Conference Program: Session A: Changes in the Situation on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asian Cooperation; Session B: The Free Movement of People, Goods, and Services.

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...

Objectives of NICE: To deepen expertly the discussion on a number of issues for bringing about lasting socioeconomic development in Northeast Asia, on the summaries and investigations of the state of development of measures in each country, and on the direction of policies which ought to be...

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...

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.

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