Académicos y profesionales del área de ciencias políticas y sociales, provenientes de México, Bolivia, Colombia, Argentina y Chile, se darán cita el próximo 25 de noviembre y por primera vez en nuestro país, en el Seminario Internacional ICHEM “Descentralización o recentralización. Nuevos acercamientos a los gobiernos subnacionales de América Latina”.

La actividad, organizada por el Instituto Chileno de Estudios Municipales, ICHEM, de la Universidad Autónoma de Chile, se llevará a cabo en el auditorio de la casa de estudios, sede Providencia (Pedro de Valdivia 641), y contará con la exposición del destacado economista boliviano, ex investigador de CEPAL y hombre clave en materia de descentralización en Latinoamérica durante las últimas dos décadas, Iván Finot.

Además, el seminario contará con otros grandes investigadores y académicos especialistas en esta temática a nivel latinoamericano, como:

• Antonio Sánchez Bernal, presidente de la Red de Investigadores en Gobiernos Locales Mexicanos, IGLOM; profesor de la Universidad de Guadalajara y experto en desarrollo económico local
• Daniel Cravacuore, director de la maestría en Gobierno Local de la Universidad de Quilmes y editor de la Revista RIEM.
• Bernardo Navarrete, director del Programa de Gobiernos Locales de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
• José Hernández, Doctor en Ciencias Políticas, investigador ICHEM y miembro del Grupo de Investigación en Gobiernos, Administración y Políticas Públicas, GIGAPP.

Al respecto, el secretario general del ICHEM, Camilo Vial, comento que el evento “se realizará en un momento donde el debate sobre la descentralización está en un punto alto, tras la entrega final del Informe de la Comisión Asesora Presidencial. Traer experiencias extranjeras de países latinoamericanos que ya han pasado por reformas similares, con éxitos y fracasos, nos servirá tremendamente como aportes a nuestro propio proceso”.

En tanto, el investigador del ICHEM y coordinador general de la actividad, José Hernández, indicó que “es necesario recordar que América Latina cuenta con más de 30 años de experiencia en materia de descentralización. Este seminario buscará aprovechar dichas prácticas, con el análisis de connotados expertos en el área, entre ellos, Iván Finot, quien es unode los principales investigadores sobre descentralización en nuestra región”.

Inscripciones (de carácter gratuito) a:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Fuente: http://ichem.uautonoma.cl/seminario-internacional-ichem-abordara-exitos-y-fracasos-de-los-fenomenos-de-descentralizacion-y-recentralizacion-en-america-latina/#prettyPhoto

The Department is proud to announce the program for its next Air Transport Colloquium which will take place on Thursday 4 December 2014. This year you can expect many interesting contributions from top-level academics as well as industry stakeholders on the topic “The European Aviation Business in 2014 and beyond: how to turn challenges into opportunities?”

New to the concept of the 2014 colloquium is that two interactive parallel workshops will be organized: one on air cargo and one on the business positioning of airlines. The workshops will stimulate the exchange of knowledge and discussion between participants. Next to the workshops, the program consists of presentations by experts from academia and the aviation industry. The colloquium concludes with a panel discussion.

So register now for the Air Transport Colloquium 2014!

For more information on the colloquium, you can contact Evy Onghena.

We hope to be able to welcome you at this interesting event!

Final conference on retrofitting of ships with green technologies

‘To retrofit or not to retrofit'    

Dear Sir or Madam,

The FP7 project RETROFIT has developed methods and tools to assist ship owners throughout their decision making process. On January 20th, 2015 project RETROFIT results will be presented in a final conference with workshops. During this event simulation tools for technical and economic evaluation of retrofitting will be demonstrated:

- Voyage and energy systems simulation

- Technology choices and options

- Process support: reverse technology and process simulation

- Economic aspects of green retrofitting

The conference/workshops will further include interactive parallel sessions with small groups, testimonies from real practice and a moderated session and panel discussion.  

Retrofitting ships with green technologies is an actual challenge for ship owners having to comply amongst others with new emission regulations, for example the January 1st 2015 SECA regulation. The choice of suitable green technologies, the resulting energy and emission performance and the expected costs versus the benefits are important issues for the ship owner decision.

Programme

09.00 hrs.             Registration

09.15 hrs.             Plenary session

09.30 hrs.             Start parallel presentations

12.00 hrs.             Lunch

13.00 hrs.             Plenary session

13.30 hrs.             Start workshops

                             Presentation of workshops results

                             Panel discussion

17.00 hrs.             Closing remarks

                             Drinks

Registration

The conference is free of charge. Subscribe here.

Note

Participation is limited to the first sixty registrations

Travel information

Flights arriving at Schiphol Airport

Flights arriving at Rotterdam-The Hague Airport

By train/bus/metro/tram

By car

After registration you will receive more information about venue, hotels and travel possibilities.

More information

For more information about RETROFIT click here or contact Annemarie Labee, Innovation Project Assistant Netherlands Maritime Technology, via T +31 (0) 10 44 44 333 or E This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Kind Regards,

Marnix Krikke

Innovation Director

Netherlands Maritime Technology         

The School of Social Ecology and the Metropolitan Futures Initiative (MFI) seek applications to fill a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow position in the urban social sciences.  Funding is available for up to two years, to be reviewed after the first year.  The position is expected to begin sometime early 2015.  This postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary MFI project (http://socialecology.uci.edu/mfi) directed by Professor John Hipp. Candidates are required to have a PhD in such fields as criminology, urban planning, geography, sociology, or other fields related to urban/regional studies. 

We seek a self-driven, creative thinker with strong quantitative and interpersonal skills to help accomplish an important and interesting set of research tasks.  The successful candidate will supervise a team of graduate and undergraduate students working on a coordinated set of urban research projects that will manage large data sources on characteristics of the region, work on various spatial techniques in addition to traditional social science quantitative methods, and collaborate on grant writing and publications.  While training in spatial analysis skills is not essential, the ability to either learn or work with others who possess such skills is.  A working knowledge of the literature related to urban/regional studies (regardless of the specific discipline) is not required but desired; an intellectual interest in interdisciplinary study is essential. 

The postdoctoral position also entails a leadership role in the Metropolitan Futures Initiative (MFI). As part of this role, the successful candidate will take the lead in organizing the intellectual work that is the MFI Regional Progress Report, a report released every other year.  In addition, this position will allow collaborating with the faculty leadership of MFI on original research projects. 

Overall, it is expected that the postdoc will engage in high level research and be involved in analysis and publication on projects currently underway at the University of California Irvine.  The candidate would also be encouraged to maintain an independent set of research interests.  The role will be supported by a vast array of resources at the University of California, Irvine.

Salary is highly competitive and commensurate with experience and is benefits-eligible.  Applicants will need to submit a dossier including: (1) a curriculum vitae, (2) a cover letter of interest, and (3) arrange to have three letters of recommendation uploaded electronically.

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy. A recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity, UCI is responsive to the needs of dual career couples, supports work-life balance through an array of family-friendly policies, and is dedicated to broadening participation in higher education.

To ensure your application is given full consideration, files should be completed by December 31, 2014. Priority will be given to applications received by this date; however, applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please direct questions about this position to Professor John Hipp at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Applications must be uploaded electronically.

 The recruit link for this position is:   https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF02664

Dear all,

 The new RSAI Newsletter November 2014 can now be found under

http://regionalscience.org/images/PDF/Newsletter%202014%20November.pdf

Second CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

RAMIRAN 2015

16th International Conference Rural-Urban Symbiosis

8 – 10 September 2015

Hamburg University of Technology

Hamburg, Germany

Dear Colleague,

Agriculture produces bioresources for food and increasingly also for material and energy provision. The majority of agro-products are used in urban areas where they are connected with waste and wastewater generation.

On the one hand, these residues are actually disposed or inefficiently treated, on the other they have value for agricultural production.

RAMIRAN 2015 is focusing on closing the loop linking rural production and urban consumption systems and on the development of more sustainable solutions for the handling of residues.

Topics

•Fertilizers from residues

•Soils for the future

•Advances in emission prevention

•The bioresource challenge

•Agro-products for the biobased economy

•Smart concepts for rural development

•Towards zero waste settlements

•Rural-urban sustainability cases studies world wide

Abstract submission

Deadline for abstract submission is 15 December 2014. We invite you to prepare abstracts according to the information given at:

http://ramiran2015.de/abstract-submission/

All abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committe and the authors will be notified of the decision by 28 February 2015.

For more information, please visit http://ramiran2015.de

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Hamburg!

Sincerely,

Congress Chair

Ina Körner

Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Germany

Scientific Organisation

Ina Körner, Ralf Otterpohl

Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Germany Institute of Wastewater Management & Water Protection

Network Coordinators

Harald Menzi, Agroscope, Switzerland

Tom Misselbrock, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom

RAMIRAN 2015 conference office

Gerlinde Löbkens

TuTech Innovation GmbH

Harburger Schlossstrasse 6-12

21079 Hamburg, Germany

Tel.: +49 40 76629-6551, Fax: +49 40 76629-6559 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.RAMIRAN2015.de

Managing Director: Martin Mahn

Handelsregister: HRB 51682 Hamburg

USt.-ID-Nr.: DE 811 481 083

ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED to 20 November 2014!

On 11 and 12 May 2015, the Special Interest Group A2 (Ports and Maritime) of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS), co-chaired by Prof. Eddy Van de Voorde (Department of Transport and Regional Economics - University of Antwerp / TransportNET) and Prof. Enrico Musso (Department of Quantitative Methods - University of Genova / TransportNET), will host a two-day international conference under the title ‘The Port and Maritime Sector: Key Developments and Challenges’. It will be held at the Department of Transport and Regional Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

New features :

-          Draft program structure online

-          Free walking dinner buffet offered by Port of Antwerp 11 May 2015

-          Free technical visit to Port of Antwerp 13 May 2015

-          Conference fee fixed at €100

-          Free copy of new scientific book ‘Port Business: Market Challenges and Management Actions’ for all participants.

Abstract submission is possible through the abstract submission page till 15 November 2014.

The conference will be open to free submissions of any interested academic or business responsible active in the maritime and port field. Abstracts should be about one page long, according to a fixed online template, including full affiliation and should deal with a topic that can be considered to be at current a key development in the port and maritime business, either at management, operational or policy level. Specific topics can be either in the field of maritime, port or hinterland economics, environmental issues, maritime engineering, investment and finance, cost optimisation, chain optimisation, human resources and employment and legal issues. From the conference, a selection of papers will be made for joint publication in a number of scientific journals.

This conference is therefore not just a conference, but has a number of specific features.

• Finished research and as well ‘research in process’ can be presented and discussed;
• A meeting between scientists and practitioners;
• Stress on interdisciplinarity, i.e. all disciplines will be treated (engineering, economy, legal, mathematic,…);
• The subject is about theory and empiry, secondly derived products;
• New research areas and business opportunities will be dealt with.

As compared to the two previous editions, the conference has five additional features:

• Explicit attention will be devoted to PhD researchers, who will get the chance to have their presentations in dedicated sessions with specific academic support;
• Dedicated scientific discussants will be selected for each paper;
• Each half day of the conference will feature a thematic top keynote speaker, from academia as well as from the port and maritime industry;
• A selection of scientific papers will be made for dedicated journal special issues.
• A dedicated international scientific committee supervises the scientific conference preparation

The schedule of the conference is the following:

• Abstract: November 20, 2014
• Decision concerning abstract: January 20, 2015
• Full paper (if willing to be considered for journal publication): April 15, 2015

More practical details on the conference will be communicated upon registrationfirst half 2015. Conference participation amounts to €100 and will include access to all sessions, a technical visit, all public conference catering and library and other facilities.

International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles  – ESARS 2015

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I'm pleased to inform you new deadline for full provisional paper submission is now December, 15th 2014. Details for paper submission and authors information and are reported on the http://www.esars2015.org.

IMPORTANT DATES:

- Provisional full – papers (regular paper): 15th December 2014

- Provisional full – papers  (special sessions): 30th December 2014

- Notification of acceptance: 7th January 2015

- Final submissions due: 21th January 2015

All accepted papers will be included in the IEEE Xplore on‐line digital library database. For this edition, at most 20% of the best papers presented at the Conference could be eligible for review and publication on the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications Society.

Technical co-sponsorship of:

Industry Applications Soc. (IEEE-IAS)

Power Electronics Soc. (IEEE-PELS)

Power & Energy Soc. (IEEE-PES) 

For more information and regular updates please visit the ESARS’15 website: http://www.esars2015.org

We look forward to meeting you in beautiful Aachen in March 2015!

The ESARS'15 Organizing Committee

General Chairman

Prof. An tonello Monti

RWTH Aachen University

ESARS Secretariat

University of Trieste

Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Via A. Valerio, 10, 34127 Trieste

e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tel: +39 040 5587976

web: www.esars2015.org

Dear Professors

Members of the IMASS Scientific Committee,

We are happy to announce the new dates for the next IMASS courses in Advanced Management (page).

24-28 November 2014

Maritime Clusters and Coastal Areas (page);

1-6 December 2014

Management of Science and Technological Parks (page);

12-17 January 2015

Town Management and Socioeconomic Development (page); 

26-31 January 2015

Management of Human Resources (page).

As member of our Scientific Council, we would appreciate if you could pass on this information about our next e-courses along your students and colleagues, as we believe that IMASS offers a valuable learning experience for researchers and students alike.  

Thank you very much for your support.

For further questions please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Best regards,

Secretariat

IMASS - Methods and Analyses in Social Sciences

GTA, Ontario | Canada       

E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Web: http://imass.ca/imass/