Conference calls for papers
The University Support to Environmental Planning and Management project (USEPAM http://www.usepam.ait.ac.th)
at Regional and Rural Development Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development will organize a regional conference on 'Environmental Planning and Management in Southeast Asian Countries' in Hanoi, Vietnam, during 6-8 March 2007.
The specific objectives of the conference are: 1) to facilitate the exchange of experiences gained in and lessons learned from regionally coordinated capacity building projects implemented for strengthening multidisciplinary curricula, outreach activities and applied research capacity in the area of environmental planning and management amongst academicians, policymakers, planners and international development agencies in the region who are carrying out same or similar projects; 2) to provide a forum to researchers as well as planners and policymakers for presenting results of and methodological experiences in research projects; for sharing lessons learned through implementation of environmental management policies; for discussing the policy implications of the findings of the research projects; and for seeking policy oriented research issues.
The conference will be held at the Hanoi Agricultural University, located about 17 km northeast of the capital city of Hanoi, which is one of the USEPAM partner universities.
Any individuals or groups willing to present papers at the conference should submit abstracts not exceeding 300 words before 15 October 2006. Abstracts should be submitted in electronic form as Word files to gopal@ruc.dk. Authors will be informed of acceptance of their abstract by 31 October 2006. Final papers not exceeding 5,000 words should be submitted by 31 January 2007. All presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be made available online as well.
Details are at the conference Web site: http://www.usepam.ait.ac.th/conf2007