The theme of the conference is "Global Cities and Global Regions: Sustainable Futures?". Contributions are welcomed from academics, practitioners and policy advisors on any aspect of regional science for presentation at the conference.

The conference will consist of three main themes which can be subdivided in a number subthemes: - Healthy and safe working environments at SMEs (Occupational Health and Safety, Workplace Innovation, Healthy Ageing and Work, Work Life Balance) - Health organisations as small businesses (Social...

Netspar researchers are encourages to attend this Pension Day which is an important meeting venue for everyone participating in Netspar.

Rethinking the Region and Regionalism in Australasia seeks contributions from researchers, policy makers and practitioners working in all areas of regional analysis, especially those focussed on Australasia. Themes of interest to the conference include: - Regions at the end of the mining boom; -...

Themed "Redefining the Future of Regional Australia", Australian Regional Development Conference will explore the issues and opportunities facing Regional Australia today and into the future. Sub themes for concurrent sessions: - Innovation - Infrastructure - Cultural Tourism / Regional Tourism...

The Committee particularly welcomes papers in the areas (without limiting other areas) of: gas energy markets, oil energy markets, renewable energy markets, energy finance, carbon trading, energy convergence, energy and environmental policies and energy supply chains.

The overall theme for the 18th Annual Conference is "Information for the Policy Maker: Practical Economic Modelling for Tomorrow" with subthemes on: - International trade and trade policy - Climate change and adaptation - Impacts of energy and climate policy - Labour markets and migration -...

On Wednesday, May 30, 1945, Mr John Dedman, Minister for Post-war Reconstruction and Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in the Curtin Labor Government, stood up to present the White Paper on Full Employment to the House of Representatives of the Australian...

The symposium will bring together experts, researchers and industry practitioners to address a growing need to enhance liveability, encourage biodiversity and reduce impact on the natural environment. The forum will address the following issues: - Urban planning: green retention, ecosystem...

Topics of interest are: - Risk management during working life - Risk management during retirement years - The art of choosing - Supervision of fully funded pensions: solvency and transparency - Risk sharing and distribution among generations: full funding, pay-as-you-go, taxation - The labor...