Speaker(s)
Uwe Blien (IZA, Germany), Arthur Getis (San Diego State University, United States), Kingsley Haynes (George Mason University, United States), and many more
Date
7-9 May 2015
Location
Amsterdam

Please find programme in PDF here.

Thursday, May 7

8.30                                         Coffee and welcome

8.50                                         Introduction (Peter Nijkamp)

9.00 – 10.40                            Session 1

Roberto Camagni:                   The Role of Territorial Capital in Regional Competitiveness and Growth: Theoretical Reflections and Recent Empirical Evidence

Roger Stough:                         An Urban Time-Space Matrix

Tomaz Dentinho:                    Spatial Justice in an Isolated World

Elizabeth Mack:                      Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Entrepreneurial Activity: A Comparative Analysis  of Nine Metropolitan Areas

10.40 – 11.00                          Coffee break

11.00 – 12.40                         Session 2

Hans Westlund:                      What Makes Certain Rural Areas More Attractive than Others? The Influence of Rural Amenities on the Location Choices of New Firms

Vicente Royuela Mora:           Income Equality, Urban Size and Economic Growth in OECD regions

Dani Shefer:                            Spatial Inequality and Regional Growth

Waldemar Ratajczak:             White Noise in a Dynamic Löschian System

12.40 – 14.00                         Lunch break

14.00 – 15.40                         Session 3

Bob Stimson:                          Patterns of Endogenous Employment Performance Across Australia’s Functional Economic Regions, 2001-2011

Ana Barufi:                             Sorting, Learning, and Agglomeration Externalities in Brazil

André Torre:                           The Contribution of Proximity Analysis to the Understanding of Regional and Territorial Development

Karima Kourtit:                       Forward-Looking Cities and Urban Innovation

15.40 – 16.00                          Tea break

16.00 – 17.40                         Session 4

Mark Partridge:                       Local Labor Market Flexibility in a Perceived Low Migration Country

Geoff Hewings:                      Income Circulation in a Spatial Economy: Modeling Challenges

Folke Snickars:                        Research Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development

Johannes Bröcker:                   The Spatial Globalisation Impact in Germany

17.40 – 18.15                         Drinks

19.00 – 21.30                          Dinner

 

Friday, May 8

8.45                                         Coffee

9.00 – 10.40                            Session 5

Arthur Getis:                           Urban Areas as the Omphalos of Infectious Diseases: Spatial Effects and Inequality

Aura Reggiani:                        Spatial Economic Resilience and Accessibility: Overview and Perspectives

Amit Batabyal:                        Creative Capital in Production, Inefficiency, and Inequality: A Theoretical Analysis

Miruna Mazurencu:                 The Impact of Structural Funds Funded Projects on Roma Population in Romania

10.40 – 11.00                         Coffee break

11.00 – 12.40                         Session 6

Kingsley Haynes:                    Impact of High Speed Rail on Housing Values: An Observation from the Beijing-Shanghai Line

Eduardo Haddad:                   Transportation Infrastructure and Spatial Equality in Emerging Countries

Joao Romao:                           Regional Resilience and the Role of Tourism in Smart Specialization Strategies in the European Regions

Juan Carlos Martin:                 A DEA Tourism Competitiveness Index

12.40 – 14.00                         Lunch break

14.00 – 15.40                          Session 7

Ron Boschma:                         Complexity, Relatedness and Regional Diversification:  a Long-term Study of European Regions

Oto Hudec:                             The Impact of Transformation on Regional Innovation Systems in Slovakia: FDI and Disintegration

Anna Lundgren:                      The Concept of Openness in the Knowledge Economy: Towards a Taxonomy

Roberta Capello:                     Entrepreneurship and Regional Growth Nexus: the Role of Entrepreneurial Characteristics in Local Innovation Modes

15.40 – 16.00 uur                    Tea break

16.00 – 17.15                         Session 8

Uwe Blien:                              Technological Progress and Regional (Un)employment

Adriana Kocornik–Mina:        Flooded Cities

Neil Reid:                                Millennials, Innovation, and Craft Beer

17.15 – 17.30                         Closing remarks

 

*******Free evening*******

 

Saturday, May 9

Full Day Jubilee Sailing Tour

From 9.30 – 21.00 through the Amsterdam Canals, to the IJsselmeer (former Zuiderzee) and the Island of Pampus.

The theme will be: The Future of Regional Science

Moderators:

Allen Scott:                 City and Society: An Inquiry into the Logic of Urban Development and its Meaning for Work and Life Today

 

Henk Scholten:           Regional Science is Geo-science!

 

Francesca Medda:       Dynamic Spaces in a Path-dependent World

 

During the trip, both plenary and break-out sessions will be held, leading to a declaration on regional science.

The great surprise will be: a plan to create a Regional Science Academy, of which all participants of the trip will become founding fathers and mothers. More details will follow soon.

Of course, all partners are invited for this unique surprise trip.