planning
  • Policy focus and issues in European territorial development
  • ESPON and INSPIRE

The full updated programme is online at the ESPON`s Website

New ESPON EGTC Director

At a meeting of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme held in Brussels on 17 March 2016, the appointment of Ms Ilona Raugze as new ESPON EGTC director was announced. Ilona joined the ESPON EGTC, which includes 15 staff, on the 1st of May 2016. More 

ESPON 2020 – More information

ESPON EGTC

4 rue Erasme, L-1468 Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Phone: +352 42 59 91 4700

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

www.espon.eu, Twitter, LinkedIn

The ESPON EGTC is the Single Beneficiary of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme.

The Single Operation within the programme is implemented by the ESPON EGTC and co-financed

by the European Regional Development Fund, the EU Member States and the Partner States,

Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

The Romanian Regional Science Association, in collaboration with the Bucharest University of Economic Studies – Faculty of Administration and Public Management organises on May 19-20, 2016 the international workshop entitled “Nurturing New Talent” – a PhD workshop in regional science supported by the Regional Science Association International (RSAI).

 

Special guests are Prof. Dr. Andrés Rodriguez-Pose - London School of Economics, RSAI President, Prof. Dr. Tomaz Dentinho - University of Azores, RSAI Executive Director, Prof. Dr. André Torre -Research Professor at the National Institute for Agronomic Research, University Paris-Saclay, ERSA Vice-President and member of the RSAI Council and Mrs. Aura Carmen Raducu - former Romanian Minister of European Funds,  who will deliver keynote speeches and will offer feedback to the PhD students’ presentations.

 

Besides the PhD students from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and other Romanian universities who will present their papers, all interested PhD students are invited to attend the workshop.

 

Program attached.

Tuesday, 17 May 2016 12:53

2016 elected RSAI Fellows

RSAI is pleased to announce the election of the following Fellows in 2016:

 

Professor Philip McCann

Philip McCann

University of Groningen,

THE NETHERLANDS

 Partridge Mark1

Mark Partridge

The Ohio State University, USA

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Sergio J. Rey

Arizona State University, USA

AESOP is looking for candidates willing to host the 12th AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting in 2017. The candidate has to be an AESOP member institution.

Application Guidelines for hosting AESOP 2017 Heads of Schools Meeting


AESOP member institutions interested in hosting AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting are kindly asked to send their application before 30th May 2016 to the Secretary General (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).


The application shall contain:
(a)   Information about the hosting institution:

  • research and educational profile;
  • organizational capacity to host the event;
  • possible collaboration format with local institutions (local authorities, planning associations);
  • financial capacity to host the event;


(b)   Information about the location:

  • accessibility;
  • hotel capacity of the location;
  • public transport information;
  • average costs for participants (hotel, meals, transport/day);


(c)    Information about proposed study tours.


Council of Representatives may consider attractiveness of the place from the perspective of planners as an additional advantage of the application.

The application will be made available for the members of the Council of Representatives before the next CoRep meeting which will take place on the 3th of July, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

This email has been sent automatically by our website. Please do not answer to it. For any clarification, please refer to the contact details below.

Prof. Paulo Pinho
AESOP Secretary General

AESOP SECRETARIAT GENERAL
University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering,
Dept. Civil Engineering, Division of Spatial and Environmental Planning
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal

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Skype: AESOP.SG, Website:www.aesop-planning.eu

Content is copyright of AESOP, 2016. All rights reserved

Valued colleague, dear friend,

Due to the high number of petitions received, we have decided to extend the abstract submission deadline for the XLII Reunión de Estudios Regionalesuntil June 3th.

We take this opportunity to remind you that the Confernce will take place at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies at the University of Santiago de Compostela, from the 16th to the 18th of November, 2016 with the motto "Thirty years of European integration from the regional perspective: Past results and future challenges". Any work related with Regional Science will have its place within the wide Conference Programme, organized around 14 subject areas and 8 special sessions.

We will be grateful if you spread this information among any person that may be interested to participate. Participation may take the form of complete papers or even unfinished research work in the form of a long abstract with a minimum lenght of 1,500 words. Master and PhD first-year students may attend all the Conference sessions and events paying a reduced fee and, if they want to discuss their future research plans, they are allowed to participate in special poster sessions.

You can find all the information for registration and submission at the XLII edición de la Reunión de Estudios Regionalesweb page.

Looking forward to meet you at Santiago!

Greetings,

The Organizing Committee

Interest in spatial econometrics has increased enormously in the last two decades during which time we have observed an incredible explosion in the number of applied disciplines interested in the subject and in the number of publications that have appeared in scientific journals. Major applications of spatial econometrics that are of interest to regional scientists include areas such as agricultural economics, industrial organization, health economics, managerial economics, urban planning, education, land use, criminology, public finance, economic development, innovation diffusion, environmental studies, labor, resources and energy economics, transportation, real estate, marketing, and many others. But the list of regional sciences that can benefit from the advances in spatial econometrics is, in fact, a lot longer and likely to further increase in the future. These sessions will include both theoretical and empirical contributions related to spatial econometrics in a diversity of applied fields.

 

If you are interested participating in these special sessions please contact Giuseppe Arbia at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tuesday, 17 May 2016 12:11

Conf: ICEES 2016-Energy

2016 International Conference on Energy and Environmental Science (ICEES 2016)

Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, Thailand |
August 29-31, 2016
http://www.icees.org/

ICEES features invited keynote speeches as well as peer-reviewed paper presentations.The conference is completely open (one needs to register first), you will not have to be an author or a discussant to attend.

Publication

Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and the accepted ones will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be indexed by Ei Compendex, EI (INSPEC, IET), Scopus, Etc.

Conference Committees & Keynote / Plenary Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Nopbhorn Leeprechanon , Thammasat University, Thailand

Conference Chair
Dr. Nopbhorn Leeprechanon, Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Thammasat University, Thailand

Program Chairs
Prof. Huang Qi, UESTC, China
Prof. JB Superales, JH Cerilles State College, Philippines
Prof. Tanakorn Wongwuttanasatian, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Important Date


Submission Deadline May 30, 2016 (Round I)
Submission Deadline June 25, 2016 (Round II)

Notification Date June 20, 2016
Registration Deadline June 30, 2016
Conference Dates August 29-31, 2016

About Us

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI), founded in 1954, is an international community of scholars interested in the regional impacts of national or global processes of economic and social change.

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