The theme of the IAOS Conference in Shanghai 2008 is Smart Data, Innovative Uses – Reshaping Official Statistics. An integral part of the Conference is also the 26th biennial conference of the SCORUS, a standing committee of IAOS on regional and urban statistics.

The subject of the conference is "Assessment of Western China Development and Future Prospects." Electronic submission of papers can be made via the link on the website.

The World Knowledge Forum 2007 is aiming to look back on our amazing achievements as well as on challenges spawned by these entire development process and come up with measures to resolve further risks and also go through progressive talks for new methods that will create wealth and open a...

The themes will cover the implications of Asia’s emergence for the rest of the world with regional sessions addressing these points in turn. The conference will also play host to sessions on diverse aspects of development including demographic trends and social security systems, labor market...

The UNU-WIDER project - Southern Engines of Global Growth: China, India, Brazil, and South Africa (CIBS) - centers on the inter-linkages between CIBS and the global economy. The main themes of the project include growth, trade, international finance, international governance and geopolitics. It...

This is the fifth in the series of international conferences on efficiency and productivity growth in the Asia-Pacific region, following on from APPC2004 that was held in Australia. The conference will consist of both invited and contributed paper sessions on efficiency and productivity growth...

This conference will examine sustainable development issues in China as they relate to energy. It will focus on policy aspects of securing sustainable energy sources, what would be necessary to make such a goal achievable and in particular what structures would be needed to encourage foreign...

SUGGESTED TOPICS 1. Sustainable Economic Growth for the New Millennium 2. Population, Health, and Sustainable Economic Growth 3. Education, Technology, and Knowledge Economy 4. Environment, Equality, Balanced Development, and Growth

Asia’s growth continues to transfix analysts and investors around the world. The sheer size and scale of Asia’s future economic development will create major challenges with respect to global competitiveness, human capital, natural resources and environmental sustainability. Moreover, global...