The conference will be jointly organized by the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, and the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, in collaboration with the Geographical Society of China (conference secretariat), the Division of Geography, China National Natural Science Foundation, and economic geography study/research groups or the equivalent of the Association of American Geographers, the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers, the Canadian Association of Geographers, the Institute of Australian Geographers, and the International Geographical Union Commission on "The Dynamics of Economic Spaces".

Conference Organizing Committee

  • Weidong Liu, Co-Chair, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  • Henry Yeung, Co-Chair, National University of Singapore
  • Yuko Aoyama, Clark University (USA)
  • Neil Coe, University of Manchester (UK)
  • Martin Hess, University of Manchester (UK)
  • Jinn-Yuh Hsu, National Taiwan University
  • Philip Kelly, York University (Canada)
  • Yong-Sook Lee, National University of Singapore
  • George Lin, University of Hong Kong
  • Kris Olds, University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA)
  • Jessie Poon, SUNY-Buffalo (USA)
  • Yu Zhou, Vassar College (USA)
  • Jici Wang, Peking University (China)
  • Xiaojian Li, Henan University of Finance and Economics (China)
  • Guoyou Zhang, General Secretary of the Geographical Society of China (GSC)
  • Local conference secretariat: Geographical Society of China

Conference Advisory Committee

  • Chuanjun Wu, Former Vice President of the International Geographical Union, and CAS Academician
  • Dadao LU, President of the Geographical Society of China, and CAS Academician
  • Changming LIU, Vice President of the International Geographical Union, and CAS Academician
  • Bojie FU, Director of Bureau of Science & Technology for Resources and the Environment, CAS
  • Yi LIU, Director of Bureau of Personnel and Education, CAS
  • Jiyuan LIU, Director of the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
  • Changqing SONG, Head of Geography Division, China National Natural Science Foundation
  • Lily Kong, Vice Provost, National University of Singapore
  • Shirlena Huang, Head, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
  • Victor Savage, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, and President, Commonwealth Geographical Bureau
  • Susan Hanson, Clark University (USA)
  • Gordon Clark, Oxford University (UK)
  • Gernot Grabher, University of Bonn (Germany)

Second Global Conference on Economic Geography | Rationale | Themes | Format & Schedule | Conference Setting | Registration & Fieldtrips | Accommodation | Enquiries

Latest information at the Conference Website.