9TH WORLD CONGRESS OF REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL

MAY 9-12, 2012 – TIMISOARA, ROMANIA

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International Conference on Regional Science

the Challenge of Regional Development in a world of changing hegemonies: Knowledge, competitiveness and austerity

XXXVIII Meeting of Regional Studies - AECR

Bilbao / 22 - 23 noviembre de 2012

The Spanish Association of Regional Science has been promoting the analysis of regional problems in Spain from multiple perspectives for many decades. An important reference is the Regional Studies Meeting (RER), that will take place in Bilbao in 2012, organised by the Basque Country and Navarra Association of Regional Science, the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness and Deusto Business School. The RER is a specialized professional forum, open to the discussion of all regional topics that are of concern to researchers and regional policy makers. The papers to be presented may cover various subjects and may be tackled from different approaches cultivated by the scientific areas in which the participants do research: Economics, Geography, Sociology, Political Science, Demography, Urban and Regional Planning, Environment, etc.

The slogan of the XXXVIII Meeting is “The Challenge of Regional Development in a world of changing hegemonies: Knowledge, competitiveness and austerity”. The regional theme is associated to the new hegemonies that have arisen in these years and that have generated a changing environment that implies a transfer of the centrality from a world run and conditioned by a Western view, towards new hegemonies that present different ways of socially ruling the system, particular social and power relations, and a different concept of competitiveness. In this context, regions may respond either by searching a more competitive integration in global markets or by requesting at national or even European level the opening of new scenarios where some protectionist policies may be enhanced. As part of the analysis of key factors in this new landscape, on one hand, the role of universities in regional development as one of the main sources for the generation of knowledge and its application to the territories’ productive reality will be analysed. On the other hand, the future of the welfare state in the current recessive context that calls for a reconsideration of public policies based on the principles of austerity and effective and efficient use of resources will also be considered.

THEMATIC AREAS
1. Business, Innovation and Competitiveness
2. Energy, Sustainability, Environment and Natural Resources
3. Government and regional planning, housing, public services and taxation
4. Growth, regional convergence and cohesion policies
5. Industrial Districts, Territorial Clusters and industrial policy
6. Knowledge society, universities and research
7. Methods of Regional Analysis
8. Population and migration and labor market
9. Tourism
10. Transport, Mobility and Infrastructure
11. Urban and municipal development

SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Deadline Abstracts: June 20
Abstracts Acceptance: July 15
Deadline Full Papers: August 30
Final Acceptance: October 15

REGISTRATION DEADLINES
Ordinary Term Payment: October 23
Extraordinary Term Payment: November 23

WEBPAGE
www.reunionesdeestudiosregionales.org

VENUE
La Comercial - Deusto Business School
Deusto University
Avenida de las Universidades, 24
48007 Bilbao

University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Auditorium UPV/EHU
Avda. Abandoibarra, 3
48009 BILBAO

TECHNICAL SECRETARY
Conxita Rodríguez i Izquierdo
Secretaria AECR
C/ Viladomat, 321 entresuelo
08029 Barcelona
Teléfono y Fax: + 34 93 310 11 12
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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DEAR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE AMECIDER AND INTERESTED IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

As a tradition to all AMECIDER´s Members, after 17 years, it is of great satisfaction for us, as representatives to the Executive Committee of this Association to have launched the complete call for papers of the 1st Ibero-American Congress on Regional Development: Global Standing and Strategies, in conjunction with the 17° National Meeting on Regional Development in Mexico, AMECIDER 2012; both events that will take place on the 3rd to 6th September this year 2012, in Mexico City, D.F.

The complete document is available and may be consulted in the webpage of the AMECIDER:

http://www.amecider.org.mx/Convocatoria-General-AMECIDER-2012

The deadline for register your presentation is on May the 14, 2012.

It is important to emphasize that participation in the seventeenth meeting will be in accordance with all the bases laid down in the General call appearing also available in a PDF version within the same web site of the Association. In order for you to lighten the download of the messages and further consultation of them, it is advised to make such search separated on the downloadable PDF file.

With the most vivid interest for your participation in this broad forum of discussion and their best wishes of viable and essential proposals for the successful achievement of ours country's much-needed regional and local development, we give you our most warm welcome to you.

Sincerely

"The Region Today"

Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, April 23 2012

DR. ADOLFO SANCHEZ ALMANZA

PRESIDENT OF THE AMECIDER

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

In establishing the New Frontiers Groups programme, the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) intends to develop a flexible structure with which it can respond rapidly to cutting-edge developments in science and research, which are largely driven by young researchers.
The NFG programme aims at investigator-driven innovative research in order to promote promising academic careers and to further strengthen the Academy`s research portfolio.
The OeAW invites applications from highly talented scientists and scholars at early stages of their careers to establish a New Frontiers Group under the auspices of the OeAW.

For further information please consult the OeAW Website http://www.oeaw.ac.at/nfg/.

Applications can be send no later than 15^th of July 2012 (Date post mark), please distribute the information in your sphere of action.

Call for papers

2012 BARCELONA WORKSHOP ON REGIONAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS
Innovation and Regional Economic Performance
Barcelona, October 18th-19th 2012
Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Barcelona

AQR-IREA will host the Workshop on Innovation and Regional Economic Performance on October 18th-19th 2012 in Barcelona. The aim of this workshop is to bring together cuttingedge research papers on innovation and knowledge diffusion, and their linkages with regional economic performance. Particular attention will be paid to papers dealing with the mechanisms and actors of innovation and knowledge diffusion (knowledge spillovers, networks, skilled labour mobility, university-industry linkages).
 

Keynote speakers
Karen Maguire (Regional Innovation Unit, OECD)
Philip McCann (University of Groningen)

Submission

Although the Workshop will focus on empirical papers, theoretical studies are also welcome. The accepted papers (around 8) will be presented in plenary sessions that will complement the two keynote speakers’ presentations. Papers should be sent in pdf format to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before June 11th, 2012. Detailed abstracts will also be considered, but full papers will be favoured. Travel and accommodation costs for successful papers will be covered by the organisers.

Deadline for papers submission: June 11th 2012
Deadline for acceptance of papers: July 2nd 2012
Preliminary programme: July 13th 2012
Final programme: September 21st 2012

Organising Committee
Enrique López-Bazo, Ernest Miguélez, Rosina Moreno, Sandra Nieto, Raül Ramos and Jordi Suriñach.

Scientific Committee
Corinne Autant-Bernard, David Audretsch, Pablo d’Este, Simona Ianmarino, Francesco Lissoni,
Enrique-López-Bazo, Ernest Miguélez, Rosina Moreno, Frank van Oort, Attila Varga.

Further information at http://www.pcb.ub.es/aqr/workshop2012 or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Call for Papers – NARSC 2012 in Ottawa, Canada, November 7th – 10th, 2012

Join us in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada for the 59th North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) sponsored by the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) and hosted by the Canadian Regional Science Association (CRSA).  The conference will be held at the Ottawa Westin, November 7th – 10th, 2012.  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 August 1, 2012. The conference registration section is open and allows secure electronic financial transactions. We will continue to host poster sessions, and have an expanded set of pre-conference workshops, which will be held November 7th. Be sure to consult the conference website for additional information and details.

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 Ottawa Westin at a rate of $203 per night (Canadian).  The Westin is extending the conference rate for those who wish to spend extra time in Ottawa, subject to availability.

If you have questions, here is contact information:
Local arrangements:
Bruce Newbold 1-905-525-9140 x27948; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mark Brown, 1-613-951-7292; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Program Chair:
Antonio Páez, 1-905-525-9140 x24082; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Overall Arrangements
Jean-Claude Thill, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


We look forward to seeing you in Ottawa!

Call for papers
2012 BARCELONA WORKSHOP ON REGIONAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS
Innovation and Regional Economic Performance
Barcelona, October 18th-19th 2012
Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Barcelona
Deadline for submissions of papers postponed to June 26th 2012

AQR-IREA will host the Workshop on Innovation and Regional Economic Performance on October 18th-19th 2012 in Barcelona. The aim of this workshop is to bring together cuttingedge research papers on innovation and knowledge diffusion, and their linkages with regional economic performance. Particular attention will be paid to papers dealing with the mechanisms and actors of innovation and knowledge diffusion (knowledge spillovers, networks, skilled labour mobility, university-industry linkages).

Keynote speakers
Karen Maguire (Regional Innovation Unit, OECD)
Philip McCann (University of Groningen)

Submission
Although the Workshop will focus on empirical papers, theoretical studies are also welcome.
The accepted papers (around 8) will be presented in plenary sessions that will complement the two keynote speakers’ presentations. Papers should be sent in pdf format to

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before June 26h, 2012. Detailed abstracts will also be considered, but full papers will be favoured. Travel and accommodation costs for successful papers will be covered by the organisers.

Deadline for paper submission (postponed): June 26th 2012
Deadline for acceptance of papers: July 2nd 2012
Preliminary programme: July 13th 2012
Final programme: September 21st 2012

Organising Committee
Enrique López-Bazo, Ernest Miguélez, Rosina Moreno, Sandra Nieto, Raül Ramos and Jordi Suriñach.

Scientific Committee
Corinne Autant-Bernard, David Audretsch, Pablo d’Este, Simona Ianmarino, Francesco Lissoni, Enrique-López-Bazo, Ernest Miguélez, Rosina Moreno, Frank van Oort, Attila Varga.

Further information at http://www.pcb.ub.es/aqr/workshop2012 or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

CALL FOR PAPERS

BEIJING FORUM 2012

SUB--‐FORUM: INHERITANCE OF WORLD CITIES SPIRIT – LESSONS AND INNOVATIONS

THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF RSAI IN CHINA

2 – 4 November 2012

Call for Papers-BJ Forum City Sub-Forum (pdf)
Application Form-BJ Forum City Sub-Forum (pdf)
Information on Beijing Forum 2012 (pdf)

In April 2009, the world's top urban planners, decision-makers, mayors and international media will gather in the capital to participate in Global City Abu Dhabi.

Global City is the only international forum where public and private leaders exchange best practices and share sustainable urban strategies. This unique networking platform, dedicated to mayors, urban planners, decision-makers and leaders, will be held in Abu Dhabi in April 2009 – for the first time in the Middle East.

The fourth edition of this prestigious event, organized by Reed Exhibitions Middle East, will focus on the challenges of globalization and sustainability of cities worldwide. The event will be a platform to share experiences and expertise from Asian, European, Middle East and North American emblematic cities.

Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates has the spirit, substance and vision to be a global city. The city is already an icon in the Middle Eastern region for culture and is a leading financial centre, a major industrial zone, and is enriched by a cosmopolitan population.

It is expected that Global City Abu Dhabi 2009 will garner world-wide recognition for Abu Dhabi as an emerging global city, while enabling participants from around the world to discuss and share experiences and new solutions in urban planning and development.

Global City Abu Dhabi is sponsored and supported by the Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development (ADCED) and the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) who are both chaired by H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Please visit the following website for more details http://www.globalcityforum.ae/

Call for Papers for the

5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science

At http://www.ctscience.org/node/17

Submissions due on August 10, 2012