We welcome contributions, which will help advance visions, practices, technologies, research and theories to be much better support for Business and Management purposes. The scope of ICAICTBM 2013 will cover but not be limited to: Session I: ICT for Business and Management Session II:...

Topics: - Energy and Resources - Health - Information Technology and Telecommunications - Infrastructure and Urban Development - Manufacturing - Mobility - Science and Technology Participation in these meetings is by invitation only.

Programme: - Taming the Real Estate Beast: The Effects of Monetary and Macroprudential Policies on Housing Prices and Credit. By Kenneth Kuttner and Ilhyock Shim* (BIS) - Rental Rate under Housing Price Uncertainty: A Real-Options Approach. By Honglin Wang* (HKIMR), Fan Yu (CMC and SAIF) and...

The forum aims to promote communication and collaboration of researchers interested in various issues of modernization study. Here we will focus on five themes. - Modernization and world economy - Modernization and global civic society - Modernization and environmental change - Modernization and...

The themes of the 16th Annual Conference are: Measurement and impact analysis of changing world monetary system on global trade Measurement and impact analysis of demographic transition and population aging on global trade and the world economy Trade, environment, natural resources and...

The goal of the conference is to promote the exchange of ideas among economists conducting quantitative analysis of global economic issues. Particular emphasis will be placed on applied general equilibrium methods, data, and application. Related theoretical and applied work is also welcome. The...

Programme: - Recent Performance of the Hong Kong Dollar Foreign Exchange Market and the Linked Exchange Rate System - Transmitting Global Liquidity to East Asia: Dollar Credit in Mainland China and Hong Kong - Rising Mainland Exposure of Hong Kong Banks: Finding the Optimum Level and Assessing...

The Japan Risk Management Society will hold sessions in conjunction with the conference where related topics include disaster preparedness and response, liability limits, and nuclear power. More broadly, topics will cover the world economy, economic theory and measurement, the role of law in the...

Main Theme: "Asian Economic Initiative: How Do We Integrate Our Economies?"

Asia has been the main driver of growth in world sugar consumption since the late 1980s. It is already the world's main deficit area and China is likely to become a major importer due to a shortage of suitable land. If Asia decides to use cane for ethanol, the supply gap will widen and Asia will...