The purpose of this symposium is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between Chinese and international scholars on labor economics. We invite submissions from all areas related to labor economics, including but not limited to employment and unemployment, education and human capital, population...

Conference themes: - Cross-border regional cooperation under the restructuring global order, - Cross-border regional cooperation for development: theories and practice, - Cross-border regional cooperation for rural development, - The development of regional financial industry, - The development...

All submissions, from both academics and practitioners,are welcome but particularly those focussing on the following issues: (1) Administration and Public Policy: Welfare state, Elderly care (including facilities, community care and in-home services for the older people), Spatial planning and...

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.

Forum Sessions: - Developments and trends in social security - Demographic challenges - Governance and management - Extension of social security coverage - Focus on Africa - Social Security Summit

The theme of the IAOS Conference in Shanghai 2008 is Smart Data, Innovative Uses – Reshaping Official Statistics. An integral part of the Conference is also the 26th biennial conference of the SCORUS, a standing committee of IAOS on regional and urban statistics.

SUGGESTED TOPICS 1. Sustainable Economic Growth for the New Millennium 2. Population, Health, and Sustainable Economic Growth 3. Education, Technology, and Knowledge Economy 4. Environment, Equality, Balanced Development, and Growth