Confrence main theme: "Deregulation and Stable Growth Policy to Overcome the Deceleration of the World Economy" Plenary Session 1: Energy Reform and Economic Growth Policy Plenary Session 2: Politics and Economics of the TPP and Other Free Trade Agreements Theme-related papers will be welcomed.

Topics: - Energy and Resources - Health - Information Technology and Telecommunications - Infrastructure and Urban Development - Manufacturing - Mobility - Science and Technology Participation in these meetings is by invitation only.

Any topic of regional science will be invited.

JSPE invites proposals for the English sessions in the following categories: English Sessions I: Topics relating to the plenary session such as: (1) The Global Economic Crisis and State: Alternative Approaches for Monetary and Fiscal Policies, (2) Mechanisms of the Crisis and their Consequences,...

List of Sessions: 1. Transnational Production of Urban Space: Convergent City Forms? 2. Urban Polarization 3. Marginalization and Inequality in Globalizing Cities of Developing Countries 4. Promoting Sustainable Urbanization in Developing Countries 5. Migration Networks in Asia: Their Processes,...

Topics: - Energy and climate change: When will we finally move from words to serious action? - Globalisation and equity: How can the fruits of globalisation be better shared? - Reform: Can governments make reform happen and still get re-elected? - Innovation: How can we foster creative and...

The conference work is organized in the following six workshops: 1.Monetary and fiscal policy 2.International economic policy 3.Labor and social policy 4.Regional policy 5.Sectoral economic policy 6.Entrepreneurship policy