The theme of the 2008-Conference is Leadership, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Chains and Networks. Therefore, the 8th International Conference aims to improve the understanding of: • systems innovations in agri-food supply chains and networks that need innovative governance, such as...

The conference will assess current welfare statistics and demonstrate the relevance of these figures to existing and future welfare practices and reforms. Topics covered will include ageing and aged care, children, youth and families, welfare expenditure, labour force, housing and homelessness.

Main themes: - Value added creation and supply chain management in a globalising world; - Towards a new food policy: supply chain developments and interactive policy making; - Transparency and social responsibility in an international context.

Metropolis International 2007 is an internationally significant research-based conference that focuses on immigration and settlement issues. While Metropolis conferences have a general unifying focus, it is the host city that determines the specific theme for the week-long event. The 12th...

The theme for the 2007 conference is 'Social Policy through the Life Course: Building Community Capacity and Social Resilience'. This theme encapsulates two interrelated issues in social policy. The first concerns life-course transitions, including the diverse challenges and opportunities which...

Historical, theoretical, empirical, and policy papers are encouraged. Five broad areas for exploring the theme of social values and economic life include: (1) family and community relationships; (2) the workplace and its social organization; (3) the social nature of market relationships; (4)...

Topics: Economic overview; Natural resources and climate; Trade reform; Australian food industries; Farm performance; Livestock; Crops; Horticulture.

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The conference will not have one overall theme, but the organizers would especially like to encourage submission of papers concerning Demographic and Migration Effects on Property Markets. Besides that potential topics for papers include, but are not limited to, the following: · Property...

IAAE Conference Programs have traditionally included a number of discussion groups, continuing over several conference sessions, with topics covering a wide variety of issues of general interest to participants.