RSA 2nd North America Conference
Cities & Regions: Managing Growth & Change
14th – 17th June 2016, Historic Academy of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
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Academic Programme
Date/Time:
Registration
Tuesday 14/06/2016 1800 - 1900, The Rotunda
Registration will be open at The Historic Academy of Medicine prior to the Welcome Reception beginning.
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Welcome Reception
Tuesday 14/06/2016 1900 - 2030, The Rotunda
The Welcome Reception will take place at The Historic Academy of Medicine and will be hosted by Centre for Urban Innovation, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Registration
Wednesday 15/06/2016 0800 - 1815, The Rotunda
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Opening Speeches
Wednesday 15/06/2016 0900 - 0915, The Theatre
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Plenary 1
Wednesday 15/06/2016 0915 - 0945, The Theatre
Chair: Jennifer Clark - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
De Propris, Lisa - University of Birmingham, United Kingdom New Manufacturing Model and Implications for Regional Development
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Working Regions: Rethinking Regional Manufacturing Policy I
Wednesday 15/06/2016 0945 - 1115, The Dining Room
Chair: Greg Schrock - Portland State University, United States
Barzotto, Mariachiara - Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham (UK), United Kingdom De Propris, Lisa - Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Changes in Manufacturing Jobs in Fast Growing Regions Evidence from the EU-15 Labour Markets
Mahmoudi, Dillon - Portland State University, United States Making Software, Making Regions: Labor Market Dynamics in Software Cities
Bramwell, Allison - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Canada
Pathways to Good Jobs in Green Industries? A Comparison of Workforce Eco-Systems for Alternative Energy Industries in Ontario and Ohio
Clark, Jennifer - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Manufacturing by Design: The Rise of Regional Intermediaries and the Reemergence of Collective Action
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Evaluation and Impacts of Urban Transportation Projects
Wednesday 15/06/2016 0945 - 1115, The Library
Chair: Heather Stephens - West Virginia University, United States
Omidi, Masoud - Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran, Islamic Republic of Kheyroddin, Reza - Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran, Islamic Republic of
The Urban Mega-Project Effects on Real Estate Price Changes in Adjacent Neighborhoods (Case Studies: Sadr Multilayered Highway, Tehran)
Mistur, Evan - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Kingsley, Gordon - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States An, Yehyun - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Practically Batty: Analyzing institutional adaptation to environmental regulatory change through the Practical/Procedural Evaluation Method
Urmanbetova, Aselia - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States McCarthy, Pat - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Garrow, Laurie - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Shukla, Geetanjali - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Cost-effectiveness of Rural Public Transit
An, Yehyun - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Kingsley, Gordon - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Effective Communications between the Public and Private Sectors for the Environmental Review Process in Transportation Projects
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Innovation and the Knowledge Economy
Wednesday 15/06/2016 0945 - 1115, The Cottonwood
Chair: Dieter Kogler - University College Dublin, Ireland
Whittle, Adam - University College Dublin, Ireland Evolutionary Approaches to Foreign Direct Investment and Multinational Knowledge Transfer: Examples from Ireland
Kedron, Peter - Ryerson University, Canada Kogler, Dieter - University College Dublin, Ireland
Regions, firms, and individuals: Measuring Innovation in Evolutionary Context
Jarvis, David - Centre for Business in Society (CBiS), United Kingdom Ferreira, Jennifer - Centre for Business in Society (CBiS), Coventry University, United Kingdom
Mobilising Institutional Reforms and Research in Innovation Systems (MIRRIS): Barriers to the Participation of the EU 13 in the European Research Area
Spencer, Gregory - University of Toronto, Canada Shutters, Shade - Arizona State University, United States Florida, Richard - University of Toronto, Canada
Pathways to Ontario’s Knowledge Economy: a regional system for identifying existing strengths and future prospects
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Refreshment Break
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1115 - 1145, The Rotunda
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Working Regions: Rethinking Regional Manufacturing Policy II
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1145 - 1315, The Dining Room
Chair: Jennifer Clark - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Green, Jamaal - Portland State University, United States Land-Use, Neighborhood Change, and Urban Manufacturing
Wolf-Powers, Laura - City University of New York Graduate Center, United States
Can Urban Manufacturing Survive the Current Policy Turn?
Facchinetti, Marco - Politecnico of Milano - DASTU, Italy Moving from industrial areas to innovation districts: is production leaving the suburbs to become urban or is urbanity transforming the industrial suburbs?
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Bonus Compensation: Regional Cobenefits from Sustainable Development
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1145 - 1315, The Library
Chair: Matt Cox - The Greenlink Group, United States
Cox, Matt - The Greenlink Group, United States Golin, Caroline - The Greenlink Group, United States Sun, Xiaojing - The greelink Group, United States Norton, Ruthie - City of Atlanta, Office of Sustainability, United States O'Neil, Megan - City of Atlanta, Office of Sustainability, United States
Working to Pick up the PACE
Sun, Xiaojing - The Greenlink Group, United States Golin, Caroline - The Greenlink Group, United States Cox, Matt - The Greenlink Group, United States
Water in the Wires
Golin, Caroline - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Cox, Matt - The Greenlink Group, United States Sun, Xiaojing - The Greenlink Group, United States
Joining the Revolution: City Networks as Change Agents
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Regional Identities - Inequalities and Opportunities from the International Perspective
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1145 - 1315, The Cottonwood
Chair: Gregory Spencer - University of Toronto, Canada
Dhungana, Khusbu - Tribhuvan University, T.U. Nepal, Nepal Emerging Community: Region and Urban Identities in Nepal
Knaps, Falco - Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany Cultural markers to characterize regional identity for planning and decision support
Sakanishi, Akiko - Nara Prefectural University, Japan A regional analysis of married women’s labor force participation rates and employment patterns in Japan
Amaral, Pedro - CEDEPLAR - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Costa, Guilherme - CEDEPLAR - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Machado, Ana Flávia - CEDEPLAR - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Vulnerability to Poverty in Brazilian Municipalities in 2000 and 2010: a multidimensional approach
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Lunch
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1315 - 1415, The Magnolia
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Plenary 2
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1415 - 1445, The Theatre
Chair: Alasdair Rae - University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Zook, Matthew - University of Kentucky, United States Socializing Data: Mapping Culture & Governance in the Era of Smart Cities
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Working Regions: Rethinking Regional Manufacturing Policy III
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1445 - 1615, The Dining Room
Chair: Laura Wolf-Powers - City University of New York Graduate Center, United States
Doussard, Marc - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Manufacturing without the Firm: The Heightened Risks and Limited Rewards of Making
Eisenburger, Maximilian - University of Illinois, United States Doussard, Marc - University of Illinois, United States
City on the Make: How Industrial Legacies Shape the Market Potential of Maker Entrepreneurship
Schrock, Greg - Portland State University, United States Doussard, Marc - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Mapping Working Regions: The Shifting Landscape of U.S. Manufacturing Design and Production since the Great Recession
Chapple, Karen - University of California, Berkeley, United States
Crafting a Regional Land Policy to Support Manufacturing
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Building Inclusive Labor Markets
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1445 - 1615, The Library
Chair: Mark Roberts - The World Bank, United States
Tate, Scott - Virginia Tech, United States Shaping “People Strategies”: Developing Workers and Systems in Rural or Coal-Reliant Regions
Sissons, Paul - Centre for Business in Society (CBiS), United Kingdom Green, Anne - Institute for Employment Research/Warwick University, United Kingdom
Inclusive labour markets: prospects and policies for urban and regional development
Andreason, Stuart - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, United States Wardrip, Keith - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, United States
Predicting Employer Preference for Education in Opportunity Occupations
Douthat, Thomas - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Green Leigh, Nancey - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
First Source Hiring and 4 R's For Evaluating Hiring Programs
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Connecting Regions: Governance, Institutions, Markets
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1445 - 1615, The Cottonwood
Chair: Olga Shevchenko - The National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine
Cvetinovic, Marija - EPFL, Switzerland Guidelines to Reinterpret Decision Making Complexity for Multifaceted Urban Governance in Belgrade, Serbia
Federwisch, Tobias - Leibniz-Institute for Research on Society and Space, Germany
“Caretakers”: Key figures in processes of innovative urban and regional development
Lee, Seong Woo - Seoul National University, Korea, Republic of Hwang, Jaehee - Seoul National University, Korea, Republic of Myers, Dowell - University of Southern California, United States
Does Housing Age Affect Household Mobility: Empirical Evidences from the 100 US Metropolitan Areas
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Refreshment Break
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1615 - 1645, The Rotunda
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Special Session with RSA Editors: What can Open Access do for you?
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1645 - 1815, The Dining Room
Chair: Alasdair Rae - University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Rae, Alasdair - University of Sheffield, United Kingdom What Open Access Can do for You?
Stephens, Heather - West Virginia University, United States Experiences of Open Access publishing: An Associate & Editorial Perspective
Hardy, Sally - Regional Studies Association, United Kingdom Open Access it's free - they'll read it. Won't they?
Saunders, Emma - Taylor & Francis Group, United States Open Access
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Migration and the Remaking of Regional Economies
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1645 - 1815, The Library
Chair: Daniela Carl - Regional Studies Association, United Kingdom
Shen, Jianfa - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Liu, Ye - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Analysis of Interregional Migration in China in 2000-2005
Hongbo, Zhao - Henan University, China Changhong, Miao - Henan University, China Shaowei, Ai - Henan University, China Kewen, Lv - Henan University, China Jianji, Zhao - Henan University, China
Spatial evolution and driving mechanisms of county urban-rural association to the major grain-producing areas of central Jilin Province of northeast China
Jingjing, Li - Henan University, China Changhong, Miao - Henan University, China
Effect of Population Flow of the Yangtze River Economic Belt on Regional Economic Disparities at the Multi-scale Perspective
Roberts, Mark - The World Bank, United States Ellis, Peter - The World Bank, United States Zhang, Ming - The World Bank, United States
Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia
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Regional Economic Policy: Comparative Perspectives
Wednesday 15/06/2016 1645 - 1815, The Cottonwood
Chair: Paul Sissons - Centre for Business in Society (CBiS), United Kingdom
Shevchenko, Olga - The National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine
Regional policy during the decentralization: more or less resources and possibilities in regions?
Zhang, Xue - Cornell University, United States Warner, Mildred - Cornell University, United States
Diffusion of Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) – Can Business Cluster Approaches Help Cities Face Development Challenges?
Peti, Marton - Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary Salamin, Géza - Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary; Central Bank of Hungary, Hungary
Shrinking or altering regional understanding at the world leader in regional policy making (EU): New planning regimes at the European Union in the programming period 2014–2020
Miao, Changhong - Henan University, China Miao, Jianming - Henan University, China Li, Jingjing - Center for Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development, China
Economic New Normal and the Performance of Regional Economic Development in China
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Date/Time:
Registration
Thursday 16/06/2016 0800 - 1800, The Rotunda
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Speech
Thursday 16/06/2016 0900 - 0915, The Theatre
Chair:
Cross, Steve - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
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Plenary 3
Thursday 16/06/2016 0915 - 0945, The Theatre
Chair: Lisa De Propris - University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Kogler, Dieter - University College Dublin, Ireland The Evolution of Knowledge Spaces: Inventors, Firms, Regions
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Smart City-Regional Governance for Sustainability I
Thursday 16/06/2016 0945 - 1115, The Dining Room
Chair: Gerd Lintz - Leibniz Institute of Ecological & Regional Development, Germany
Sagan, Iwona - Gdańsk University, Poland Looking for the smart way to create metropolitan areas. The case of Poland
Herrschel, Tassilo - University of Westminster, United Kingdom Dierwechter, Yonn - University of Washington, United States
Conceptualising ‘Dual Regime Transition’ in Smart City-Regional Governance
Neumann, Hans-Martin - AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria Airaksinen, Miimu - VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Finland Bosch, Peter - TNO Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, The Netherlands Kontinakis, Nikolaos - EUROCITIES, Belgium
What do we mean when we talk about the “Smart City”? Insights from a European research project on performance measurement of Smart City Solutions
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Industries and Regions
Thursday 16/06/2016 0945 - 1115, The Library
Chair: Scott Tate - Virginia Tech, United States
Kraft, Benjamin - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Leigh, Nancey Green - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Emerging US Robotic Regions: Insights for Regional Economic Evolution
Kewen, LV - Henan University, China Changhong, Miao - Henan University, China
Scientific Learning Fields and Innovation: The Case of the Super-hard Material Industry
Zwick, Austin - University of Toronto, Canada The Residential and Employment Location Patterns of the Fracking Boom in the Marcellus Shale Play
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Shifting Regional Identities - Inequalities and Opportunities from the US Perspective
Thursday 16/06/2016 0945 - 1115, The Cottonwood
Chair: Timothy Green - Clemson University, United States
Stephens, Heather - West Virginia University, United States Understanding U.S. College Graduate Migration
Rahimi, Sohrab - Pennsylvania State University, United States Andris, Clio - Pennsylvania State University, United States
An investigation of spatial factor pertaining to maintenance and formation of romantic relationships: the case of college towns
Kim, Anna - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States How Immigrants Change Regions: Towards a more “Welcoming” Georgia
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Refreshment Break
Thursday 16/06/2016 1115 - 1145, The Rotunda
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Smart City-Regional Governance for Sustainability II
Thursday 16/06/2016 1145 - 1315, The Dining Room
Chair: Tassilo Herrschel - University of Westminster, United Kingdom
Hasbun Chavarria, Yamil - Universidad Nacional Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Assembling Costa Rica as a ‘Small-Green-Giant’: when the non-urban/ non-human take over.
Lintz, Gerd - Leibniz Institute of Ecological & Regional Development, Germany
Smart City-Regional Landscape Governance – What Could That Be?
Marsh, Alex - University of Bristol, United Kingdom Smart City Developments in England: People, Policy, and Politics
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Beyond Cities: Governing the Metropolis and Growing Megaregions
Thursday 16/06/2016 1145 - 1315, The Library
Chair: Peter Kedron - Ryerson University, Canada
Huang, Yefang - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Shen, Jianfa - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Urban development and cooperation in Hong Kong-Shenzhen region
Rae, Alasdair - University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Megalopolis Revisited: Commuter Mega-regions of the United States
Galland, Daniel - Aalborg University, Denmark Grønning, Marius - Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Metropolitan planning from an international comparative perspective: An institutional and instrumental assessment of metropolitan spatial plans in Copenhagen and Oslo
Bea-Taylor, Jonah - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Building the Bayou City: The Corps of Engineers and Flood Control in Houston, 1935-1977
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Lunch
Thursday 16/06/2016 1315 - 1415, The Magnolia
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Plenary 4
Thursday 16/06/2016 1415 - 1445, The Theatre
Chair: Sally Hardy - Regional Studies Association, United Kingdom
Leichenko, Robin - Rutgers University, United States Regional Vulnerability and Resilience in an Epoch of Anthropocene
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Innovation, Firms, Regions
Thursday 16/06/2016 1445 - 1615, The Dining Room
Chair: Pedro Amaral - CEDEPLAR - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Yamamoto, Takashi - Takushoku University, Japan Fujimoto, Masahiko - Tohoku University, Japan
Creating Innovative Business-Friendly Regional Cities
Chatterjee, Debaleena - Indian Institute of Technology, India Pradhan, Rudra P - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India Maradana, Rana P - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India Dash, Saurav - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India Jayakumar, Manju - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Does Innovation Promote Economic Growth? The Cointegration and Granger Causality Approach in European Countries
Green, Timothy - Clemson University, United States The relationship between formal analysis and regional marketing: Evidence from a national survey of regional economic development partnerships
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Panel Session: Regional Collaboration for Effective Economic Development Manufacturing Strategies: IMCP Communities
Thursday 16/06/2016 1445 - 1615, The Library
Chair: Leigh Hopkins - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Hopkins, Leigh - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Ketelle, Erin - University of Tennessee, United States
Wenah, Julie - US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, United States
Bahl, Deepak - University of Southern California, United States
Franklin, Debra - Wichita State University, United States
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Innovative Regions
Thursday 16/06/2016 1445 - 1615, The Cottonwood
Chair: Tobias Federwisch - Leibniz-Institute for Research on Society and Space, Germany
Batabyal, Amitrajeet - Rochester Institute of Technology, United States Nijkamp, Peter - VU University, The Netherlands
Creative Capital in Production, Inefficiency, and Inequality: A Theoretical Analysis
Liyong, Xiong - School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, China Wei, Song - School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Research on Urban Economic Development Driven by Scientific and Technological Innovation — A Case Study of Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Huang, Hao - Illinois Institute of Technology, United States Knowledge Spillovers and Geography of Innovation in Chicago
Christoffel, Thomas - Regional Intelligence - Regional Communities, LLC, United States
Be a City, Serve a Region: A Built-environment Scaled Network Vision for City-Region-Local Planet Earth
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Refreshment Break
Thursday 16/06/2016 1615 - 1645, The Rotunda
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Atlanta Regional Commission Special Session: Regional Innovation to Meet the Needs of Local Government
Thursday 16/06/2016 1645 - 1815, The Dining Room
Chair: Dan Reuter - Atlanta Regional Commission, United States
Jackson, Crystal - Atlanta Regional Commission, United States Green Communities - Leading the Way to Sustainability
Sanford, Elizabeth - Atlanta Regional Commission, United States
New Voices – Engaging Millennials in Regional Planning and Policy
Rousseau, Guy - Atlanta Regional Commission, United States The Open-Source Atlanta Regional Activity-Based Travel Demand Model in an Era of “Big Data” and Visualization: The Evolution from Theory to Practice
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Rethinking the Smart City
Thursday 16/06/2016 1645 - 1815, The Library
Chair: Matthew Zook - University of Kentucky, United States
Arbona, Javier - University of California, Davis, United States Footprinting suspicion: on tactical urbanisms and matter out of place
Wiig, Alan - University of Massachusetts, Boston, United States Silver, Jonathan - Durham University, United Kingdom
Smart City Zones, Global Infrastructure Space, and Economic Development in the Global North
Shelton, Taylor - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Lodato, Thomas - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
‘Actually existing smart citizens’: expertise and (non)participation in the making of the smart city
Tarr, Alexander - Rice University, United States Empty Lots and Empty Promises? Open Questions on Open Data for Community Empowerment
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Knowledge Production and Innovative Places
Thursday 16/06/2016 1645 - 1815, The Cottonwood
Chair: Hans-Martin Neumann - AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Pulido, Bibiana - Université de Montréal, Canada Wilhelmsson, Ulf - University of Skövde, Sweden
Local institutions matter in knowledge creation and industry development: a case study of an emerging video game hub in Skövde, Sweden
Lafontaine, Danielle - University of Québec at Rimouski (UQAR), Canada
Living Labs, Innovative territories and Smart Cities: experimentations in Québec (Canada)
Tuli, Sajeda - University of Canberra, Australia Hu, Richard - University of Canberra, Australia
Planning a Global Knowledge City: Experience from Melbourne, Australia
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Gala Dinner
Thursday 16/06/2016 1930 - 2200, The Magnolia
The gala dinner will take place at The Historic Academy of Medicine
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Registration
Friday 17/06/2016 0830 - 1215, The Rotunda
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Plenary 5
Friday 17/06/2016 0900 - 0930, The Theatre
Chair: Gerd Lintz - Leibniz Institute of Ecological & Regional Development, Germany
Chapple, Karen - University of California, Berkeley, United States
Sustainable for whom? Regional Planning in the 21st Century
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Managing Sustainable Systems: Environment
Friday 17/06/2016 0930 - 1100, The Dining Room
Chair: Sally Hardy - Regional Studies Association, United Kingdom
Hu, Zhiqiang - Henan University, China Miao, Changhong - Henan University, China
Spatial-temporal Characteristics of Urban PM2.5 and the Effects of Physical Geographical Factors in China
Guanghui, Tian - Henan University, China Spatiotemporal Analysis of Industrial Pollution in Transitional China
Song, Chun - Purdue University, United States Does regional executive stability affect environmental quality? - spatial analysis using China city data
Tanguay, Georges A. - Université du Québec, Canada Rajaonson, Juste - Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
A sensitivity analysis of the methodological factors influencing the measurement of urban sustainability: a Canadian study
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Regional Development Practice and the Cultural Milieu
Friday 17/06/2016 0930 - 1100, The Library
Chair: Daniela Carl - Regional Studies Association, United Kingdom
Ai, Shaowei - Henan University, China Mosque-centered Trade as a Spatial Pattern in China: a Case Study of Eastern Grand Mosque in Kaifeng
Daniels, Andrea - University of York, United Kingdom How have Mexico’s trade liberalisation policies impacted their income and regional identity?
Szőke, Júlia - Széchenyi István University, Hungary Cultural Sensitivity: A Competitive Advantage of Hungarian SMEs
Gombos, Szandra - Széchenyi István University, Hungary Cultural clusters of Hungarian towns and their perceived cultural image
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Refreshment Break
Friday 17/06/2016 1100 - 1130, The Rotunda
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Plenary 6
Friday 17/06/2016 1130 - 1200, The Theatre
Chair: Dieter Kogler - University College Dublin, Ireland
Rigby, David - UCLA, United States The Historical Geography of Patent Recombination in the United States, 1836-2010
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Closing Speeches
Friday 17/06/2016 1200 - 1215, The Theatre
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Midtown Alliance City Tour
Friday 17/06/2016 1500 - 1630, Arts Center MARTA Station
General description: Midtown Alliance, a non-profit membership organization, has been the driving force behind the revitalization of Midtown, Atlanta. Guided by a visionary master plan – Blueprint Midtown – and in partnership with the Midtown Improvement District, Midtown has become a model for urban excellence. Creating and maintaining such a vibrant district doesn’t happen on its own. It’s a full-time job, requiring the right mix of programs and capital projects to generate results today – while attracting continued investment to bring our community’s long-term vision to life. Our latest initiatives related to bicycle infrastructure, ecological sustainability and visual identity, combined with our existing programs have kept Midtown at the forefront of planning discourse in the southeast. Itinerary: The tour will begin at the Arts Center MARTA station and flow up to Woodruff Arts Center. It will include an overview of Midtown and the planning efforts of the Midtown Alliance. We will then walk down Peachtree Street, the spine of Atlanta, stopping to look at various capital projects undertaken by Midtown Alliance including intersection upgrades, temporary pocket parks, and transportation improvements. We will note private development projects and how the plan and supporting zoning codes influenced the development and discuss the opportunities and challenges with urban retail. The Midtown portion of the tour will end at the Midtown MARTA station.
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The Historic Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech875 W. Peachtree Street N.W. Atlanta, GA 30309 | www.academy.gatech.edu | [email protected] | 404.894.1414
Magnolia Room
Sugarberry Room
Cottonwood RoomGreen
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TheTheater
TheCrystal Dining Room
The Rotunda
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The LibraryThe Upper Level-3 Unique meeting rooms -Crystal Dining Room (seating for 80, banquet rounds) -Library (seating for 50, banquet rounds) -Parlor (seating for 20, banquet rounds)
-230 seat Theater-Grand central Rotundawith black and white Italian marble flooring-Private catering kitchen-Beautiful front portico
The Terrace Level-3 Unique meeting rooms or 1 contiguous room -Magnolia Room (seating for 120, banquet rounds) -Sugarberry Room (seating for 30, banquet rounds) -Cottonwood Room (seating for 20, banquet rounds)
-Grand Magnolia Room (seating for 170, banquet rounds)
-Private catering kitchen-Charming outdoor terrace (seating for 120, banquet rounds)
-Private Room – to be used as office/space or event Green Room
The Historic Academy of Medicine-Built in 1941-Designed by Philip Trammell Shutze-Given to the Georgia Tech Foundation in 2008-Operated by Campus Services-Closed in July 2010 for restoration efforts-Reopened in November 2011
