ERSA Congress 2011 News Archived
EIB-ERSA Prize Winner 2011
EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2011 awarded to Piet Rietveld
The 2011 European Investment Bank (EIB)-European Prize in Regional Science will be awarded to Piet Rietveld, Professor in transport economics at the Faculty of Economics, VU University, Amsterdam, for his contributions to among others transportation modeling, risk and cost benefit analysis and the role of transport infrastructure and amenities in a spatial economy.
Further information can be found HERE
Barcelone magic town?
Some Reasons to choose Barcelona, Visit Barcelona with this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knXxurBWKvQ
For touristic information: http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/English/
VR
Oct 2010
Official invitation to Barcelona ERSA 2011
Dear Colleagues,
- Barcelona Invitation 2011
On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee, I take pleasure to invite you to the 51st European Congress of the Regional Association International, to be held in Barcelona (Spain) from August 30 to September 3, 2011. The main theme of the ERSA 2011 conference is New challenges for European Regions and Urban Areas in a Globalised World, and we are expecting a large number of regional scientists and practitioners to attend this exciting meeting where a list of topics on regional and urban issues will be discussed.
Barcelona, Catalonia and Spain have a long tradition in organizing Regional Science events. This strong involvement is an example of our interest in territory and space as key variables in influencing economic analysis. Despite the huge and increasing importance of globalization, the solution to our day-to-day problems lies in considering the differential characteristics of each area, region, city, and neighbourhood.
The conference is co-organized by the Spanish and Catalan Regional Science Associations and the Reference Network for Research in Applied Economics (XREAP) and will be hosted in one of the world’s leading cities for leisure and culture.
We are preparing an attractive conference, with top academics and high quality presentations, parallel sessions, round tables and special sessions: an essential event for those who wish to keep up to date with developments in regional science.
We encourage you to send your abstracts and papers and to visit our conference web site in the coming months as we get ready for ERSA-BCN2011. You can still propose special sessions writing an email to the LOC Coordinator,Vicente Royuela (vroyuela@ub.edu), before the 10th of January.
Jordi Suriñach
Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for ERSA 2011
President of the Catalan Association of Regional Science, Professor of Universitat de Barcelona, Director of the Research Group IREA,
Official invitation of Barcelona-ERSA-2011 (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE-h...
24/12/10
Propose new special sessions
You can still propose new special sessions writing an email to the LOC Coordinator,Vicente Royuela (vroyuela@ub.edu), before the 10th of January 2011
To see the list of Special Sessions
Date for opening abstract and paper submission
Since January 2011, the ERSA team has changed and we are doing our best to open abstract/paper submission site within a week.
Richard KELLY new Executive Director, Maristella ANGOTZI new Congress Manager, Marie HERVO former Executive Director
RK 01/02/2011
During the ERSA Barcelona Congress - 1st European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: February 21, 2011.
During the ERSA Congress at Barcelona - 1st European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
30th August - 3rd September 2011 Barcelona, Spain
Programme Committee: Henry Overman (LSE), Diego Puga (IMDEA Social Sciences Institute), Kurt Schmidheiny (Basel and Pompeu Fabra) and Jacques-François Thisse (Université catholique de Louvain).
Submission: Please submit a paper or extended abstract through the online submission form at http://urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emuea2011call.html
The Urban Economics Association seeks to promote participation and excellence in academic research in urban and regional economics. The ERSA conference in Barcelona will be the first European meeting of the UEA. To participate in the special sessions organized by the UEA, please click on the link below: http://www.urbaneconomics.org/.
CALL for submitting abstracts and papers
The CALL is open for submitting your abstracts and papers to the ERSA Congress 2011, Barcelona.
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit your abstracts and papers for the 51st European Congress of the Regional Association International, to be held in Barcelona (Spain) from August 30 to September 3, 2011. We are preparing an attractive conference, with top academics and high quality presentations, parallel sessions, round tables and special sessions: an essential event for those who wish to keep up to date with developments in regional science and urban economics.
Keynote speakers
Policy Plenary Lecture of the Conference Johannes Hahn Commissioner of Regional Policy of the European Union.
David Audretsch Ameritech Chair of Economic Development at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Director of the Institute for Development Strategies at Indiana University, Research fellow at the CEPR, London as well as an honorary professor at WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, Germany.
Maryanne Feldman S.K. Heninger Distinguished Chair in Public Policy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Richard Florida Director Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
Diego Puga Professor at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (IMDEA) Social Sciences. Prize Fundación Banco Herrero 2008. Co-Director International Trade and Regional Economics Programme del CEPR.
Special Round Tables participants:
Antoine Bailly, Roberta Capello, Graham Clarke, Phil McCann, Rosina Moreno, Peter Nijkamp, Henry Overman, Raffaele Paci, Mark Partridge, Dan Rickman, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, André Torré, and more to come…
1st European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
The Urban Economics Association seeks to promote participation and excellence in academic research in urban and regional economics. The ERSA conference in Barcelona will be the first European meeting of the UEA. To participate in the special sessions organized by the UEA, visit http://www.urbaneconomics.org/.
RK Feb 2011
Submission of abstracts/papers for the ERSA Congress 2011 is now CLOSED.
The submission of abstracts/papers for the ERSA Congress 2011 is now CLOSED.
If you have submitted an abstract/paper, you can still view your submission by logging in with your access key.
A Congress Program overview is available now!
Click on the PDF file below:
ERSA 2011- Exhibitors Opportunities
Become an ERSA Exhibitor at the Barcelona Congress
2011 Exhibition and Promotion Opportunities
A wide range of opportunities is available at the ERSA congress. Exhibitor’s stand, Congress book advert, Poster Zone, and the EPAINOS Prize sponsorship.
Further information HERE
Nominations for the EIB-ERSA prize at the Barcelona Congress
The committee for the EIB-ERSA prize is asking for nominations of candidates for the EIB-ERSA prize in ERSA 2011 Congress in Barcelona.
Eligible are ’living European regional scientists, who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of regional science’. Nominations can be made by every individual.
They should be made in an email to the president of the prize committee, Gunther Maier at the following email address of: <gunther.maier@wu.ac.at>, and should include a link to the CV of the nominated person.
The deadline for nominations is March 31st, 2011.
Over 1177 abstracts submitted to the Congress
The Barcelona LOC are pleased to announce the acceptance of abstracts for the ERSA 2011 Congress.
Notification of abstract/paper accepted
Notification of abstract/paper accepted have been sent to all those who have submitted to the 2011 ERSA Congress.
If you wish to view your result of submission online, please go to the Congress Participant Area.
If you have not received your notification message, please contact ERSA at info@ersa.org
Online registration will be coming soon!
View Your Submission for ERSA 2011 Congress
Dear Congress Participant,
If you wish to view your result of submission online, please go to the Congress Participant Area. And enter your Access KEY.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to some technical issues, the online registration will be available by the end of this week. Thank you for your patience.
Richard KELLY
Executive Director
Registration is ONLINE for the ERSA 2011 Barcelona Congress
ERSA 2011 Barcelona Congress Registration is OPEN
For the 51st European Congress of the Regional Science Association International, the Local Organising Committee has decided to introduce a Lower Fee policy which is here.
More ...
A series of Technical Visits (6) have been organised on 1st of September. Places for each technical visit are limited. Pre-registration is highly recommended and confirmation onsite by the 30th August is requested.
For further details on the technical visits and to pre-register click HERE
Accompanying persons’ tours and Post-Congress tours are also organised by the Local Organising Committee.
For further details and to reserve the tour(s) of your choice click HERE
Hotel Accommodation - Specially discounted rates have been negotiated for delegates in a wide range of conveniently located hotels.
For more details on the hotels’ list and for making a reservation, click HERE
Feel free to call us on + 32 10 47 43 62 or email info@ersa.org for any further information you may need.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Barcelona during the Congress.
Yours sincerely,
ERSA Office
on behalf of the Barcelona Local Organising Committee
Last Minute Reminder - ERSA 2011 Congress, Barcelona
Deadline for Speakers to be included in the ERSA 2011 Congress Book
It is still not too late to Register to the ERSA 2011 Congress in Barcelona, as well as for Speakers for the USB stick.
ERSA 2011 Congress Update
The Local Organising Committee is currently compiling the Congress Programme.
Only registered presenting authors will be included in the programme. The first draft of the programme will be available by the end of June.
All registered participants will be personally informed as soon as the programme is online.
Thank you for your patience.
ERSA office
ERSA 2011 Congress Update
Partners & Co-Financiers and Exhibtors
Please find the link to the latest Partners & Co-Financiers and Exhibitors to the ERSA 2011 Congress in Barcelona.
http://www.ersa.org/ersa-congress/partners-exhibitors/
It is not too late, for your organisation to contribute to this event, if you require further information. Please feel free to contact the ERSA office at info@ersa.org.
We would like to personally thank, the organizations that have contributed to the ERSA 2011 Congress.
See you all in Barcelona.
RK
04/07/2011
ERSA 2011 Congress Update
Presenting authors:
4th July: Notification of the timetable schedule for accepted abstracts/papers have been sent.
If you have not received a notification message, please email us at info@ersa.org
Congress Delegates:
It is still possible to register as a congress delegate.
10th July: Deadline to register and be included in the participant list of the Congress book distributed on site.
Registration is effective after full receipt of payment. Therefore, payment by credit card is highly recommended.
Technical & Social Visits - Pre-Registration is available
Updated news for the ERSA 2011 Congress in Barcelona
The links are available for the Technical and Social Visits for the Congress
please click on the appropriate sections to review the visits and to pre-register for them before the congress starts in August.
RK
14/07/2011
Football match organised during ERSA Barcelona
Are you wanting to practice some football in the city of the 2011 Champions League winner’s...?
Following the interest expressed by some of the delegates, we are organizing football matches on the 1st September 2011, evening 7pm – 8pm.
Depending on your interests, we will plan to organize either five-a-side or seven-a-side matches on synthetic grass courts close to the conference venue (only 15 minutes by foot).
So... pack your football equipment and bring it to Barcelona!
VERY IMPORTANT!!! Please, send an e-mail to: emiguelez@ub.edu (subject: “ERSA football”) if you are interested in participating in this social activity!
One High Level Sessions in One day
WEDNESDAY 31ST OF AUGUST, 2011
There is ONE High Level session in one day ‘THE NEW URBAN WORLD’ & ‘The Big Thinkers’ & ‘The Big Five’
Please click on the PDF file below for further information on these sessions.
Final Programme
Final Programme (Updated PDF version 29th August)
You will find below the Final Programme of the ERSA 2011 Congress in Barcelona
RK ERSA Office
Please click HERE, on the PDF below
We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona in August.
ERSA Office on behalf of the Barcelona Local Organising Committee
Attendee Planner now online
Please click HERE to see the Attendee Planner for this years Congress in Barcelona
Less than 2 Weeks to go, to the 51st ERSA Congress 2011 in Barcelona
We have less than two weeks to go to the 51st ERSA Congress 2011 in Barcelona
Have you seen when and where you are presenting?
Further information to follow from the ERSA office....
Updated Congress Program
Final Programme (Updated PDF version 29th August)
You will find below the Final Programme of the ERSA 2011 Congress in Barcelona
RK ERSA Office
Please click HERE, on the PDF below
We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona in August.
ERSA Office on behalf of the Barcelona Local Organising Committee
Opening Ceremony of ERSA 2011 Barcelona
Please click HERE to see the picture of the Vice- President of Spain and Minister of Land Policy, Gobierno Manuel Chaves of Spain, at the opening ceremony of ERSA 2011 at the University of Barcelona.
Weather Update for the ERSA Congress
Please find below a link to the forecast for the weather conditions in Barcelona
Looking forward to seeing you all there
kind regards
ERSA office & LOC of Barcelona
Social Information...
If you are arriving the weekend before the Congress, we have been given two links of Restaurants here in Barcelona.
http://www.bcnrestaurantes.com/eng/ http://www.barcelona.com/barcelona_city_guide/where_to_eat_barcelona
See you at the Congress
ERSA Office
TV linkage for some of the sessions
The Local Organising Committee of Barcelona have arranged a special linkage for some of the special sessions
please click on the link...
Monday evening in Barcelona
For those of you who are interested in watching a football match
On Monday 29th August, Barcelona is playing! (apparently the strike is over in Spain)
FC Barcelona – Villareal
Further information on how to get your tickets etc, please click HERE
LIVE coverage of all plenary sessions at ERSA 2011 Barcelona
1st & 2nd of September 2011
In these sessions we have the following:
Maryanne Feldman & David Audretsch (thu 9:00) Johannes Hahn, Joaquim Oliveira-Martins and Luis Espadas (thu 14:00) Closing ceremony, with Piet Rietveld lecvture (fri 16:15)
Plus a very special session: global challenges of regional science: Peter Batey, Antoine Bailly, Roberta Capello and Peter Nijkamp
please click on the link...
Epainos Prize Winner for 2011
Epainos Prize 2011 was awarded to:
Tiago Freire - Skill wage gap in Brazil: 1980-2000
Further information can be found HERE
