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The annual ERSA Congress is THE place to be for its opportunities of networking and exchange and for exploring state-of-the-art knowledge on ongoing research in the field. With around 1,000 participants every year from all continents, the ERSA congresses have become the largest academic conferences in regional science worldwide. There is simply no better place to present your research results, find out about new developments in the field, or just to meet colleagues and friends. ERSA 2016 in Vienna, Austria, is history now. Look at some of the pictures below and get ready for ERSA2017 in Groningen, Netherlands.

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Green Meeting

The ERSA 2016 congress was organized as a green meeting. We were awarded the Austrian Ecolabel for the congress. This implied that we kept the ecological impact of the congress as low as possible by avoiding unnecessary trash, using recyclable materials, public transportation, sustainable buildings, etc. We as organizers are proud of this achievementand hope that future ERSA congresses will follow suit.

More on green options and on the certificate

Submission & Registration

The Call for submissions started on December 18, 2015 and ended on February 12, 2016. The submission platform is now closed. In case of questions concerning submissions, please contact info@ersa.org.

The Scientific Committee reviewed the abstracts and papers and accepted or rejected them from the congress. The review period started after February 29, the notification of acceptance was forseen for April 15. Each paper accepted for presentation in Refereed Sessions and Young Scientists’ Sessions will be assigned a discussant approx. one month before the congress.

For more information about submission as well as terms and conditions regarding registration please click Details below.

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Technical Excursions

At the ERSA 2016 congress, technical excursions will take place on all three full congress days. Participants will be introduced to various aspects of Vienna’s history, current development, and policy challenges. For a full list of technical excursions and more detailed descriptions please click Details below. Because of capacity limits, extra registration is required for participation in the technical excursions.

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Program Overview

The following program structure gives a rough overview of the congress program. It will be updated and adapted in the coming months.

9:00-12:00 Spatial Econometrics using Matlab and R

This workshop is held by James LeSage and Roger Bivand. For details go to the workshop description.

WU Wien, Room TC.3.02

9:00-12:00 Communicating Research Results to the Public

This workshop is organized and moderated by Oliver Fritz. For details go to the workshop description.

WU Wien, Room TC.3.06

13:00-16:00 Open Workflow in Regional Research

This workshop is is organized by Thomas de Graaff and Daniel Arribas-Bel and held by Thomas de Graaff. For details go to the workshop description.

WU Wien, Room TC.3.02

13:00-16:00 How to get your Research published

This workshop is organized by Roberto Patuelli and Gunther Maier and moderated by Roberto Patuelli. For details go to the workshop description.

WU Wien, Room TC.3.06

13:00-16:00 Signatures of Regional Science

This workshop is organized by the Regional Science Academy. For details go to the workshop description.

WU Wien, Room TC.4.27

16:15-18:15 Opening Ceremony

Welcome Speeches, Keynote Presentation, Multiple Speakers, Congress Opening

WU Wien, Audi Max

18:15-21:00 Welcome Reception

For delegates and accompanying persons

WU Wien, Library Center

09:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions

Presentations in parallel sessions

WU Wien, Assembly Point TC

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

Coffee Break in the Aula of the Teaching Center

WU Wien, Teaching Center

11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions

Presentations in parallel sessions

WU Wien, Assembly Point TC

09:00-12:30 Technical Excursion: Magdas Hotel

Technical Excursion: Magdas Hotel – refugees and integration

Meeting point: WU Wien, in front of the Teaching Center

12:30-14:00 Lunch

Lunch Buffet

WU Wien, Library Center

14:00-15:30 Parallel Sessions

Presentations in parallel sessions

WU Wien, Teaching Center

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

Coffee Break in the Aula of the Teaching Center

WU Wien, Teaching Center

16:00-17:30 Parallel Sessions

Presentations in parallel sessions

WU Wien, Teaching Center

14:00-17:30 Technical Excursion: Green Building Cluster

Technical Excursion: Green Building Cluster: Viertel Zwei and Campus WU

Meeting point: WU Wien, in front of the Library Center

14:00-17:00 Technical Excursion: Seestadt aspern

Technical Excursion: Seestadt aspern – Vienna’s largest urban development project

Meeting point: WU Wien, in front of the Teaching Center

19:00-21:00 Get together party

Wine & Cheese & Music

WU Wien, Library Center

09:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions

Presentations in parallel sessions

WU Wien, Teaching Center

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

Coffee Break in the Aula of the Teaching Center

WU Wien, Teaching Center

11:00-12:30 Young Scientists Sessions

Presentations by young scientists in parallel sessions (including Epainos sessions)

WU Wien, Teaching Center

12:30-14:00 Lunch

Lunch Buffet

WU Wien, Library Center

14:00-15:30 Parallel Sessions

Presentations in parallel sessions

WU Wien, Teaching Center

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

Coffee Break in the Aula of the Teaching Center

WU Wien, Teaching Center

16:00-17:30 Parallel Sessions

Presentations in parallel sessions

WU Wien, Teaching Center

14:00-17:30 Technical Excursion: Red Vienna

Technical Excursions: Red Vienna

Meeting point: WU Wien, in front of the Library Center

14:00-17:30 Technical Excursion: Industry 4.0

Technical Excursion: Industry 4.0 – factory of the future

Meeting point: WU Wien, in front of the Teaching Center

09:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions

Presentations in Parallel Sessions

WU Wien, Teaching Center

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

Coffee Break in the Aula of the Teaching Center

WU Wien, Teaching Center

11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions

Presentations in Parallel Sessions

WU Wien, Teaching Center

09:00-12:30 Technical Excursion: National Park Lobau

Technical Excursion: National Park Lobau – nature amidst urban development

Meeting point: WU Wien, in front of the Teaching Center

12:30-14:00 Lunch

Lunch Buffet

WU Wien, Library Center

14:00-15:30 Parallel Sessions

Presentations in parallel sessions

WU Wien, Teaching Center

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

Coffee Break in the Aula of the Teaching Center

WU Wien, Teaching Center

16:00-17:30 Closing Sessions

EIB-ERSA Prize Ceremony, Presentation by Prize Winner, Epainos Prize Ceremony, Transfer of the ERSA flag to the organizer of ERSA 2017, Congress Closing

WU Wien, Audi Max

19:30-23:00 Congress Dinner

Congress Dinner at Rathaus Vienna.
By Invitation of the Mayor and Governor of Vienna.
Dresscode: casual elegant.

Rathaus Wien, Festsaal

Registration

You can register at the Congress Participant Area – if you already have an ERSA account and enter your personal access key and click on ‘Register’, otherwise click on ‘New User’ and fill in the contact form to have access to the Register button. Make sure to check the Terms and Conditions before registering.

Presenting authors must register by the 10th June in order to have their paper(s) scheduled in the program. Should the Submitter not be one of the presenting authors, please advise info@ersa.org so that the paper is included in the program and linked to the registered presenting author.

Participation Rates €/Person

	Early registration	Late registration
RSAI members – Standard fee	390 €	460 €
RSAI members – Reduced fee Details	270 €	330 €
Non-RSAI members – Standard fee	460 €	530 €
Non-RSAI members – Reduced fee Details	290 €	350 €
Students	290 €	350 €
Accompanying persons	150 €	150 €

Participant registration rate includes

Access to all Congress sessions
Access to the Networking area (including coffee break area in the Exhibition and Poster zones)
Access to the Smart Room (with computers and internet connection)
WIFI Zone Areas during the Congress period
Congress materials (incl. Congress book and list of participants) upon confirmation of your registration
Lunches and Coffee breaks as indicated in the programme
Welcome Reception and Official Dinner