The Supporter's Summit this year deals with the topic of state expansion in its foreign relations, with a focus on US foreign economic and military policy in particular.

The aim of this conference is to encourage research in the area of sound policies and design of banking sector regulation, particularly the applications of new corporate finance ideas to issues in bank governance and regulation. Topics would include but are not limited to: the impact of bank...

Main topics: -Innovation Systems & university-industry-government relations; - Entrepreneurship education and training; - Entrepreneurial spirit, knowledge processes and learning in organizations; - Technology entrepreneurship and innovation (Technopreneurship); - Knowledge transfer, Spin-off...

Possible conference sessions would address the impact of the following issues on US international competitiveness: - Labor market flexibility - Migration policy - Comparative demographics - International outsourcing - Education and training policy - Entrepreneurial incentives - Financial market...

The goal of this conference is to encourage provocative dialog about ethical issues in business within the academic community. Top scholars in the business disciplines—including accounting, finance, management, and marketing—will discuss their research and the ethical issues that should be...

There are many challenges forecasters face throughout the life cycle of any pharmaceutical product. At this year’s IBF Pharmaceutical Forecasting BestPractices Forum we will examine some of the more common challenges and discuss practical approaches to forecasting during the pre-launch,...

The aim is to stimulate further thinking on a theme of both current and future relevance to transport economics and policy.

The conference is designed to achieve three mutually supportive objectives: 1. Build a strong regional network of reformers who will share information and experiences, provide mutual support, and spread proven techniques of promoting freedom and creating and mobilizing constituencies for liberal...

Topics: • the creation of new real-time macroeconomic databases • modeling or forecasting data revision • constructing and evaluating forecasts with data subject to revision • reliability studies examining the revision of forecasts or current analysis • policy formulation or evaluation...

The first World Congress on Communication for Development will focus on demonstrating that communication for development is an essential ingredient for meeting today’s most pressing development challenges and, as such, should be more fully integrated in development policy and practice.