CDES Conferences Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces - International Geographical Union (IGU)
Photos from past conferences
Bern Conference
Name: IGU Mini-Conference
Theme: Rethinking the Economic Geography of Smaller Urban Places:
Transformation and Well-Being in Small and Medium-Sized Towns
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Carlotta Fioretti (Joint Research Centre, European Commission)
Dr. Jörn Harfst (University of Graz)
Dr. Monika Litscher (Swiss Association of Cities)
Osnabrück Conference
Name: IGU Mini-Conference
Theme: Reshaping Economic Geography in Times of Risk, Uncertainty and Crisis
New Haven Conference
Name: IGU Mini-Conference
Theme: Blue Economy
Location: Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Budapest Conference
Name: IGU Mini-Conference
Theme: Rethinking Economic Geography in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revoluation: Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship, Employment and Industry 4.0
Innsbruck Austria Conference
Name: IGU Mini-Conference
Theme: Rural-Urban Linkages for Sustainable Development: An Economic Geography Perspective
New Zealand Conference
Name: IGU Mini-Conference
Theme: New Resource Geographies
Local Organizier: Prof. Michael Roche, School of People Evironment and Planning, Massey University, New Zealand
Ankara Conference
Name: IGU Mini-Conference
Theme: Local and Regional Development in Emerging Economic Geographies
Local Organizer: Dr. Nuri Yavan, Ankara University, Department of Geography, Turkey
Amsterdam Conference
Name: 2014 Mini-Conference
Theme: Globilisation & New Patterns of Services Sector Driven Growth
Venue: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam
Berlin Conference
Name: 2013 Mini-Conference
Theme: Dynamics in Food and Agriculture based Supply Chains
Venue: Berlin, Germany
Leeds Conference
Name: 2013 Residential Conference
Theme: Applied GIS and Spatial Modelling
Venue: Leeds, England
Kraków Conference
Name: 2012 Mini-Conference
Theme: Innovation & Creativity in Emerging Economic Spaces: Local Entrepreneurship & Transnational Corporations
Venue: Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Commission Conference Scholarship Awards: Young Scholars - OR - Students
Vechta Conference
Name: 2011 Mini-conference
Theme: Globalizing Rural Places
Venue: University of Vechta, Germany
Toledo Conference
Name: 2010 Mini-conference
Theme: Local Food Systems and Old Industrial Regions
Venue: Toledo Hilton
Groeningen Conference
Name: 2010 Mini-conference
Theme: Wellbeing, Innovation and Spatial Transformation
Venue: Groningen, Netherlands
Cologne Conference
Name: 2010 Mini-conference
Theme: Industrial Transition – New Patterns of Production, Work and Innovativeness in Global-Local Spaces
Venue: Schloss Wahn Castle
Perth Conference
Name: 2009 Residential Conference
Theme: The Dynamics of Local Economic Growth
Venue: University of Western Australia
Barcelona Conference
Name: 2008 Residential Conference
Theme: Worlds of New Work? Multi-scalar Dynamics of New Economy Spaces
Venue: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Oslo Conference
Name: 2008 Mini Conference
Theme: Theoretical Approaches in Labour Geographies
Venue: University of Oslo
Auckland Conference
Name: 2006 Residential Conference
Theme: Globalising worlds: Geographical perspectives on old and new value chains, commodity chains and supply chains
Venue: University of Auckland
Toledo Conference
Name: 2005 Residential Conference
Theme: Enterprising Worlds: Entrepreneurship and Ethics for Sustainable Futures
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Toledo
Birmingham Conference
Name: 2004 Annual Residential Conference
Theme: Service Worlds: Employment, Organisations
Venue: Technologies University of Birmingham