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THE PACIFIC REGIONAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE ORGANISATION

2021
2022
27th PRSCO Conference
August 1-4, 2022

Organized byRyukoku University, Kyoto & Shiga, Japan
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Shiga & Osaka, Japan
Japan Section of Regional Science Association

PRSCO Online Conference 2022 Kyoto
Toward knowledge society in historical city with Regional Science1. Welcome message from Organizer
Welcome to PRSCO online conference 2022 Kyoto origin.
PRSCO Conference 2021 was postponed for one year due to the global
pandemic of the Covid-19, and we have prepared to hold a hybrid event with faceto-face meetings as PRSCO Conference 2022 until March 2022. However,unfortunately, as of April, it is still not endemic, so we will finally hold it online asPRSCO Online Conference 2022 Kyoto origin, based in Kyoto, Japan.
Kyoto, a World Cultural Heritage site, is a historical city with a population ofapproximately 1.5 million that has been inherited for over 1,200 years. It is also a"Science R&D city" with 38 universities and junior colleges, and a "Student city" inwhich the university students occupy 10% of the population. Moreover, for the firsttime in Japan, these universities collaborate together to share a common courseand credit transfer partnership.
It was the ability to keep scientific simulations running behind the scenes of
the Conference of the Parties that brought the "Kyoto Protocol" in the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change for a Sustainable World together. In
particular, it has produced the largest number of Nobel Prize winners fromuniversities and companies in the field of natural sciences, and is richly endowedwith abundant intellectual and human resources.
On the other hand, the city's main industries are not tourism, such as worldheritage tourism, historical tourism, or Michelin-starred gastronomy, but a fusionof traditional industrial skills and cutting-edge technology, which continues toproduce world-leading software and hardware and the "Kyoto brand" i.e. Nintendo,
Kyocera, Omron, Shimadzu, Murata Manufacturing and Nidec and GS YUASA
which boasts a large number of world-class Kyoto companies continue to promotejoint research through industry-academia-government collaboration, and new
innovations continue to emerge.
While economics primarily uses abstract distance and network concepts,
Regional Science owes its advanced nature to its characteristic of explicitly
treating these real-space distances and locations.
"Social Common Capital" proposed by economist Hirofumi Uzawa (19282014) is a concept that aims to create a society that preserves the human dignityof each individual, maintains the independence of the soul, and secures civil
liberties, and that encourages all people to live in harmony with their fellow humanbeings. It refers to the natural environment and social institutions that enablepeople to lead an economic life, develop an excellent culture, and maintain a stable,humanly attractive society. “Social Common Capital" is a concept that refers to thecommon assets of society.
The pandemic Covid-19 in recent years is creating a butterfly effect ofwidening gaps in the digital transformation that cannot be stopped as the limits ofglobalization, the collapse of supply chains, the widening of many gaps and thelimits of capitalism, the widening and fragmentation of disparities, and theexpansion of early differences in cyber era, in data economy era, emotions arebecoming a major driving force in the economy, not only in the data economy ofcloud data monopolies and the rise of information banks, but also in the sharedeconomy and the gig economy, because of their economic value.
The city of Turin, Italy's version of Fiat's Rust Belt, has achieved urban
revitalization through cultural and creative industries, and has become a prototype
for UNESCO's Creative Cities Network. In Kyoto City, the wisdom and technology
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of traditional industries have remained intact for more than 1,200 years, and they
continue to produce the seeds of innovation for a new era.
Fine art and historical documents that have been unearthed from historicalproperties, which were previously thought to be useless, are also useful for thebirth of new industries, policy formation, and the inheritance of regional identity.
The formation of a Gamified Society is emerging that will enable the stable
maintenance of a humanly attractive society and the restoration of social equity.
This PRSCO Online Conference 2022 Kyoto (origin) attempts toincorporate these concepts of time and space in economics, as well as text andculture and the emotions behind them.
For this reason, the conference theme of PRSCO Online Conference 2022
Kyoto sets "Toward knowledge society in historical city with Regional
Science". The organizer would like to invite you to join us enjoying for keynote
speeches and lively scientific dialogue related to this theme.

https://sites.google.com/view/prsco2022/prsco2021
The Organizing Committee of the PRSCO Online Conference 2022 Kyoto origin:
Professor Hidehiko Kanegae Ph.D. Ritsumeikan University (chairperson)
Professor emeritus Yoshio Kawamura Ph.D. Ryukoku University
Professor Kasumi Susaki Ph.D., Ryukoku University
Professor Kenichi Ishibashi Ph.D., Aichi Gakuin University
Professor Soushi Suzuki Ph.D. Hokkai-Gakuen University
Associate Professor Yusuke Toyoda Ph.D., Ritsumeikan University22. The Topics
Topics of interest in this conference include (but are not limited to):1.

Regional Science2.

Spatial Economics

3.

Econometrics, Input Output Table and CGE

4.

Economic Geography

5.

Transportation Economics and Tourism

6.

Migration and Demographic Analysis

7.

Regional and Urban Phenomena

8.

Regional Development/ Creative Cities

9.

Location of Economic Activities and Revitalization

10.

Real Estate/ Housing

11.

Regional and Urban Planning

12.

Environmental Quality

13.

Disaster Mitigation/ Risk Reduction

14.

Resilience/ Recovery of Economic Damage

15.

Local Public Finance

16.

Cultural Heritages/ Assets and Conservation for Historic Cities

17.

Knowledge Industry and Cultural Industry

18.

Digital Transformation, 4th Industrial Revolution and Society 5.0

19.

Nudge and Behavioral Economics

3. Important Dates
Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 5, 2022 (JST)
Deadline for full papers: Jun. 30, 2022 (JST)Online Conference Date: Aug. 1-4, 2022
Abstract and full paper submission: TBA (To Be Announced)
Please check and follow the abstract template and submit your abstract by thedeadline above. And once your abstract is accepted, please follow the full
paper template and submit it by the deadline above. Now we are preparing for
the website of the 27th PRSCO Conference and its Conference Management
System which will be announced to you soon.
34. Registration Fee- Presenter:
RSAI-members:

USD 100 / Student/Special country USD 70

Non-RSAI-members:

USD 150 / Student/Special country USD 120- Attendee:
RSAI-members:

USD 50 / Student/Special country USD 35

Non-RSAI-members:

USD 75 / Student/Special country USD 60

For Presenters(All presenters and Special session Conveners with an accepted session in the program)

Online Conference fees for presenters

RegularLateDate UTC-12, IDL (in USD per person)

Until 30 June

After 30 June

RSAI member* - Presenter Standard

US$100

US$120

RSAI member* - Presenter Special**

US$70

US$90

Non member - Presenter Standard

US$150

US$170Non member - Presenter Special **US$120

US$140For Attendees(Non-presenters, only discussants or co-authors of the presented paper)
Online Conference fees for attendees

RegularLateDate UTC-12, IDL (in USD per person)

Until 30 June

After 30 June

RSAI member* - Attendee Standard

US$50

US$60

RSAI member* - Attendee Special**

US$35

US$45

Non member - Attendee Standard

US$75

US$85

Non member - Attendee Special **
US$60
US$70
* RSAI member fee is applicable to members of the other RSAI Super-regional Organization(i.e. ERSA, NARSC, PRSCO, LARCSA).
** The Special fee is applicable for:• students who have not reached the age of 35 years on August 1st 2022
• participants from lower income countries (with annual GDP per capita lower than
20,000 USD) according to the latest World Bank Figures.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?name_desc=false4

Terms and Conditions
These Terms and Conditions apply to all Participants (Presenters and Attendees) of the PRSCO
online conference 2022 Kyoto, and be must be accepted on registration.
PRSCO 2022 Kyoto organizing committee reserves the right to make amendments to theprogramme or any related activity at its discretion.
Congress Registration and Participation in the program.
The registration fees are applicable to all participants, except invited keynote speakers andorganizers’ guests.
Presenting authors must register as soon as possible to have their paper(s) scheduled in theprogram.
The RSAI member fee is only applicable for members of one of the other RSAI Super Regional
Organizations (ERSA, NARSC, PRSCO, LARCSA).
Please note: Membership status will be checked and if your membership is not paid, you will becharged the balance between member and non-member fee and your paper will not be accepted
until the full fees are paid. For further details about membership, please contact a regionalrepresentative.
The Special fee is applicable for- Students who have not reached the age of 35 years on August 1st 2022
- Participants from lower income countries (with annual GDP per capita lower than 20,000USD) according to the latest World Bank Figures.
Registration is only assured upon receipt of registration fees. Registered participants whosepayment is not complete will not have access to the Web online Conference. Payments are to bemade in USD. Payment Liability of fees arises at the time of registration. Where payment is notreceived prior to the start of the event, the registration will be cancelled notwithstanding the factthat the liability of full payment still exists.
Methods of Payment:
Payment can be made by credit card and PayPal via ConfTool.
As soon as your online registration (mandatory) is received and after verification that the due fee
has been paid, a receipt from PRSCO will be sent to participants to confirm payment. Please
note: If your organization requires its VAT number to be present on the receipt, this conference
will be held internationally in the cyber space and Government of Japan didn't provide VAT
numbers.
In case of late payment, please send a proof of payment by e-mail to the PRSCO. In case ofquestions concerning registration, please contact PRSCO of which email address is inpreparation and announced to you soon.
Cancellation Policy
The fees will not be refundable.
Conference Proceedings
PRSCO Conference 2022 Kyoto Proceedings will be published binding all of authors' papers as
original photo ready PDFs according to the conference format and will be delivered throughonline.
Peer-reviewed Post Proceedings of PRSCO 2022 Kyoto will be published by "The Asia-Pacific
Journal of Regional Science" which any presenter(s) will apply for after PRSCO 2022 Kyoto.

55. Detailed Agenda
Scheduling policy is as follows:The organizer considers for any types of online and have it during the daytime JST
basically as host place, there will be a time difference to adjust to the Pacific Rim
countries, so the organizer considers a hybrid meeting in Zoom that takes the timedifference into account.
The organizer takes into account the North American head time to match the Pacific Rimtime. In this case, see Table, there will be an online session in the Americas time zone
from 6:00 am to 9:00 am Japan Standard Time (JST), a common time zone session(symposium, mixed hybrid, or online only) from 9:00 am to 12:00 am JST, and an online
session in the Asia time zone from around 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm JST. Asia time zone online
sessions. Since the main focus is on the Pacific Rim, we believe that the 7-hour timedifference for Europe (EU and UK) can be covered by the presentations and audience inthe latter half of the Asia time zone online session from around 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Table New PRSCO online-style scheduling
UTC20 21 222301

234567890

Eastern Standard Time(EST) -1D16 17 18

19 20 21 222312345

Pacific Standard Time(PST) -1D

13 14 15

16 17 18 1920 21 222301

2

Hawaiian Standard Time (HST) -1D

10 11 1213 14 15 1617 18 1920 21 22 23

New Zealand standard time (NZDT)

89 1011 12 13 1415 16 1718 19 20 21

Japan Standard Time5678

9 10 11

12 13 1415 16 17 18

Australian E. Std. Time (AEST)

4567

8

9 10

11 12 13

14 15 16 17South East Asia (UTC+7)

34567810 11 1213 14 15 16(JST)Program

Eastern
Pacific rimtime zone
2.5h online
session &Break9common timezone
Hybrid sessions& lunch breakWesternPacific rim
time zone
2.5h online
session

6. Paper publication plan
- Conference Proceedings:
The abstract will be peer-reviewed and allocating proper session slot by theScientific Committee. Please note that there may be cases in which yourpreferred session does not coincide with the session you wish to present. Theconference paper submitted by the author will be online published after binding
all papers as they are. https://sites.google.com/view/prsco2022/prsco2021- Post Conference Proceedings:
All PRSCO conference 2022 papers are welcome for priority submission to
the Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science (APJRS) as a post conference
selected paper. APJRS (Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Yoshiro Higano) is a peerreviewed journal published by Springer Nature.
Reference URL: https://www.springer.com/journal/41685/
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