Asia-Europe Sustainable Connectivity Scientific Conference - Main contents

date	February 26, 2020 - February 28, 2020
city	Asia, Singapore, Philippines, Singapore
location	Singapore
organisation	European Commission (EC) i

AESCON (Asia-Europe Sustainable CONnectivity) is the first scientific conference on Asia-Europe sustainable connectivity.

It will bring together researchers and policy analysts working in the fields of international connectivity and globalisation, and their impacts on sustainable development, with a particular focus on Asia-Europe connections.

At a time of increasing connectivity, the conference aims to provide an academic forum to discuss global challenges on transport infrastructure, energy transition, climate change, digital economy, trade and investment flows, security, people mobility, cultural exchanges, among others.

The conference will be used as an open platform for debate on sustainable connectivity, to spur future research linked to policy needs and to build a network of Asia-Europe researchers working on sustainable connectivity. AESCON will be anchored by contributions from researchers on themes related to Asia-Europe sustainable connectivity and by keynote presentations.

Conference topics include (but are not limited to):

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  Transport
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  Energy
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  Digital economy and e-commerce
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  Political and institutional cooperation
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  Education and research
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  Migration
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  Tourism
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  Interoperability
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  Trade
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  Financial networks and flows
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  Cultural exchanges
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  Security
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  Information and Communication Technologies

Organisers

The conference is organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the Asia-Europe Foundation, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia and the Center for China and Globalization.

Contact

info@aescon.org

For more information, please visit the AESCON website

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