Asia-Europe Sustainable Connectivity Scientific Conference (AESCON) Online, Sept. 22-25
What is AESCON?
AESCON (Asia-Europe Sustainable CONnectivity) is the first scientific conference on Asia-Europe sustainable connectivity, bringing together researchers and policy analysts working in the field of international connectivity, globalization and their impacts on sustainable development, with a particular focus on Asia-Europe connections. 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, 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. The conference is steered by a scientific committee.
Call for Papers
The Call for Papers for a themed issue on Asia-Europe Sustainable Connectivity in the peer-reviewed Research in Globalization journal is open for contributions. Make sure to submit your paper!
Registration
Registration is free of charge. Please follow the steps below to register on the Hopin Platform:
- Use this link to access the AESCON Event platform. Please use a computer and Firefox or Chrome browsers for the optimal experience.
- Click on “join the event”. You will need to sign up or log in to hopin.to If you have already registered you will see a message confirming “you’re in!”
- It will open a new page where you can register by writing name, surname, e-mail address and a password.
- At this point you are registered. By checking out you will land on the reception page with a countdown to the conference.
- Here you can create your profile by adding additional information to your account and we kindly ask you to do so in order to facilitate connectivity and networking. We recommend to write your role and organisation in the “Headline” field. This field will be searchable by other participants and it will be a great way to find people with whom to connect.
- Now, please, activate also the ticket for the Scientific Sessions of days 2, 3 and 4 by clicking here and your registration for the 4-days conference is complete.
For more information on how to use Hopin platform you can watch this video tutorial.
AESCON will provide you with an open platform for exchanging knowledge and networking via a variety of engaging virtual formats on Hopin platform. This will range from scientific sessions and poster exhibition to virtual coffees and speed networking. We will make sure that networking will not be lost and that it will be a great place for you meet new people in the field, create new collaborations and stay up to date with the latest research on sustainable connectivity.
Background
Connectivity between Asia and Europe is high on the policy agenda of the 51 Asian and European countries members of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). Connectivity is about bringing countries, people and societies closer together. It spans physical, economic, financial and people-to-people links, and should contribute to the materialization of the principles, goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In line with ASEM’s policy agenda, the ASEM Sustainable Connectivity Portal was launched in 2018 to assess sustainable connectivity levels in ASEM member countries. The Portal not only brings together a wealth of data on the links between ASEM countries, but it also enables assessing the relationship between connectivity and the Sustainable Development Goals. The ASEM Sustainable Connectivity Portal will be a focal point of the conference, and researchers are highly encouraged to use the data therein.
