Gunther Maier, Chair of the 2016 Local Organising Committee invites you to make proposals of Regional Science topics you would like to present during the Congress.

The 1st Lecture Series for this year programme was held last Friday in DG Region Building, Brussels.

The Topic :"The Impact of Cohension Policy on 'old' and 'new' Member States" was covered by 
Prof. John Bachtler, University of Strathclyde and  Prof. Grzeg orz Gorzelak, University of Warsaw
Thank you to Prof. Daniela L. Constantin, President of the Romanian ERSA Section for being the discussant of this first Lecture.
ERSA members are encouraged to participate in these lecture series organized in cooperation with the European Commission because interaction between scientists and policymakers are essential to make concrete steps forward.

- Smart Development for rural areas?
  Speakers: André Torre, Hans Westlund, Michael Steiner, Stefano   Corsi
   Moderator: Jose Enrique Garcilazo

- Energy Issues and urban development' in collaboration with AESOP 

Lecture 9  held in Zagreb on 22 October 2015
Topic: "Creative Industries'click with the economy ... City slickers?"    
Speakers:  Klaus R. Kunzmann, Bénédicte Le Ray and Anne Brisset, KatarinaBacic and Ivana Rasic Bakaric
Moderator: Irena Dokic