The conference will feature 450+ presentations, high-profile plenary speakers, a number of specially convened sessions, workshops, networking sessions, walking tours and field trips. The social programme will include the conference dinner, side events, sport activities, exhibitor stalls and post-conference tours to explore Slovenia.

#RSA20 will address topics concerned with regional and urban development, policy and research. The Association takes a broad view of its remit,but all submissions will be refereed prior to acceptance to ensure minimum standards of quality and field relevance and innovation are maintained. In addition to abstract submissions we welcome proposals for special sessions, networking events, book launches, author meets critic sessions, etc.

Call for Abstracts: Global megatrends are starting to transform the way we live, work, interact, finance, produce and consume. At the same time, the increasing environmental impacts of human activities have sharpened the focus on sustainability of further development. New technologies potentially provide an opportunity to address, perhaps for the first time in the history of mankind, a substantial majority of the fundamental societal challenges, from nutrition, energy availability and sustainability, to the access to all kinds of products, services and information. However, these same global megatrends can also be highly divisive and thereforerepresent one of the biggest challenges for a global social, political and economic cohesion and even peaceful coexistence in more than a generation. The key question we want to ask then is: “How can we transform our urban, rural and regional spaces to meet the challenges they face?”.

Key areas of the conference:

1. Smart cities and regions

2. The regional dimension of climate futures

3. Mobilities

Abstract submission deadline: 31st January 2020

Access the call for papers here: Slovenia-Call-for-Papers-060120-2.pdf