Programme: - Panel 1: National Innovation Frameworks:a comparative analysis - Panel 2: Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Panel 3: Innovation Financing - Panel 4: Sustainable Innovation and Innovation for Sustainability - Panel 5: Open Innovation - Panel 6: Innovation Networks

We welcome papers on International Economics, Macroeconomics and Finance that address issues of relevance for the economies of Latin America. Some topics of special interest are: • The 2007-9 Global Financial Crisis and its effects on emerging economies • Macroeconomic management of terms of...

The theme for Rio 2010, The right to the City– bridging the urban divide is in harmony with UN-HABITAT’s flagship report, State of the World’s Cities 2010-2011. Concepts that will drive the discussions in Rio include the right to the city, bridging urban income gaps, reducing inequality...

All over 2010, the World Social Forum process will take place in a decentralized manner with events and activities across the globe. The main objective of the events will be to sum up, from the analyzes and experiences of global civil society social movements and organizations, proposals to face...

Opportunities for financing aircraft are out there, but how will these deals be financed? When is the best time to buy an aircraft in the current downturn, and which are the best types of aircraft to invest in? All these questions and more will be answered at the 12th Annual European Airfinance...

Experts speakers will debate topics including: - The real potential of PPP in Brazil - Gearing up for the impending airport auctions - Looking towards the renewable energy auctions: Changing the landscape for Brazilian energy - Emerging expectations and opportunities for wind power in Brazil -...

The conference is intended to provide a forum for new economists (in post-graduate research programs or the private and public sectors) to present papers from any area of economics. This forum is intended for anybody in the early stages of research - eligibility to present has nothing to do with...

Bringing together delegates from the sugar industry, energy, finance and government, Cogeneration Brazil 2009 is the perfect forum for you to analyse this highly topical subject and network with senior figures from leading international companies in this sector. [gemäß den Informationen des...

Conference themes: - All Ireland economy – implications for regional futures - Geographies of subjective happiness and well-being - Health, environment and regional development - Geographies of transition and EU accession - The future for European regional policy - Spatial analysis and...

With its stable regulatory framework and 13 biodiesel tenders introduced by the federal government over the last three years, Brazil urgently needs a more highly organised production chain to meet the demands of the National Biodiesel Programme, which forecasts the possible introduction of new...