Marrakech 2009 at a glance
Participants: 2,106 registered participants (more than 2,300 including NOC invited guests)
• Gender: 1,000 women (47.7%), 1,092 men (52.2%).
• Age: 501 participants aged below 34 (24%); 941 participants below the age of 45 (45%).
• Affiliation: 70% affiliated to research centres and universities and 22% affiliated to national
governments, international organizations and civil society institutions involved in public policy
formulation and implementation.
• IUSSP Members: 1,371 (65% of participants): 1,009 members and 362 student members.
| Regional distribution of participants (by residence): | |
| Africa | 24% |
| Asia | 13% |
| North America | 20% |
| Latin America | 8% |
| Europe | 33% |
| Oceania | 2% |
| Countries most represented: | ||
Morocco (268) | Nigeria (33) | Bangladesh (15) |
Financial Support
• The IUSSP funded 397 participants, mostly from Latin America, Africa and Asia.
• The NOC funded 84 participants, mostly from Africa.
Scientific Programme
• 3,156 submissions to the Call for Papers.
• 1,720 total communications accepted on the Scientific Programme.
• 865 papers presented in the 219 regular sessions.
• 565 posters presented in the 5 Poster sessions.
• 10 NOC sessions on the Arab World.
• 3 training sessions (2 in regular sessions and 1 as a side meeting).
• 4 plenary sessions.
• 44 side meetings organized by 41 institutions.
• 46 exhibit booths.