6th Central European Conference in Regional Science
September 20 – 22, 2017 Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica
Keynote speakers
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Prof. Daniela L. Constantin Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
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Prof. Manfred M. Fischer Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
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Prof. Peter Nijkamp Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam
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Assoc. prof. John Östh University of Uppsala, Sweden
Important dates
| Abstract submission deadline | April 30th 2017 March 31st 2017 |
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| Call for special session deadline | March 31st 2017 |
| Notification of acceptance of abstracts | May 15th 2017 |
| Registration from | May 1st 2017 |
| Paper submission deadline | June 30th 2017 |
The main conference sessions
- Centralization Issues in the Central European Urban Regions: Social and Economic Consequences of the Contemporary Global Urbanization Model
- Universities and Economic Development of Regions
- Potential of Unpaid Work in Social and Economic Development of the Regions
- Creative and Smart Development
- Environmental Issues in Spatial Development
- Innovation Enhancing Development
- New Trends and Drivers of Human Resources Development
- Entrepreneurs Enhancing Spatial Development
- Tourism as an Engine of Spatial Development
- Co-creation of Public Services
Key topics of the conference
- Engines of Development
- Creative and Smart Urban and Rural Development
- Resilience and Vulnerability of Cities and Regions
- Centralization and Peripheralization of Regions
Publication opportunities
Conference Proceedings to be submitted to the Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI Web of Science).
A special issue of a high quality open-access journal REGION. It is a peer-reviewed journal in regional science in its broadest sense published, by ERSA (European Regional Science Association) in cooperation with WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien).
Local Organizer
Faculty of Economics
Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
(Department of Public Economics and Regional Development & Research and Inovation Centre)
Co-Organizers
Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Faculty of National Economy, University of Economics, Bratislava, Slovakia
(Department of Public Administration and Regional Development)
Slovak Section of the European Regional Science Association
Hungarian Regional Science Association