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NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Department of Geography and Regional Planning

 

 

THE ROLE OF NETWORKS

IN PERIPHERAL AREAS

 

NECTAR MEETING

Syros 21-24 September 1995

 

 

PROGRAM

Thursday 21 September 

7.00

Arrival of participants

9.30

Dinner

 

Friday 22 September

 

10.00

Opening

Welcome by P. Nijkamp (chairman of the NECTAR network).

Welcome words by Regional Governor Mr. N. Sarantis

Chair:

Shefer D. (Technion Univ.)

11.00

Beuthe M.: Short-sea Shipping Networks in Europe

11.30

Nijkamp P.: Implications of Deregulation in Aviation Industry for

Olympic

12.00

Coffee 

12.30

Rietveld P.: The Economics of Speed Choice in Transport Networks.

13.00

Discussion.

13.30

Break for lunch

 

Chair:

Rietveld P. (FUA)

18.00

Reggiani, A. and Nijkamp P.: New Developments in Spatial

Modeling and Analysis.

18.30

Koski H.: Behaviour of Agents in Networks under Conditions

of Uncertainty

19.00

Argyrakos G. and Giaoutzi M.: Assessment of User Responses in

the Pilot Projects of the ATT Program.

19.30

Discussion.

 

Saturday 23 September

 

Chair:

Nijkamp P. (FUA)

9.30

Shefer D.: Spatial Diffusion of Innovations and Regional

Development: Towards an Extended Empirical Model

10.00

Kamman D. J.: Overcoming Scale Barriers in Peripheral Areas by

Networking: The Case of Newspapers in the Northern Netherlands.

10.30

Coffee

11.00

Sotiriadou V.: The Role of Vocational Training in the Information

Society.

11.30

Giaoutzi M. and Makropoulos C.: The Potential Impact of Virtual

Enterprises on Regional Development

12.00

Discussion

 

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Argyrakos G. – Trends Co, Dr

Beuthe M. - Département de Sciences de gestion - Louvain School of Management, Professor

Giaoutzi M. – National Technical University of Athens, Professor

Kamman D. J. - Groningen University, Professor

Koski H. - Research Institute of The Finnish Economy, Professor

Makropoulos C. – DEMOKRITOS (NCSR), Professor

Nijkamp P. - Free University of Amsterdam, Professor

Reggiani, A. - University of Bologna, Professor

Rietveld P. - Free University of Amsterdam, Professor

Shefer D. - Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Professor

Sotiriadou V. – Ministry of Labour, Dr

Stratigea A. - National Technical University of Athens, Dr