Conference Sub-Themes: 1. Modelling, Valuation and Evaluation 2. Trade and Environment 3. Institutions and Governance 4. Physical and Ecological Accounting 5. Ecosystems and Well-Being 6. Talking Across Disciplines 7. Environment, Poverty and Development 8. International Agreements and Issues 9....

The workshop invites papers that address methodological, technical, policy-related, or management issues relating to the development and use of the next generation of systems in a global economy.

ISDEHS 2006 is meant to be the first of a series of symposia intended to create an ongoing dialogue between researchers and policy makers from the Arab world with the global scientific community as well as to reposition the ongoing desertification debate within the context of human...

Papers within the following areas are particularly welcome: 1. The importance of social capital in the context of European sport, healthcare, leisure, and/or non-profit and public administration 2. What is the relationship between organisational dispute resolution mechanisms, public trust, and...

Topics of Interest: - Interconnection and Next Generation Networks - Network Externalities and the Internet - Changes in market structure - Infrastructure investments - Network neutrality and open access

Topics: - Economic Dimensions of Art - Finance of Art - Supporting of Art - Protecting Work of Art - Socio-economic Effects of Art - Industrialisation of Art - Globalisation and Art - Popular Culture, Art and Economy - Economic Conditions and Art - Ideology and Art - An Expenditional Economy:...

Conference Themes: - Impact of Information on 21st Century Organisations - Collaboration and Communities - Information Discovery - Library Developments - Publishing - Enterprise Search - Information Developments and China - Opportunities for new Technologies and the Impact on Users -...

The 2006 conference will be the sixth event in the series of annual Berlin Conferences. This year’s discussions will address the theme ‘Resource Policies: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Equity’.

Topics: • Competition, product variety, prices and regulation. • Interactions between traditional media and the internet. • Advertising and media. • Media mergers and competition policy in media industries. • Accuracy in news coverage. • Media content and political outcomes.

Topics: - Methods and indicators for measuring the development of the services sector - Factors that characterise the potential fordevelopment of the services sector - Service industries important for socioeconomicdevelopment, especially in a knowledge economy - The economy-wide propagated...