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The Regional Studies Association’s Annual Conference 2024 #RSA24 was held in partnership with the Department of Economics and Business Sciences and Department of Architecture, University of Florence, Italy. This four-day in-person conference brought together academics and policymakers to exchange news, views and research findings from the fields of regional studies and science, regional and economic development, policy and planning. There was representation from around 50 different global territories as we gathered both established experts and early career researchers in the beautiful city of Florence.
The conference featured 700+ presentations, high-profile plenary speakers, a number of specially convened sessions, workshops, professional development and networking sessions, walking tours and field trips. The social programme included a reception, side events, exhibitor stalls and post-conference tours to explore Florence.
Impressions and Feedback from 2024 Annual Conference
We received some wonderful feedback from the attendees and our partners. We would like to share some of the comments emailed to us below:
“The conference was exceptionally well-organized and engaging; my compliments to you and your team for your outstanding work!” (Pablo Casas Aljama)
“Lesa, Nicky, thanks for everything as always. I know how challenging it is to organise such a big event, and you do it with a smile all the time.” (Sergio Palomequel)
“I have really enjoyed the last week RSA annual meeting, for me it was one of the top annual meetings. Congrats for the organization, it was excellent, at top level.” (Jozsef Benedek)
“Thank you very much and congratulations for the perfect organisation of the event! It was an amazing experience!” (Cristina Zerbinati)
“I had a wonderful time at the conference and in the city of Florence. The sessions were insightful and academically engaging. I’d like to thank you and all the other organisers for the initiative.” (Indu Poornima)
“I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude for the exceptional assistance you provided during the recent conference. Your help was crucial in ensuring that we had a superb participation experience. Your thoroughness, responsiveness, and dedication to the event made it possible for us to focus on the important discussions and interactions.” (Yan Jiang)
“I would like to thank you and all involved for the organization of this conference. It was one of the best events of such kind that I had the pleasure to participate in.” (Pawel Pistelok)
“I would like to thank you for your work that resulted in a deeply enjoyable and fruitful conference. Thank you also for all your kind emails and all the relevant information shared.” (Alessandra Colocci)
“Thank you very much indeed for your support all along the RSA Conference process. It was a great meeting, really.” (José Luis Sánchez)
“As a first-timer I really enjoyed the Conference and I’m looking forward to the RSA’s future events.” (Athanasios Kalogeresis)
“Thanks for the beautiful conference and superb organization.” (Filippo Barbera)
Academic Organisers
Marco Bellandi, Department of Economics and Business Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
Valeria Lingua, Department of Architecture, University of Florence, Italy
RSA Event Organiser
Lesa Reynolds: lesa.reynolds@regionalstudies.org