This second working conference will focus on agri-food issues and examine in which way the practices of Alternative Food Initiatives contribute to sustainable consumption.

The theme of this years conference is “Regions: The Dilemmas of Integration and Competition?” Conference Parallel Workshop Themes A) European Regional Policy B) Regions: hubs of global knowledge C) Labour Market Dynamics, Human Capital and Migration D) Rural Economic Development -...

The complex workings of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) affect everyone working in agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, food retail and biofuels. This in depth seminar offers you an accessible but comprehensive guide to the CAP and gives you a thorough understanding of the subject...

This meeting always provides an intensive coverage of the latest research and events in real estate and urban economics policy.

We welcome especially contributions that analyze the interaction between microeconomic financial structures and macroeconomic policies and stability objectives. We seek to attract high quality theoretical and empirical work around five main themes: 1. Contagion 2. Stability effects of...

The conference is aimed to encourage development, cooperation and mutual assistance among the countries, industries and companies of South and East Europe and Black Sea Region.

The challenges currently facing the Middle East are now well known. Less well understood are the alternative futures for the region under various scenarios, and what these mean for policy-makers and business leaders today. This event will take an entirely new approach to addressing the urgent...

At the 2008 Business Forum in Kiev, you will be able to explore the latest investment opportunities and to meet the people who are driving business forward in Russia, central Asia, south-eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the new countries of the EU.

Topics: - forecasting financial markets - economic policy, growth and financial markets - monetary and fiscal policy decision-making - portfolio and asset management - pricing and risk of financial instruments - advances in financial econometrics and statistics - exchange rate and interest rate...

Beyond Liquidity: Modeling Frictions in Finance and Macroeconomics Conference is a small conference on finanical frictions and their impact on both financial markets and real economies is proposed. Financial market crises have the potential to harm the real economy, as suggested by both recent...