Themes for the conference: - Regional Growth and Productivity - Differential Regional Impacts of the Current Economic Crisis - Sustainable Regional Development - Regional Energy Use and Environmental Impacts - Patterns of Migration and Implications for Regional Labour Markets - Evaluating...

The overarching theme for the Congress will be Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness – Regional Perspectives. This encapsulates a number of different aspects that are topical and relevant not only for Liverpool but also across the whole of Europe.