This conference will provide the opportunity for urban and regional scholars to grapple with the complexities of innovation and change, qualifying the idea of innovation, questioning the institutions that organize and channel it, and exploring the actors, private, public and civil society, who...

Broad themes and key shifts the organisers are keen to facilitate discussion around include, but are not limited to: - Post-2020 EU Budget, the future of EU Policies and their likely implications for cities and regions, - Energy transitions, environmental sustainability, and designing urban and...

This conference aims to take stock of the smart specialisation experience and assess its current state of the art both in terms of conceptual developments and practical implementation. It offers to a limited number of participants from academia, European Institutions and territorial authorities,...