Call for Papers - 2017 SRSA Meeting -- Memphis, TN

Join us for the 56th Annual Meeting of the

Southern Regional Science Association

Memphis, TN

@ the Marriott Memphis East

March 30 - April 1, 2017

Please visit the conference website to submit an abstract, register, and reserve your hotel room - https://www.srsa.org/conferencesub.htm/

2017 SRSA Conference Website

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 Southern Regional Science Association

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UNDERGRADUATE POSTER SESSIONS
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For the first time, the 2017 conference will include a special undergraduate research poster session.  We will also organize other activities for the undergraduate students to expose them to research and regional science and to make the conference meaningful for participating undergraduates. 

The poster session will include 3 to 5 minute presentations by each student describing the poster and research, followed by informal browsing and discussion about the posters.  To encourage participation, SRSA will waive the registration fee for undergraduate students who participate in this session.  However, to ensure some level of quality, each student will be required to have a faculty sponsor (whether or not the sponsor is able to attend). 

Do not worry if you think the research is not “regional” enough.  Since we hope this session will encourage exploration of regional science and research by undergraduate students, we will accept a relatively broad range of research topics.

In January, we will post an online application for those students who are interested in attending.  In the meantime, please help us by spreading the word about this unique opportunity! Also, please be on the lookout for potential student participants.  Perhaps a paper or project from one of your classes might be turned into a research poster by a student considering graduate school.  Or, maybe you have an undergraduate student who is working on a thesis and he/she could present those results.

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 2017 Barry M. Moriarty Graduate Paper Competition

Papers due by February 15, 2017

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The Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA) awards an annual cash prize to the graduate student submitting the best paper in Regional Science. In 2017, the prize is $1,000.

Papers on any Regional Science topic may be entered into the competition. Papers should represent original research. Maps, illustrations and other audio-visual materials should be designed or constructed by the author.

The following qualifications apply:

•          The student must be enrolled full-time at an accredited academic institution for some or all of the year following March 2017. The graduate student must still be enrolled at the time his or her paper is submitted;

•          The student must be the sole author and must be sponsored by a member of SRSA; and

•          The winning student must present the paper at a session of the 56th Annual Meeting of the SRSA, March 30 - April 1, 2017, in Memphis, TN, using the award to defray costs of attending.

Papers should be double-spaced, no more than 25 pages in length, and written in the style of the SRSA’s Review of Regional Studies. A cover page should include the paper's title and abstract and, for both the author and the sponsor, full names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses.

A copy of the paper must be submitted via e-mail to Michael Lahr (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), 2017 Graduate Paper Honors Chair.

Deadline for submission: February 15, 2017.

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Call for Papers

20th Uddevalla Symposium 2017 on: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Industrial Dynamics in Internationalized Regional Economies June 15-17, 2017 Venue: University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 28th, 2017

More information on www.symposium.hv.se 

Dear Colleagues
Announcement: ELA Doctorate Workshop 2017, June 21st – June 24th 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland
The twenty-second ELA Doctorate Workshop will take place in Wroclaw, Poland, from June 21st – June 24th 2017 at the Wroclaw University of Economics.
I would like to invite you to propose one doctoral student from your university, who could contribute to this workshop with an interesting doctoral research project within logistics. All fields of logistics in the broadest sense are of interest.
The nominated student is requested to prepare a three-page paper containing the stage of their doctorate research project (beginning, middle, end) and a brief description of the project (research objectives, methodology, expected results, list of references etc.) and submit the proposal before March 3rd 2017.
The application should also include a short letter of recommendation from the PhD supervisor or Head of the Department (this letter can follow after the proposal if necessary). More information about ELA and the previous doctorate workshops can be found at the homepage of TU Darmstadt (Supply Chain and Network Management http://www.scnm.tu-darmstadt.de (on the right side click on ELA Logistics Association)
The ELA Research Committee will evaluate the submitted papers and invite about 20 doctoral students to participate in the workshop. All the students have to prepare a formal presentation. The chairman and 3 other experienced logistics professors from Europe will participate as advisors and moderators during the workshop.
Accommodation and meals will be free for all the invited doctoral students. Travel costs have to be paid by the participants themselves. The ELA doctorate workshop can be highly recommended. It is an excellent opportunity for doctoral students from all over Europe to meet and establish a valuable network. Students can get 3 ECTS.
Please send the paper as an attached document in Word to the chairman of this year’s workshop:
Prof. Dr. Jaroslaw Witkowski
Wroclaw University of Economics
Department of Strategic Management and Logistics
Komandorska Street 118/120
53-345 Wroclaw, Poland
e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tel. +48 501090903

Dear colleagues within the Uddevalla Symposium network,

We are very proud to circulate the Call for Papers (ATTACHED)to the forthcoming 20^th Anniversary Uddevalla Symposium 2017, June 15-17, 2017. Venue: University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. Abstract Submission Deadline: January 28^th, 2017.

The overall theme is: “Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Industrial Dynamics in Internationalized Regional Economies”. For more information e.g. on the invited keynote speakers, submission information and on Special sessions see http://www.symposium.hv.se/en/symposium-2017

Kind regards,

Iréne Bernhard

On behalf of the Organizing Committee