Conferences are an important element in the work of researchers, requiring substantial investments in fees, travel expenses and the time spent by the participants. The aim of this paper is to identify the preferences of participants with respect to conference characteristics. Based on a sample...

Overall, the Conference was very satisfactory, as it allowed the representatives of national authorities and of civil society to discuss the main issues on drugs in a wide ranging and open debate, and to reach a general consensus on most points. There were repeated calls for a radical rethink of...

In support of the 2011 'Environment for Europe' Ministerial Conference in Astana, EEA has prepared Europe's environment — An Assessment of Assessments (EE-AoA). This report provides a comprehensive overview of available sources of environmental information across the region which directly...

The Eurostat 2007 Conference "Modern Statistics for Modern Society" was held in Luxemburg on 6 - 7 December 2007. It focused on the need for modernising official statistics as a result of the increasing challenges from a more and more numerate society. The aim of the Conference was threefold: -...

The Annual Congress of the German Economic Association has become one of the largest national meetings of professional economists. The contributed papers at the Congress undergo a rigorous and competitive selection procedure where only about one half of all submissions are accepted for...

Am 18. und 19. März 2004 findet in der britischen Botschaft in Berlin die diesjährige »CESifo International Spring Conference« statt. Am ersten Tag werden die wirtschaftlichen Perspektiven wichtiger Weltregionen im Frühjahr 2004 behandelt. Im Mittelpunkt des zweiten Tages steht die...

Die europäische Bauwirtschaft erlebte 2006 mit einem Anstieg um 3,7% das beste Jahr seit fast einem Vierteljahrhundert. Für 2007 erwarten die Experten für die in der Euroconstruct-Gruppe zusammengeschlossenen europäischen Länder eine weitere Zunahme um ca. 21/2%. In den beiden darauf...