Council
Elisabete Martins
International Workshop on Urban Modeling, July 10, 2012, São Paulo, BRAZIL
International Workshop on Urban Modeling
Place: “Sala da Congregação”, Building FEA I, FEA/USP
Date: July 10, 2012
Coordination: Eduardo A. Haddad
PROGRAM
9:00-9:15
Introduction and opening remarks
9:15-10:00
“Micro-macro synergy: linking individual behavior to macroeconomic processes in urban systems”
Eveline van Leeuwen, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
10:00-10:25
“An index of accessibility for Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region”
Renato Vieira, FIPE, Brazil
10:25-10:50
“Recent developments of the interregional input-output system for Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region”
Eduardo Haddad, University of São Paulo, Brazil
10:50-11:10 – Coffee break
11:10-11:30
Research Project 1: “Housing prices and accessibility in Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region”
Paula Pereda, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Weslem Faria, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
11:30-11:50
Research Project 2: “Integrating GIS and input-output systems for assessing the impacts of floods in Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region”
Eliane Teixeira, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
11:50-12:10
“Home price indices: the FIPE ZAP real estate index for Sao Paulo”
Eduardo Zylberstajn, FIPE, Brazil
12:10-12:35
“Urban agglomeration and economic growth in Latin America”
Patricio Aroca, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
12:35-13:00
“Investigating demographic changes and their impacts on a metropolitan economy: ageing, immigration and changing ethnic compositions”
Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Call for Paticipants: 22nd ERSA / 4th PREPARE Summer School, 3-12 July 2009, Volos Greece
Dear colleagues,
I would like to inform you that application is now possible for the ERSA/PREPARE summer school 2009 in Volos. For further information and a link to the application form please go to http://www.prd.uth.gr/prepare2009/.
Please, pass along this information to potentially interested colleagues.
Best wishes
Gunther Maier
Call for Papers for the 36th Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International
Call for Papers for the
36th Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International
The conference will be held at the University of Wollongong, Australia, 4-7 December 2012.
The closing date for abstracts is 31 August 2012.
Further information is available at www.anzrsai.org.
Call for Papers: PRSCO 2009, 19-22 July 2009, Gold Cost, Australia
For more information, please see attached file below
PRSCO 2009, 19-22 July 2009, Gold Cost, Australia (103.99 kB)
This September, The Technopolicy Network will hosts its 9th Annual Conference on ‘Instruments for Shaping a Knowledge Region.
Call for Papers from Postgraduate Research
The Spatial Economics Research Centre is holding its first annual conference at the London School of Economics on 7th/8th May 2009, with the first half of the programme being devoted to selected papers by postgraduates working in this field.
Submissions (of 500 word abstracts) are invited now, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., for receipt by 3rd April. The selected presenters will be invited to both days of the conference, with financial support for travel/accommodation.
Details are on the attached flyer - please pass on to others who may be interested.
2nd INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE| REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SPATIAL PLANNING AND STRATEGIC GOVERNANCE (RESPAG), Belgrade from 22 - 25 May 2013
Dear colleagues,
The Institute of Architecture and Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia would like to invite you to participate in the
2nd INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SPATIAL PLANNING AND STRATEGIC GOVERNANCE (RESPAG)
which will be held in Belgrade from 22 - 25 May 2013. It is our intention to meet renowned guests, keynote speakers, scientists and experts, as well as to exchange new ideas, research results and experiences in the fields of spatial planning, economy, urbanism, and architecture, environmental science, and related fields. We would also like the young researchers, Ph.D. and undergraduate students to visit the Conference and take an active part in the Conference's topics.
Deadline for abstract submission: 26th October 2012
Conference Topics:
A. EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND DOCUMENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SUSTAINABLE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT
B. SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL AND SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
C. PAN-EUROPEAN CORRIDORS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT
D. SUSTAINABLE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS
Please feel free to disseminate this information.
More information on Conference: www.respag.org
More information on IAUS: www.iaus.ac.rs
Call for Papers: 14th ISHIMR 2009, 14-16 October 2009, Kalmar, Sweden
Dear Colleague,
On behalf of the ISHIMR 2009 Committee, we invite you to
participate in the 14th International Symposium for Health
Information Management Research (ISHIMR 2009), which will take place
in Kalmar, Sweden from October 14-16, 2009.
The conference theme for ISHIMR 2009 is "Evaluation and
implementation of e-health and health information initiatives:
international perspectives".
The topics of interest can be found at the conference website:
http://dagda.shef.ac.uk/ishimr09/index.html
Authors are invited to submit their research contributions or
practical experience reports by the deadline of Monday 04 May 2009.
All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two members of the
programme committee, which will be chaired by Professor Göran Petersson
(eHealth Institute, University of Kalmar, Sweden and Dr. Peter Bath
(Centre for Health Information Management Research, University of
Sheffield, UK).
The Symposium Proceedings, including all papers presented and
abstracts for posters, will be published in print. In addition, selected
papers will be published in a special issue of the Health Informatics
Journal (indexed in Medline), as has occurred following previous
ISHIMR conferences
Please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and fellow researchers.
We look forward to seeing you at ISHIMR 2009,
Sincerely,
Professor Göran Petersson Dr. Peter Bath
Co-Chairs, ISHIMR 2009 Programme Committee
The 12th Ernestas Galvanauskas’ international scientific conference "Rethinking regional competitiveness“. 29-30 November, 2012; Siauliai, Lithuania
Dear friends!!! BE WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCE!
The 12th Ernestas Galvanauskas’ international scientific conference
"Rethinking regional competitiveness“. 29-30 November, 2012; Šiauliai, Lithuania
The aim of the conference – to bring together scientists from the field of Economics, Finances and Accounting, Management, Public Administration and Political sciences in sharing new perspectives, exchanging ideas on regional competitiveness within and between various units of analysis - countries, sectors, industries, firms, organizations and institutions.
The conference aims to encourage the ongoing debate on the issues of smart (based on knowledge and innovation), sustainable (resource efficient, green), inclusive (keeping high-employment, social and territorial cohesion) regional competitiveness.
Conference topics
The conference will focus on a broad range of topics, including (but not limited to):
• Economic changes and their management
• Trends of labour market changes
• Current issues of business, public financial management and accounting
• Financial markets and institutional management
• Legal regulation of economic-social environment
• Solutions of public policy and administration
• Creativity and value innovations in business
• Development of competitive marketing strategies
• Creation and assessment of organisational value
• Employees‘ competencies and career development
• Organisational management modernization
• Implementing sustainable competitiveness strategies
• Regional management, strategic planning and development trends
Other articles within the field of the conference theme particular to the individual research interests and passions are welcomed.
October 15, 2012. Deadline for online registration. It should be done by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
October 1, 2012 (Deadline extended to November 1, 2012). Deadline for full article submission. Authors should email the full article, filled registration form, signed and scanned version of author’s warranty statement to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Languages of the conference: Lithuanian, English.
Please see attached file: INVITATION
For more information:
Tel. / fax: +370 41 595 880
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Summer School on Developments in Economic Growth Analysis, 18-30 May 2009, Rimini, Italy
The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) organizes the upcoming Summer School on Developments in Economic Growth Analysis, which will be held in Rimini, Italy, on 18-30 May 2009.
Please see attached files for further information:
RCEA Application Form (299 kB)
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.