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.
