The deadline for submitting an abstract for the 62nd North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International in Portland, Oregon is only 10 days away. In this e-mail you will find the 1) the general call for papers, 2)  an invitation to submit abstracts for special sessions on GeoComputation, 3) an invitation to submit abstracts for special sessions on Spatial Econometrics.

1) CALL FOR PAPERS - NARSC 2015

Join us in Portland, Oregon for the 62nd North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) sponsored by the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) and hosted by the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA).  The conference will be held at the Portland Hilton Hotel, November 11th – 14th, 2015.  You can learn more about the conference, submit an abstract, and register for the conference and workshops at the NARSC Website at:

http://www.narsc.org/

Click on the link to the conference section for general information on the conference.  To register for the conference or submit an abstract/session online you must first login to the User Area. If you attended a NARSC conference over the past couple of years or are a member of a North American regional science organization, when you reach the login page of the User Area, you will be asked to enter your provided username and password.  Otherwise, when you reach the login page of the User Area, you will be asked to click on a link and enter your e-mail address so we can check if you are already in our database. If you are in our database, your username and password will be e-mailed to you so you can login. If you are not in our database, you will need to register for a free NARSC user account and then you will be able to register for the conference and submit an abstract.

Once logged, you can change your password, update your profile, submit an abstract/session, register for the conference, and check the status of your registration.  You will be able come to your account in the User Area subsequently using your valid username and password.  In case you forget your password, just contact technical support at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your e-mail address and your password will be e-mailed to you so you can login.

Individual papers, posters, and sessions must be submitted online in the abstract submission section of the Website between now and July 1, 2015. The conference registration section is open and allows secure electronic financial transactions. We plan to have host poster sessions, and pre-conference workshops. The latter will be held on November 11th. Be sure to consult the conference website for additional information and details. More information about the workshops will be forthcoming.

Conference organizers welcome individual papers and organized sessions relating to a wide variety of topics inclusive within the diverse realm of regional science.  We are an international scholarly organization that focuses on regional analysis, ranging from urban and spatial theory to applied problems in regional development, sustainability, environmental management, and rural land use.  We are an interdisciplinary association, with members representing fields as diverse as economics, agricultural economics, public policy, urban planning, civil engineering, geography, finance, and demography.  The annual North American RSAI conference is the premier regional science meeting in North America and attracts scholars and practitioners from around the world.  

A block of rooms have been reserved at the Portland Hilton Hotel at a rate of $189 per night (plus tax).  The Hilton is extending the conference rate for those who wish to spend extra time in Portland, subject to availability.

If you have questions, here is contact information:

Local arrangements:

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

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

Program Chair:

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

Overall Arrangements
Neil Reid: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We look forward to seeing you in Portland.

2) SPECIAL SESSIONS ON GEOCOMPUTATION

The special sessions on various aspects of GeoComputation are planned for the North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (NARSC) to be held in Portland, Oregon, USA, November 11-14, 2015. Suitable topics for the session presentations are theoretical, methodological and applied issues related to GeoComputation – spatial analysis and modeling, and in the context of regional science.

Please let us know if you are interested to contribute to the special session(s) by sending an email at <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> with the title, abstract, name of author(s), affiliations, contact details and the unique ID number at your earliest but not later than June 25th, 2015. The abstract should be 2,000 to 5,500 characters and spaces.

Please note that in order to have your presentation included to the special session we do need the unique identification number (ID). The ID, or PIN, is a number included at the bottom of the confirmation email received following the submission of an abstract.

Detailed information about the NARSC conference can be found at <http://www.narsc.org >. Information about the submission process can be found at <http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=64>. Conference abstract submission deadline is July 1^st, 2015.

Looking forward to seeing you in Portland.

The organizers:

Prof. Suzana Dragicevic

Department of Geography

Simon Fraser University, Canada

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

Prof. Jean-Claude Thill

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

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

3) SPECIAL SESSIONS ON SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS

Call for papers for a Special Session on “Spatial Econometrics” at the 62^nd Annual North American Meeting of the North American Regional Science Association International, Portland, OR, November 11-14, 2015. 

With the increased collection and the diffusion of geo-located spatial data, spatial econometrics has become a pervasive topic in many disciplines. This special session aims at bringing together researchers participating at the NARSC meeting with different substantive research focuses, but that share a common interest in spatial econometric methods and applications. Both theoretical and applied papers will find place in this special session. 

If you are interested to contribute with a paper to this Special Session, please follow the usual abstract submission procedure at http://www.narsc.org/newsite/conference/online-abstractsession-submission/ and then send the ID of the submitted paper to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

David Boyce and Huw Williams' new book Forecasting Urban Travel was recently published by Edward Elgar and as is available to NARSC/RSAI members at 35% discount

The offer is valid on the Edward Elgar website until the end of July, 2015, and is for purchases for personal use only (not for resale). The US list price of the hardback book is $205; therefore, the discounted price is $133.25 USD.

To obtain the discount, place ‘VIP35’ in the discount box at checkout.

http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/forecasting-urban-travel

Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (UK & ROW) or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (N & S America) if you have any difficulty or need any further information.

Volume 3, Issue 1 of the NARSC Newsletter is now available. It can be accessed in the News and Announcements section of the NARSC website:

http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=417

AESOP Congress in 2017 in Lisbon!

AESOP Conuncil of Representatives during the meeting on 12th March 2015 decided that:

2017 AESOP Congress will take place in LISBON, hosted by Univeristy of Lisbon

2017 AESOP PhD Workshop will take plce in AVEIRO, hosted by Univeristy of Aveiro

2018 AESOP Congress will take place in GOTHENBURG, hosted by University of Gothenburg

2018 PhD Workshop will take place in KARSKRONA hosted by Blekinge Institute of Technology

2016 AESOP PhD Workshop will take place in LEUVEN, hosted by KU Leuven    
(In 2016 the World Planning School Congress will take place in Rio de Janeiro)

6th European Urban Summer School (EUSS) for young planning professionals 2015: City on Water

Deadline for registration: 31th July 2015

More Information on EUSS 2015 website.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Prof.Dr. Dorel Ailenei, founder member and Vice-President of the Romanian Regional Science Association. Dorel Ailenei passed away, after a tragic accident, on June 3, 2015, six days before his 57^th anniversary.

Professor Dorel Ailenei graduated from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies in 1983, with a degree in Planning and Economic Cybernetics. His professional career was marked by a passionate dedication to education and scientific research and by a strong engagement in university management positions, as the Vice-Dean of the Economic University College of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (1999-2004), Vice-Dean (2008-2012) and then Dean (2012-2015) of the Faculty of Theoretical and Applied Economics within the same university. Dorel Ailenei had a prodigious publishing activity: he worked and co-worked about 25 books and more than 50 articles and conference papers and he directly managed or was a member in numerous scientific research projects. In recent years, he put all his energy into a number of projects aimed to provide scientific mentoring for dozens of PhD and Post-Doctoral students of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and thus he won not only the respect of the academic community, but also the profound gratitude of many generations of young economists.

Professor Ailenei agreed with dedication to take on leadership or representation positions in professional organisations and to lead as high up as possible the prestige of the Economics profession: he was a founding member and the Vice President of the Romanian Regional Science Association, member for many years of the Regional Science Association International, a member of the National Coordinating Council and the Deputy Chairman of the General Association of Economists in Romania, a member of the European Association of Labour Economists, of the Balkan Environment Association and the International Trade and Finance Association. For his prodigious activity, he received many prizes awarded by the most prestigious scientific institutions in Romania.

Our colleague and friend Dorel Ailenei will be deeply missed by the Romanian Regional Science Association members and by all who knew him and were touched by his genuine sense of modesty, enthusiasm, generosity and by his extremely smart intelligence and humor. We will keep him in our thoughts and prayers for his unconditional contributions to the development and promotion of regional science and we commit ourselves to carry on his model of personal dedication to science and to the art of living beautifully.

May his soul rest in peace!  

Dear all,

The new RSAI Newsletter May 2015 can now be found under

http://regionalscience.org/images/PDF/Newsletter%202015%20May.pdf

The deadline for submitting an abstract for the 62nd North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International in Portland, Oregon is only two weeks away. In this e-mail you will find the 1) the general call for papers, 2)  an invitation to submit abstracts for special sessions on GeoComputation, 3) an invitation to submit abstracts for special sessions on Spatial Econometrics.

1) CALL FOR PAPERS - NARSC 2015

Join us in Portland, Oregon for the 62nd North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) sponsored by the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) and hosted by the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA).  The conference will be held at the Portland Hilton Hotel, November 11th – 14th, 2015.  You can learn more about the conference, submit an abstract, and register for the conference and workshops at the NARSC Website at:

http://www.narsc.org/

Click on the link to the conference section for general information on the conference.  To register for the conference or submit an abstract/session online you must first login to the User Area. If you attended a NARSC conference over the past couple of years or are a member of a North American regional science organization, when you reach the login page of the User Area, you will be asked to enter your provided username and password.  Otherwise, when you reach the login page of the User Area, you will be asked to click on a link and enter your e-mail address so we can check if you are already in our database. If you are in our database, your username and password will be e-mailed to you so you can login. If you are not in our database, you will need to register for a free NARSC user account and then you will be able to register for the conference and submit an abstract.

Once logged, you can change your password, update your profile, submit an abstract/session, register for the conference, and check the status of your registration.  You will be able come to your account in the User Area subsequently using your valid username and password.  In case you forget your password, just contact technical support at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your e-mail address and your password will be e-mailed to you so you can login.

Individual papers, posters, and sessions must be submitted online in the abstract submission section of the Website between now and July 1, 2015. The conference registration section is open and allows secure electronic financial transactions. We plan to have host poster sessions, and pre-conference workshops. The latter will be held on November 11th. Be sure to consult the conference website for additional information and details. More information about the workshops will be forthcoming.

Conference organizers welcome individual papers and organized sessions relating to a wide variety of topics inclusive within the diverse realm of regional science.  We are an international scholarly organization that focuses on regional analysis, ranging from urban and spatial theory to applied problems in regional development, sustainability, environmental management, and rural land use.  We are an interdisciplinary association, with members representing fields as diverse as economics, agricultural economics, public policy, urban planning, civil engineering, geography, finance, and demography.  The annual North American RSAI conference is the premier regional science meeting in North America and attracts scholars and practitioners from around the world.  

A block of rooms have been reserved at the Portland Hilton Hotel at a rate of $189 per night (plus tax).  The Hilton is extending the conference rate for those who wish to spend extra time in Portland, subject to availability.

If you have questions, here is contact information:

Local arrangements:

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

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

Program Chair:

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

Overall Arrangements
Neil Reid: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We look forward to seeing you in Portland

2) SPECIAL SESSIONS ON GEOCOMPUTATION

The special sessions on various aspects of GeoComputation are planned for the North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (NARSC) to be held in Portland, Oregon, USA, November 11-14, 2015. Suitable topics for the session presentations are theoretical, methodological and applied issues related to GeoComputation – spatial analysis and modeling, and in the context of regional science.

Please let us know if you are interested to contribute to the special session(s) by sending an email at <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> with the title, abstract, name of author(s), affiliations, contact details and the unique ID number at your earliest but not later than June 25th, 2015. The abstract should be 2,000 to 5,500 characters and spaces.

Please note that in order to have your presentation included to the special session we do need the unique identification number (ID). The ID, or PIN, is a number included at the bottom of the confirmation email received following the submission of an abstract.

Detailed information about the NARSC conference can be found at <http://www.narsc.org >. Information about the submission process can be found at <http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=64>. Conference abstract submission deadline is July 1^st, 2015.

Looking forward to seeing you in Portland.

The organizers:

Prof. Suzana Dragicevic

Department of Geography

Simon Fraser University, Canada

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

Prof. Jean-Claude Thill

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

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

3) SPECIAL SESSIONS ON SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS

Call for papers for a Special Session on “Spatial Econometrics” at the 62^nd Annual North American Meeting of the North American Regional Science Association International, Portland, OR, November 11-14, 2015. 

With the increased collection and the diffusion of geo-located spatial data, spatial econometrics has become a pervasive topic in many disciplines. This special session aims at bringing together researchers participating at the NARSC meeting with different substantive research focuses, but that share a common interest in spatial econometric methods and applications. Both theoretical and applied papers will find place in this special session. 

If you are interested to contribute with a paper to this Special Session, please follow the usual abstract submission procedure at http://www.narsc.org/newsite/conference/online-abstractsession-submission/ and then send the ID of the submitted paper to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.