Topics list for parallel sessions: - Global and local analyses of food security - Enabling policies for local and global food security - Sustainable intensification of food production systems - Novel ways of feeding 9 billion - Learning from the past to understand the future - Land sparing, land...

Conference themes: - How to measure the progress in QoL? Applicability of QoL data for policy makers and the general public. - What got better what got worse? Who are the winners and losers of societal development? - Why does progress pessimism prevail in public opinion?

The theme of this conference is "Security Challenges in an Evolving World" Three distinct phenomena form the backdrop of this conference: climate change, the global financial crisis, and the revolutionary awakening across the Middle East region. Each of these developments carries the potential...

The themes of the 16th Annual Conference are: Measurement and impact analysis of changing world monetary system on global trade Measurement and impact analysis of demographic transition and population aging on global trade and the world economy Trade, environment, natural resources and...