Most of the public health challenges of our times can be effectively addressed locally. The conference is developed around the assumption that city governments and local partners have the legitimacy and the strategic advantage to be both advocates and custodians of their citizens’ health.  They can complement and reinforce national plans to promote health and prevent disease and disability. It is most often at the local level that the social and environmental determinants of health can be better understood and addressed. 
The conference marks the twenty years of the European Healthy Cities movement, taking stock of achievements and lessons learnt and providing a vision for the future. The Conference offers a meeting point and platform for urban and city leaders and practitioners as well as  networks, agencies and institutions that are concerned with health, sustainability, equity, urban development and community empowerment.

The conference is organised by Institute of Management, Nirma University of Science & Technology, Ahmedabad & Regional Science Association, India. The last date for submission of Abstracts and Full papers is December 15, 2008.

3rd Bi-national Israel- Netherlands  Regional Science Workshop to be held 4-6 November 2008, Hebrew University, Mount Scopus Campus, Jerusalem. Workshop Theme : ′New Methods in Regional Science′. The workshop will comprise 2 days of presentations and a 1-day tour. The workshop is part of a on-going series of meetings between the Netherlands and Israeli sections. Participation of regional scientists outside these sections is welcome.

The 2009 Conference is to be held in conjunction with the University of Technology, Mauritius, 5-7 January.The conference will work in a multidisciplinary way across the various fields and perspectives through which we can address the fundamental and related questions of sustainability.

The 2008 ERSA Congress will be jointly hosted by the Department of Civic Design at the University of Liverpool and the British and Irish Section of the Regional Science Association International. The Deadline for abstract submission is14 January 2008.  For more information, please visit the Conference′s website.

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) and the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) will hold their 2008 annual conferences together at the fourth Joint Congress, July 6 -11 in Chicago at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Hotel. This follows Joint Congresses in Oxford (1991), Toronto (1996), and Leuven (2003). The conference theme “Bridging the Divide: Celebrating the City” focuses on the mediating role of cities. Many cities are, to some degree, divided or contested. And cities themselves may play roles in reproducing identities that promote conflict between racial, ethnic, religious or national groups. The Deadline for abstract submission is Friday, February 8, 2008.  For more information, please visit the Conference′s website.

The Conference is hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb. The subject of the conference is oriented to the analysis of the present and future microeconomic and macroeconomic challenges in the world economy and tourism, facing mainly governance and entrepreneurship. The objective of the conference is to bring together researchers from all fields of economics and business. Focus will be on the following topics of interest. Deadline for abstract submission is November 30, 2007 and for final paper submission Fabruary 2, 2008.  For more information please visit the Conference′s website.

The Conference will be held in Sao Paolo, from 17th till 19th March 2008, at the School of Economics, Business Administration and Accountancy, University of São Paulo. The main topic of the Conference is: "World integration, emerging countries, lagging regions and sustainability ". An abstract should be submitted by October 30st. Deadline for up-load of full papers for R-Sessions is November 30st. For more information, please visit the Conference′s Web site.

The European Institute of Public Administration is organising a seminar on ′Using Public-Private Partnerships Effectively: The Challenges for New Public Financial Management′ to be held in Warsaw on 13-14 November 2007.

SPARC has been developed by a consortium of EU institutions including the Universities of Luxembourg and Ljubljana, and the Politecnico di Milano, with Heriot-Watt University as the Lead Partner. SPARC aims to enable spatial planning and economic development practitioners, policy-makers, or others with an interest or role in EU funded co-operation projects such as INTERREG, to develop their involvement in such projects. Participants who successfully complete the Module receive a Module Award. Funding has been provided by the EU INTERACT Programme as well as the UK and Luxembourg Governments. The Module fee is € 290, with reductions for participants from the New Member States and Accession States (normally € 180) – ten bursaries (offering free places) are also available for participants from New Member States and Accession States. There are also 50% reductions for full-time students taking the Module. For more information please contact SPARC at SPARC@sbe.hw.ac.uk.

he EASY-ECO Vienna Conference, taking place in Vienna in early 2008, will be the final event of the EASY-ECO 2005-2007 series of conferences and trainings. It is being prepared by the Research Institute for Managing Sustainability at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Detailed information about these events, the application process and the call for papers for the Vienna conference will be published later this year on the EASY-ECO website and will also be announced via the EASY-ECO Newsletter.

The fourth training opportunity in the EASY-ECO 2005-2007 series of trainings and conferences will be held from 5th to 14th September 2007 in Krakow, Poland. The course explores key elements in sustainability evaluations and is specifically focused towards bringing together young researchers with evaluation practitioners as well as local and international experts in the field. The EASY-ECO Krakow Training, hosted by the Sendzimir Foundation, will be a great chance to meet an international team of renowned trainers and also serve as an excellent networking opportunity! EU-Grants are available for young researchers (with less than ten years research experience) to cover all costs (travel expenses, participation fees, accommodation and living allowance). Application will be open until 30th May 2007.

The Conference is organized by Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Economics and Institute of Regional and Community Development University of Economics in Bratislava and Slovak Section of the European Regional Science Association. Conference topics are as follows: Regional science and its application in European countries Regional competitiveness, innovation and entrepreneurship; Cross-border cooperation and development. The conference programme will be divided into thematic sessions that will be held in English.  Besides ordinary sessions, a session for young scientists (doctoral students and researchers up to 33 years old) is planned. Papers presented by young scientists may apply for an award. The deadline for submitting an abstract is April 30th, 2007.

ERSA / PREPARE Summer Institute will be held July 2-11, 2007 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The topic of the Summer Institute is "The Modeling of (Spatial) Interaction". The intended audience for the Summer Institute are PhD-students and young researchers who are active in the area covered by the institute. The deadline for application is MARCH 5th. From all applications the 30 best qualified candidates will be selected. Applications have to be submitted electronically via http://www.ersa.org/prepare

ACSP-AESOP joint congress will be held in Chicago in 2008, July 6-11, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. More about the congress you can find in the attached document.

Established in 1996, CEU’s Summer University program hosts high-level, research-oriented, interdisciplinary and innovative academic courses as well as workshops on policy issues for professional development in the social sciences and the humanities. Course offerings cater for the various needs of academic and professional development across a wide spectrum of disciplines. These include anthropology, cultural studies, environmental sciences, comparative religion, political science, public policy, sociology, international relations, legal studies, etc. The program encourages topics in newly emerging fields and transdisciplinary approaches. continued priority is given to applicants from Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and countries experiencing emerging democracies worldwide. Applicants from these countries, when admitted on merit, will be eligible for scholarship, while those from developed countries will usually be expected to pay fees. The application deadline is February 14, 2007, unless stated otherwise in the announcement of a particular course.

The Conference is organized by Research Centre in Applied Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest. This conference intends to bring together scholars interested in John Stuart Mill’s thought in all its aspects: political philosophy, ethics, epistemology, economics, logic etc. Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 1 October 2006.

The Conference is organized by Business School of Sichuan University and Sichuan University′s Strategy and Development Research Center and will be held  from 19th till 20th April 2007, Chengdu, P.R. China. The 2007 international conference on strategic management is focused on strategic innovation and sustainable development of both large-sized and small and medium sized enterprises in an era of globalization. Abstracts should be sent by the 31st October 2006.

Programm is organised by the University Ca′ Foscari of Venice, the IUAV University of Venice and the School for Advanced Studies in Venice Foundation. There are 6 places in total with 5 scholarships available to successful candidates.Two of the five scholarships are directly bound to the research areas "sustainability of territorial transformations on coastal and insular areas" and is financed by THETIS S.p.a and “Analysis and Governance of Sustainable Development in China” financed by Venice International University (VIU)
Call for applications must be received on the 16th of June 2006 .

The Institute of Economics, Zagreb and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Croatia organise an international conference on “Social Policy and Regional Development” in Zagreb, Croatia, on 30 November 2006 and invite all interested, either to submit an abstract for a scientific research paper or to participate in the conference. Abstracts should be sent by 15th May 2006.

The City of Heidenheim an der Brenz and the August-Lösch-Society jointly grant the prestigious August Lösch Prize 2006.The prize is intended to reward outstanding academic research in the field of Regional Science. The prize carries an award of Euro 4,000.
The deadline for submission of all types of manuscripts such as PhD theses, books, book chapters or research papers is April 30, 2006.

The Conference that will be held in Terrassa, Spain 16-17 November. Deadline for submitting a one page abstract: April 1, 2006.

1st International Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modeling 2006  will be held in Terrassa, Spain 16-17 November. Deadline for submitting a one page abstract: April 1, 2006.

he Conference will be held from 2nd till 5th July. It is organised by Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia and ENHR Institute for Housing and Urban Research. Deadline for submission abstract is 1st March 2006.

The Swiss planning review "disP" will publish a special issue on "The Prospects for Rural Regions". "disP" is an interdisciplinary scientific journal covering all aspects of spatial planning, urban design, landscape and environmental planning as well as regional and environmental economy. disP addresses both planning practitioners and researchers. The deadline for abstracts submission is 31 March 2006.

A round table was conducted in the Institute of Economics, Zagreb from 12th to 15th September, 2005. Croatian experts and GTZ-experts (by GTZ) discussed crucial aspects of urban (local) management and administration as well as the role and needed competence of consultants in this field. The round table discussions followed a circle of (a) presentations of theoretical aspects of urban (local) management and administration which were (b) relativised by practical experiences and trends in Germany and (c) confronted with the reality and opportunities in Croatia.

The 9th EUNIP International Conference will be hosted by the Department of Economics,  Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland, 20-22 June 2006. EUNIP is a multinational network of researchers in economics and management, who have a specific (research) interest in the area of economic development and public policy. An abstract should be submitted by 9 December 2005.

The Summer University (SUN) is an academic program for young faculty, researchers and professionals, postdocs and advanced doctoral students. It offers a series of intensive two and three-week long high-level, research based courses in the social sciences and humanities.

 

The conference will be held at the Catholic University of Leuven, on the 8th and 9th June 2006. The conference is organized by Regional Studies Association in cooperation with the Institute for International and European Policy and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Abstracts should be sent by 31th January 2006.

3rd International Conference "An Enterprise Odyssey: Integration and Disintegration" is organized by the Graduate School of Economics & Business, Zagreb. The conference will be held from June 15th till June 17th at the Graduate School of Economics & Business, Zagreb.

European Regional Science Association and University of Thessaly are organizing 46th Congress of the European Regional Science Association. The Congress will be held from August 30th till September 3rd, 2006. The central theme of the Conference is "Enlargement, Southern Europe and the Mediterranean". Deadline for abstracts is 15 January 2006.

The Conference is organized by Yasar University and will be held in Cesme, Turkey, from 15-18 June 2006. This is a conference for those, who are interested in presenting paper in the field of business, economics and management. Deadline for abstract submission is April 3, 2006.

 

EASY-ECO 2005-2007 is a training and conference programme on evaluations in the specific context of sustainable development. The EASY-ECO 2005-2007 series comprises three conferences (in the United Kingdom, Germany and Austria) and four training opportunities (in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Poland).