Theme & Program

Congress Main Theme & Types of Sessions



1. CONGRESS THEME:

The main theme of the Congress is Sustainable Regional Growth and Development in the Creative Knowledge Economy. This theme encompasses and reflects wider European concerns about regional growth and development in an era of globalisation and increased environmental awareness, expressed not least in the Lisbon Agenda. Besides the main theme, the congress is open for all issues concerning regional problems. A broad range of topics are listed among the themes below.

2. TYPES OF SESSIONS:

1- Refereed R-session Papers addressed to these sessions will be refereed by the theme convenors for each thematic topic. The deadline for the full paper submission for R-sessions is 14th April 2010.

2 - Refereed Y-session Papers are for Young Scientists. For these sessions, all coauthors of the paper should be younger than 33 years old on September 1st 2010. The full papers will be refereed by the convenor of the Young Scientists’ Sessions. All authors will compete for the Epainos Award, which is awarded to the best paper presented in these sessions. The deadline for submission of the full paper for Y-sessions is 14th April 2010.

3 - Ordinary O-session Papers addressed to these sessions are not refereed, but they will be included in the Conference USB stick/pen drive, unless the authors choose otherwise. The deadline for the full paper submission, if it is to be included in the USB stick/pen drive, is 18th June 2010.

4 - Special S-session Papers for these special sessions may be refereed by the special session organiser, if he/she decides to do so. The deadlines for abstract and/or final paper submissions are also determined by each special session organiser.

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