Annual Conference of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM)The 20th IRSPM Annual Conference at the City University of Hong Kong and the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong in the Hong Kong SAR of China on April 13 (Wednesday) - 15 (Friday), 2016The content of public management has always been evolving, and even more so in the last two decades. We have witnessed the drastic expansion of the public management realm in terms of academics and policies and practices. For example, through contracting-out and co-production, public organizations have extended their collaborative governance by involving more third parties across sectoral boundaries (i.e., citizens private and non-profit). Furthermore, more city and local governments have built globalized partnerships with counterparts in different countries. These complicated changes have brought up many difficult but meaningful questions to public management scholars, and simultaneously driven scholars to carry out more interdisciplinary research with those in adjacent fields (e.g., political science, management, psychology, and sociology). Practical challenges have stimulated scholarly debate and presented a great opportunity for the discipline to transform and move forward. The IRSPM 2016 therefore aims to explore these broad topics to address these changes, under the title “Collaborative, Globalized and Interdisciplinary: Moving the Public Management Debate Forward.”IRSPM 2016 Contacts: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lamp/irspm/index.aspAcademic Issues: Mr. Benny CHAN and individual panel chairsEx Ordo Technical Issues: The IRSPM 2016 Conference uses EX Ordo to manage paper submissions. For any Ex Ordo technical issue, please contact Mr. James Field Corbett at support@exordo.com.IRSPM Panel C107 on The Practice of Collaborative Governance in Asia: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lamp/irspm/panel-c107.asp

The 24th NISPAcee Annual ConferenceSpreading Standards, Building Capacities: European Administrative Space in Progress, May 19 -21, 2016, Zagreb, CroatiaThe event is organised in cooperation with the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia.Paper proposals are invited on the Main Conference Theme, for the General Session, or on the themes of the various Working Groups, selected Panels and PhD pre-conference seminar which are announced for the conference:PhD pre-conference seminarMain Conference ThemeGeneral SessionWorking Groups:I. Working Group on Local GovernmentII. Working Group on e-GovernmentIII. Working Group on Public Administration ReformIV. Working Group on Regional Development and Inter-regional CooperationV. Working Group on Public Finance and Public Finance ManagementVI. Working Group on Public Policy Analysis VII. Working Group on Public Administration EducationVIII. Working Group on Local Services and Infrastructure: Institutions, Regulation, FinanceIX. Working Group on Transition, Change and UncertaintyX. Working Group on Non-Governmental Organizations in Central and Eastern EuropePanel on Transparent and Open Government: Effective Public Communication in the European Administrative SpaceIn addition to the mentioned sessions, special presentations and panels are planned, focusing on other attractive and actual issues for academia and practice in the field.Important dates:Online APPLICATION WITH A PAPER PROPOSAL - Deadline: October 30, 2015Applicants should complete an online application form (in English) and input an abstract of a paper (maximum two pages - 3600 characters), update the personal data and attach the actual CV file (maximum 2 MB).The selection results will be available by the end of November, 2015.The Calls for Papers and the Online application link are available on the conference page:http://www.nispa.org/conference2016/applicationOnline REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE (to be opened in December 2015) - Deadline: March 31, 2016FINAL VERSION OF THE COMPLETED PAPER (to be prepared according to the NISPAcee MANUscRIPT GUIDELINES - please see details on the conference web-site) - Deadline: April 10, 2016Papers in e-version will be accessible for all conference participants prior to the event at the conference website.Please be so kind to forward this information onto the members of your institution and to all relevant institutions in your country and interested individuals.With best wishes,NISPAcee Secretariathttp://www.nispa.org

The Graduate School, the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration, and the Faculty of Humanities at Chiang Mai University are going to host the International Graduate Research Conference 2015 (iGRC20 15) at the International Conventional Center of the Empress Hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand on December 11th, 2015. The main objective of the conference is to promote international cooperation and joint research development among graduate students, faculty members, researchers, and participants. The main theme and sub theme of this year conference are Global Issues and Awareness: Good Governance, Good Health and Good Technology for Good Life. The iGRC also aims to provide a forum for research collaboration and mentoring of outstanding graduate students in order to share research experience and opportunity to further develop a range of skills relevant to the research process. Graduate students from many countries are invited to submit proposal(s) for presentation, as well as to attend the conference in order to appreciate and emulate the quality work completed by other students. The conference provides not only an opportunity to promote research work, but also, by participating, to enhance demonstration and presentation skills. In order to showcase the diversity of graduate student’s scholarly and creative activities, two formats are available for conference sessions: Oral Presentations and Poster Session.Important Dates:June 1 - September 30, 2015: Online registration and paper submission (regular).Review and Acceptance: a week after the graduate school receive a complete paper, announcement of accepted papers will be followed.December 4, 2015: Send a file (Power Point) to the organizer for the presentation.December 10, 2015: Poster set up.December 11, 2015: International Graduate Research Conference 2015 (iGRC 2015) date.Contact Point:The Graduate School of Chiang Mai University239 Huai Kaeo Road, Suthep Subdistrict, Mueang District, Chiang Mai 50200 THAILANDTel: +66-5394-2405, +66-5394-2406Website: http://www.grad.cmu.ac.th/igrc2015/Contact person: Miss Radsadawan SudjaiTel: +66-5394-2401, E-mail: igrc@grad.cmu.ac.th

The 2015 Astana Economic Forum (AEF) took place in Astana, Kazakhstan on May 21-22, 2015. The Astana Economic Forum has become an effective dialogue platform for active work and exchange of views, fusing together the world's politicians, statesmen, economist and world-class experts aimed to solve the most pressing issues of socio-economic development. This year the agenda of the Forum was Infrastructure: a driver of sustainable economic growth. In the conduct of this subject, participants discussed issues of modernization and development of infrastructure as an important factor for sustainable development in modern conditions.Key activities of the Forum include the Plenary Session, Investment Forum, Asia and Europe Leaders Forum, Eurasian Economic Congress, Revival of the Silk Road, and the most important issues of modern agenda in the global economy. Approximately 3,000 representatives of political, economic and business circles coming from more than 80 countries participated and discussed various issues such as the global economic outlook, financial stability, employment, urbanization, public ethics and meritocracy, expansion of the world trade finding new opportunities for sustainable development.In the Plenary Session on May 22, 2015, several dignitaries delivered their speeches including Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Jacob Frenkel, Chairman of JP Morgan Chase International; Kenneth Rogoff, IMF Chief Economist (2001-2003), Professor at Harvard University; Nouriel Roubini, Chairman of Roubini Global Economics, a professor at New York University; and Angel Gurria (Video Message), Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). For more details, visit its website at http://forum-astana.org.A special panel on “Meritocracy and official ethics as key factors of government service effectiveness” was held on May 21, 2015. AAPA President (Prof. Pan Suk Kim) participated in this panel as a speaker on public service ethics and anti-corruption measures. http://forum-astana.org/en/programma/p/31/5118/.

The 2015 International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Conference was held at University of Birmingham in the UK on 30 March - 1 April 2015 and its conference theme was “Shaping the future: Re-invention or revolution? www.irspm.net or http://irspm2015.com. Incumbent IRSPM President is Professor Erik Hans Klijn at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. IRSPM has grown out of a highly successful series of annual conferences.CALL for PANELS for the 2016 IRSPM Annual ConferenceInternational Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM)20th Annual Conference on 13th 15th April, 2016 in Hong Kong SAR of ChinaTheme: Collaborative, Globalized and Interdisciplinary: Moving the Public Management Debate ForwardLocal Hosts: City University of Hong Kong; and The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversitySubmission of ProposalsAll panel proposals should be written in English and provide a panel title, name(s), affiliation(s) and email address(es) of the panel chair(s), 200-300 description of the panel themes and a brief (100 word) account of the proposed panel format.To submit a panel proposal send an email: irspm2016@cityu.edu.hkPanel proposals are due 30th June 2015

The NISPAcee Annual Conference will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia on May 21-23, 2015 and it will be organized by NISPAcee and Caucasus University in Georgia. The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee) was originated from the genuine effort of people and institutions from Central and Eastern Europe to share the knowledge and skills and unite the effort to cope with present and future challenges in the field. The main theme of this year’s conference is Insourcing and/or outsourcing: How do they contribute to public administration reform?” This conference will provide a forum where many topics of interest will be presented and debated. For more details, visit its website at www.nispa.org.

The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) in close collaboration with the Fundação Getú lio Vargas is organizing the 2015 International Congress of IIAS to be held from 22 to 26 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Call for papersThe congress will bring together academics and practitioners, PhD students and young researchers in public administration and management, as well as contributors from any other disciplines who will exchange on the following main theme Rethinking Responsibility and Accountability of Public Adminis tration in Times of Globalization, Decentralization and PrivatizationDifferent types of Call for papers are proposed to you:* Call for papers – Workshop sessions prepared based on three subthemes - http://bit.ly/1CORYfU1. Citizens/Customers' Trust in Governments, Public Administration and Public Sector a t all levels of governance2. Trust from Government in Society3. Administrative Trust in Public Administration Reforms: inner-trust, civil servants' trust and interorganisational trust* Open call – for authors who wish to submit an abstract 0or organize a session with a topic that they believe do not fit under a programmed session – http://bit.ly/1vJ0PxaWebsiteThe congress website will be made available as from 15 October www.iias-congress2015.org

The 2014 AGPA annual conference will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia in August, 27-29, 2014 in collaboration with the Ministry of Administrative Reforms of Indonesia, the National Institute of Public Administration of Indonesia and the University of Indonesia. The Asian Group for Public Administration (AGPA) invites scholars and practitioners in the field of public administration to participate in the conference and submit papers for presentation. The main theme of AGPA 2014 Conference is: Enhancing Public Trust and Governance through Innovative Public Administration in Globalized and Regionalized Asian Countries. The three sub-themes are: (1) The Complexity of Structure and Proliferated Actors in Improving Public Trust and Governance: Building Cooperation and Competition; (2) The Paradox of Globalization, Regionalization and Decentralization in Search of Accountable, Responsible and Effective Governance; and (3) Opportunities, Challenges, Learning and Innovations in Asian Public Service. For more detailed information, please visit the following site: http://www.iiasagpa.com/en/conferences/2014_cfp.html.

The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), in collaboration with the University Al Akhawayn, The Ministry of Interior and ENA Morocco, announced that the 2014 International Congress of IIAS took place in Ifrane, Morocco from 13 to 17 June. The venue of the congress was the University Al Akhawayn. For more detailed informaiton, please visit the following site: http://www.iias-iisa.org/major-meetings/iias-congresses/2014-iias-congress-ifrane-morocco/.Many Asian scholars and practitioners joined this conference. They are: Professor Pan Suk Kim, Professor Masahiro Horie, Professor Koichiro Agata, Professor Jiang Wu, Professor Keyong Dong, Professor Guanghui Zhou, Professor Ruixin Zhang, Professor Hideaki Shiroyama, Professor Tobin Im, Professor Heungsuk Choi, and many others.

The 2013 Joint Congress of IIAS and IASIA was held in Manama, Bahrain from June 1 to 6, 2013. The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS: http://www.iias-iisa.org) is honoured to welcome you to the 2013 Joint Congress organized by IIAS, IASIA, and the Bahrain Institute of Public Administration (BIPA). As a global organisation based in Brussels and established in 1930, IIAS aims to be the leading global association of public administration in the world. Over the years, the Institute has been a platform worldwide for promoting the improvement of scientific knowledge of administrative sciences and the practice of mutual learning within its network, providing support to public administrations around the world. IIAS welcomes not only researchers and academics, but also practitioners from all levels of government and the public sector around the world. The 2013 Joint Congress in Manama could provide an ideal platform for researchers and practitioners from all continents and regions to gather and share their ideas on various topics addressed during the conference. The main theme of the 2013 Joint Congress is “the Future of Public Administration: Professionalism and Leadership,” which is both timely and compelling in an era of global economic stagnation. On this basis, the congress will further discuss the following three sub-themes: (1) future risks and strategies; (2) leadership for the future; and (3) innovative service delivery for the future.For more details, visit the following site: http://iias-iasia-congress2013.org/2012/11/23/welcome-message-from-prof-dr-pan-suk-kim-president-of-the-international-institute-of-administrative-sciences/.

Asian Group for Public Administration (AGPA)2015 AGPA Annual ConferenceCall-for-paperSeoul, 2nd September - 4th September, 2015