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2010

December

RSA South West English Sub-National Branch 1 day Event
New Technologies, New Regional Geographies

Date: 9th December 2010
Venue: University of the West of England, Bristol


November

Regional Studies Association Early Careers Conference
Regions in a Shifting Global Landscape

Date: 2nd November 2010
Venue: University of Manchester, UK
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Regional Development Agencies
The Next Generation Networking, Knowledge and Regional Change

Sponsored by the Regional Studies Association via the ESS scheme
Date: 17th-19th November 2010
Venue: Location: Volterra, Tuscany

Regional Studies Association Winter Conference 2010
Regions and the Environment

Date: Friday 26th November 2010
Venue: The Resource Centre, London, UK
Submissions now closed
Presentations
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October

OPEN DAYS 2010
European Week of Cities and Regions

Date: 4th - 7th October 2010
Venue: Brussels

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Virtualisation of space through inter-regional networks
1st Workshop

Date: 4th - 5th October 2010
Venue: Florence/Firenze, Italy

RSA President's Event 2010
Date: 1st October 2010
Venue: The Ritz, London
This year's President's Event was an Afternoon Tea at the prestigious Ritz Hotel in London.
Guest speaker: John Bachtler

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August

Annual Spatial Economic Analysis lecture 2010
The Future of European Regional Policy by Fabrizio Barca
European Regional Science Association Congress

Date: 19-23 August 2010
Venue: Jönköping, Sweden

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June

'Gazelles and Regional Development: Growth Trajectories, Determinants and Spatial Implications'
Date: 7th and 8th June
Venue: Central Scotland, UK
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NORSA 2010
The Search: Future dynamics of regional development
3rd Conference of the Nordic Section of the Regional Studies Association

Date: 21st - 23rd June
Venue: Seinäjoki, Finland

www.ucs.fi/NORSA/

University consortium of Seinäjoki, University of Helsinki and University of Tampere would like to invite you to submit an abstract for a presentation at the third conference of NORSA, the Nordic section of the Regional Studies Association.

We are inviting papers from various academic fields concerned with the processes and practices of regional development. Themes of the sessions include, but are not limited to,

- Leadership, collective action and regional development
- Regional innovation systems and environments
- Constructing regional advantage
- Institutions, processes of institutional change and governance
- Culture, creativity and regions
- Issues of peripherality in border regions
- Regional engagement of higher education institutions
- Urban - Rural Interaction: Economic, Social and Political Dimensions
- Small businesses and regional development
- Potential of built environment
- CGE simulation models in economic impact assessment

First Workshop
Ecological Regional Development
Date: 11th -12th June
Venue: Hotel Four Points by Sheraton Königshof, Kreischaer Strasse 2, 01219 Dresden, in the vicinity of IOER
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May

Workshop on methods for regional carbon and waste accounting: Perspectives from Scotland and Wales
Tuesday 11th May 2010, Committee Rooms 1&2, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University, Wales
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Regional Studies Association Annual International Conference 2010
Regional Responses and Global Shifts: Actors, Institutions and Organisations

Date: Monday 24th - Wednesday 26th May
Venue: Pécs, Southern Hungary

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Conference Abstract Book:
Please note that since the Abstract Book is printed weeks before the Conference takes place, some changes in the gateways list may have taken place.


April

AAG Annual Conference 2010
Day of Sessions Conference and Regional Studies Annual Lecture

Date: Thursday 15th - Friday 16th April
Venue: Washington DC, USA

Regional Studies Association 'Day of Sessions' - Regional Resilience
Plenary speaker: Professor Ed Glaeser
Date: 15th April 2010
Regional Resilience Conference: Day of Sessions and Regional Studies Annual Lecture
Please note the following two recent events and newly available materials:

1. Regional Resilience Conference - held as a day of sessions within the Washington DC, Association of American Geographers (AAG) conference on 15th April 2010. Professor Ed Glaeser, presented the key note presentation and Professor Ann Markusen spoke as discussant.
If you are a current member of the RSA, access the list of presenters and their slides via the Members' Lounge.
If you are not a current member of the RSA, access the list of presenters and their slides here.

Regional Studies Journal Annual Lecture - Regional Resilience
Guest Lecturer: Professor Paul Krugman (Nobel Prize Winner)
Date: 16th April 2010

2. Regional Studies Annual Lecture - held also at the Washington AAG meeting and attended by in excess of 1,600 people. Nobel Laureate, Professor Paul Krugman gave the Regional Studies Annual Lecture 2010 with Professor Michael Storper acting as discussant.
This session was filmed and following the edit this will be made available to members through the Members' Lounge.
If you are a current member of the RSA, access Professor Krugman's slides via the Members' Lounge.
If you are not a current member of the RSA, access Professor Krugman's slides here.

View videos of the Washington AAG meeting here

International Section Event, Scotland: Gazelles and Regional Development: Growth Trajectories, Determinants and Spatial Implications
Date: 20th-21st April 2010

For more information on any Association past events please email events@rsa-ls.ac.uk

PUBLICATIONS

  • Regional Studies journal cover
  • Spatial Economic Analysis journal cover
  • Regions Magazine cover
  • Regional Insights cover
  • Regions & Cities series cover
  • Regions & Cities series cover