Wednesday 26th September
16:15–18:15 Smart Specialisation Worldwide Room: AUDITORIUM
- Silke Haarich: Smart Specialisation in Peripheral and Border Regions in Latin America – Challenges and Lessons
- Kevin Hartley: Applying Smart Specialisation in an Atlantic Canadian Context
16:15–18:15 Implementing Smart Specialisation Strategies: Early Results, Challenges and Lessons Learned Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 1
- Martin Eichler: S3 Implementation and the “Correct” Level of Granularity: Framework and Methodology
- Nicholas Harrap: Mobilising European Structural and Investment Funds and Horizon 2020 in Support of Innovation in Less Developed Regions: Possible Complementarities and Future Directions for Policy
16:15–18:15 RIS3 Governance across the EU – Experience from the Targeted Support Activities Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 2
- Elisabetta Marinelli: Squaring the Circle: Lessons from the Role-playing Exercises on RIS3 Regional and Multi-level Governance
- Federica Bertamino: Meeting New Governance Challenges in Less Developed Regions: Insights from Extremadura and Puglia
- Hugo Pinto: Smart Specialisation Interactions Between the Regional and the National: Insights from Multi-level Tensions in The Portuguese Case
- Elisa Gerussi: Governing RIS3 in a Centralised Country: Experiences from Bulgaria
16:15–18:15 Web Based Tools for Territorial Economic Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation in Support of Smart Specialisation Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 3
Thursday 27th September
11:00 – 13:00 Challenges, Opportunities and Limitations of Smart Specialisation Experiences in EU Lagging Regions Room: AUDITORIUM
- Kevin Morgan: The Realities of RIS3: Implementation Gaps Between More and Less Developed European Regions
- Fragiskos Archontakis: Looking for the Key to Unlock Smart Specialisation’s Full Potential: How Bright are the Northern Lights and the Mediterranean Sun?
11:00 – 13:00 Smart Specialisation from Design to Implementation Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 1
- Francesco Pagliacci: Tools to Analyse Potential Synergies Across Regions: The Case of RIS3 in the Alpine Area
- RIS3: The Baltic Region Experience
11:00 – 13:00 Global Value Chains and Trans-Regional Cooperation Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 2
- Antonio Bubbico: Smart Agriculture in the Caribbean: How the Agro-food Global Value Chains and Production Networks Shape Territorial Development in the CARICOM
- Cecilia Gañán de Molina: Building a Thematic Partnership on Traceability and Big Data for the Agrifood Sector
11:00 – 13:00 Smart Specialisation as an Experimental Context: Theory and Examples Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 3
- Francesco A. Massucci: EDP in an Emerging Field – Text Mining for the Identification of Academic Experts for Industry 4.0 in Toscana (Italy)
- Ricard Esparza Masana: Synergies Between INTERREG Europe and S3 – A Methodological Proposal to Enhance Policy Learning
- Mikel Irujo: Interregional Cooperation to Foster EU Industry
- Bjørn Asheim: The Role of Smart Specialisation in Driving Long-term Structural Changes
16:00 – 18:00 Rethinking Regional Development Policy-Making – Lessons from Theory and Practice Room: AUDITORIUM
- Anwar Shah: Development Assistance and Conditionality: Challenges in Design and Options for More Effective Assistance
- Rudiger Ahrend: Productivity and Jobs in a Globalised World: (How) Can All Regions Benefit?
16:00 – 18:00 Urban Challenges and Strategies for Innovation and Development Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 1
- Francesco Cappellano: Local Knowledge and Innovation Dynamics: A Comparative Perspective Between the European Union and the United States
- Miguel Rivas: Turning Cities into Tier-One RIS3 Developers: How 10 Cities Have Addressed the Challenge
16:00 – 18:00 The Role of Higher Education, Skills and Entrepreneurship in Smart Specialisation Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 2
- Alessio Cavicchi: Higher Education and Smart Specialisation: The Case of Apulia (Italy)
- Yves Bourgeois: Adding Value to Local Resource Sectors Using Digital Skills and Smart Specialisation: The Case of Forestry in the Canadian Atlantic Provinces
- Mika Tala: How does Smart Specialisation Foster Entrepreneurship in Bioeconomy Sector: Comparison of Three Finnish Regions
16:00 – 18:00 Territorial Economic Analysis in Support of Smart Specialisation (I) Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 3
- Christophe Feder: Directed Technological Change and Technological Congruence: A New Framework for the Smart Specialisation Strategy
- Francesco Quatraro: Relatedness, Academic Inventors and Smart Specialisation in Italian NUTS3 Regions
- Olga Diukanova: Economic Impact Assessment of Technological Diversification in European Regions: Possible Implications for Smart Specialisation
Friday 28th September
9:45 – 11:45 Multi-level Governance and Actors in Smart Specialisation Room: AUDITORIUM
- Mona Roman: Mechanisms to Involve “Fourth Helix” in Smart Specialisation Strategy Development: The Case of Finnish Regions
- Vladimir Cvijanovic: From Entrepreneurial Discovery to Multi-Stakeholderism, Have Smart Specialisation Strategies Fostered Regional Learning Spaces and Trajectories in Central and Eastern Europe?
- Miren Estensoro: Multi-level Governance of Smart Specialisation Strategies: Making it Work
9:45 – 11:45 Methods for Monitoring and Evaluation Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 1
- Henning Kroll: A Process Perspective on Evaluating Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation
- Francesco Prota: A Smart Answer to a Complex Question: Applying Complexity Theory to the Evaluation of Smart Specialisation Strategy
- Fatime Barbara Hegyi: Evaluation framework integrating results of thematic S3 approach
- Attila Varga: Regional Impact Analysis of Alternative Paths of Smart Specialisation
9:45 – 11:45 The Entrepreneurial Discovery Process and Stakeholder Involvement Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 2
- Maximilian Benner: Smart Specialisation and Institutions: Towards an Institutional Process of Discovery and Change
- Alexander Kleibrink: Institutional Preconditions and Learning: Designing Coherent and Inclusive Innovation Policies in Post-socialist Countries
- Leonardo Mazzoni: The Industry Space and Entrepreneurship Dynamics of Tuscany Region. Some insights (and Lessons) for EDP and RIS3
9:45 – 11:45 Territorial Economic Analysis in Support of Smart Specialisation (II) Room: SALA POLIVALENTE 3
- Laura de Dominicis: Location Matters: A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Post-Crisis Economic Growth in Regions of the European Union
- Andrea Filippetti: The Innovation Profiles of European Regions: New Measures, Trends, and Implications for Policy
- Tan Tran Thai: Regional Alignment as Platform. The Innovative Advantage of Regions