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Dear colleagues, it is our pleasure to invite you to the joint conference IMPALLA - ESPANET 2009 with topic "The European Social Model in a Global Perspective". The conference will take place on 6-7 March 2009 at the Cultural Centre of Neumünster, in Luxembourg. The keynote speakers are: • Bob Deacon, Globalism and Social Policy Programme (GASPP) and University of Sheffield. • Anton Hemerijck, Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) and Erasmus University of Rotterdam. • Maria João Rodrigues, Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Lisbon. The deadline for abstract submission is the 1rst October 2008. The organizing committee encourages the participation of scholars and researchers from developing countries. Junior researchers from these countries as well as PhD students from all countries may apply for a partial or full waiver of the conference registration fee. Conditional on the financial support of the conference by the National Research Fund of Luxembourg, all presenters may apply for a partial reimbursement of their travelling and accommodation costs after the conference. More information on the conference description as well as on the location, registration, and hotel reservations is available at the conference web page: http://soc.kuleuven.be/ESPANET. The organizing committee can be contacted via email at [log in to unmask] Kind regards, Jos Berghman, program chair Prof. dr. Jos Berghman Social Policy - CESO - K.U.Leuven Parkstraat 45 (bus 3601) - B 3000 Leuven tel: +32.16.32 31 89 - fax: +32.16.32 33 65