ERSA2018 Cork

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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

	Track 1	orie
	08:00 - 18:00 Congress Registration Desk Tuesday
	EOC Meeting (invitation only) 13:00 - 16:00
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Opening Ceremony Welcome Words and Panel Discussion on " Cities for People: Irish urban challenges"
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Welcome Reception Venue: Glucksman Gallery

	Track 1	orie
	08:00 - 18:00 Congress Registration Desk Tuesday
	EOC Meeting (invitation only) 13:00 - 16:00
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Opening Ceremony Welcome Words and Panel Discussion on " Cities for People: Irish urban challenges"
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Welcome Reception Venue: Glucksman Gallery

	Track 1
	08:00 - 18:00 Congress Registration Desk Tuesday
	EOC Meeting (invitation only) 13:00 - 16:00
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Opening Ceremony Welcome Words and Panel Discussion on " Cities for People: Irish urban challenges"
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Welcome Reception Venue: Glucksman Gallery

	orie
	08:00 - 18:00 Congress Registration Desk Tuesday
	EOC Meeting (invitation only) 13:00 - 16:00
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Opening Ceremony Welcome Words and Panel Discussion on " Cities for People: Irish urban challenges"
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Welcome Reception Venue: Glucksman Gallery

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

	Special Session	Refereed Session	Ordinary Session
	Congress Registration Desk Opening hours Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Spatial Economic Analysis Plenary Lecture by Prof. Sergio Rey, University of California Riverside
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee Break Wednesday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	.Papers in Regional Science Keynote Lecture by Ron Martin, University of Cambridge
	Special Session Wed 2	Refereed Session Wed 2	Ordinary Session Wed 2
	S02-S1 Spatial CGE modeling and transport issues	G10-R1 Regional and urban labour markets	G01-O1 Regional and urban development
	S07-S1 The impact of shopping centers on areas in the outer metropolitan zone	G14-R1 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis	G04-O1 Location of economic activity
	S09-S1 Culture-led development: theory and evidence		G06-O1 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	S10-S1 Formal and informal institutions in regional entrepreneurial processes		G07-O1 Population and migration
	S13-S1 Cohesion Policy and European Identity		G14-O1 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis
	S14-S1 IMAJINE Project: Regional Economics at Local Level		G16-O2 Rural communities and development
	S23-S1 Regional Innovation Systems		G19-O1 Tourism and culture
	S24-S1 Higher Education Institutions and regional (sustainable) development		G20-O1 Transport and regional accessibility
	S34-S1 The Role of Place in Determining Individual Wellbeing		G24-O1 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking
	S40-S1 Age, Entrepreneurship and Firm Dynamics
	S45-S1 New working spaces, innovation and inclusion
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Wednesday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Special Sessions Wed 3	Refereed Sessions Wed 3	Ordinary Sessions Wed 3
	S02-S2 Spatial CGE modeling and transport issues	G03-R1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity	G01-O2 Regional and urban development
	S03-S2 Brexit	G05-R1 Regional and urban policy and planning	G01-O3 Regional and urban development
	S13-S2 Cohesion Policy and European Identity	G10-R2 Regional and urban labour markets	G01-O4 Regional and urban development
	S15-S1 Entrepreneurship and regional development: new perspectives on a complex relationship		G03-O1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S18-S1 Counterfactual methods for regional policy evaluation		G03-O2 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S27-S1 Doing regional science with new sources of big data		G05-O1 Regional and urban policy and planning
	S31-S1 Tourism, energy and emmisions		G07-O3 Population and migration
	S50-S2 Social and Spatial Inequalities and Basic Income Policies		G08-O1 Regional resilience
			G09-O1 Social innovation, wellbeing, and happiness
			G10-O1 Regional and urban labour markets
			G14-O2 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis
			G16-O1 Rural communities and development
			G17-O2 Retailing, real estate and housing
			G20-O2 Transport and regional accessibility
			G21-O1 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 1 "Cork City Docklands Regeneration"
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 3 "Heritage and City Development, Nano Nagle Place"
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Wednesday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Special Sessions Wed 4	Refereed Sessions Wed 4	Ordinary Sessions Wed 4
	S01-S1 Regional Ecosystems for social entrepreneurship and innovation: identifying key factors for a social innovative region	G03-R2 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity	G01-O6 Regional and urban development
	S03-S1 Brexit	G13-R2 Regional fiscal challenges	G01-O7 Regional and urban development
	S06-S1 Spatial analysis and real estate (ERES special session)	G20-R1 Transport and regional accessibility	G02-O1 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion
	S10-S2 Formal and informal institutions in regional entrepreneurial processes		G04-O3 Location of economic activity
	S13-S3 Cohesion Policy and European Identity		G13-O1 Regional fiscal challenges
	S15-S2 Entrepreneurship and regional development: new perspectives on a complex relationship		G15-O1 Spatial econometrics
	S18-S2 Counterfactual methods for regional policy evaluation		G17-O4 Retailing, real estate and housing
	S23-S2 Regional Innovation Systems
	S24-S2 Higher Education Institutions and regional (sustainable) development
	S27-S2 Doing regional science with new sources of big data
	S32-S1 Social Agriculture for Social Innovation & Viability in Rural Areas
	S48-S1 Inclusive Growth, Cities and Regions
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Get-together Party

	Special Session	Refereed Session
	Congress Registration Desk Opening hours Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Spatial Economic Analysis Plenary Lecture by Prof. Sergio Rey, University of California Riverside
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee Break Wednesday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	.Papers in Regional Science Keynote Lecture by Ron Martin, University of Cambridge
	Special Session Wed 2	Refereed Session Wed 2
	S02-S1 Spatial CGE modeling and transport issues	G10-R1 Regional and urban labour markets
	S07-S1 The impact of shopping centers on areas in the outer metropolitan zone	G14-R1 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis
	S09-S1 Culture-led development: theory and evidence
	S10-S1 Formal and informal institutions in regional entrepreneurial processes
	S13-S1 Cohesion Policy and European Identity
	S14-S1 IMAJINE Project: Regional Economics at Local Level
	S23-S1 Regional Innovation Systems
	S24-S1 Higher Education Institutions and regional (sustainable) development
	S34-S1 The Role of Place in Determining Individual Wellbeing
	S40-S1 Age, Entrepreneurship and Firm Dynamics
	S45-S1 New working spaces, innovation and inclusion
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Wednesday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Special Sessions Wed 3	Refereed Sessions Wed 3
	S02-S2 Spatial CGE modeling and transport issues	G03-R1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S03-S2 Brexit	G05-R1 Regional and urban policy and planning
	S13-S2 Cohesion Policy and European Identity	G10-R2 Regional and urban labour markets
	S15-S1 Entrepreneurship and regional development: new perspectives on a complex relationship
	S18-S1 Counterfactual methods for regional policy evaluation
	S27-S1 Doing regional science with new sources of big data
	S31-S1 Tourism, energy and emmisions
	S50-S2 Social and Spatial Inequalities and Basic Income Policies
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 1 "Cork City Docklands Regeneration"
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 3 "Heritage and City Development, Nano Nagle Place"
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Wednesday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Special Sessions Wed 4	Refereed Sessions Wed 4
	S01-S1 Regional Ecosystems for social entrepreneurship and innovation: identifying key factors for a social innovative region	G03-R2 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S03-S1 Brexit	G13-R2 Regional fiscal challenges
	S06-S1 Spatial analysis and real estate (ERES special session)	G20-R1 Transport and regional accessibility
	S10-S2 Formal and informal institutions in regional entrepreneurial processes
	S13-S3 Cohesion Policy and European Identity
	S15-S2 Entrepreneurship and regional development: new perspectives on a complex relationship
	S18-S2 Counterfactual methods for regional policy evaluation
	S23-S2 Regional Innovation Systems
	S24-S2 Higher Education Institutions and regional (sustainable) development
	S27-S2 Doing regional science with new sources of big data
	S32-S1 Social Agriculture for Social Innovation & Viability in Rural Areas
	S48-S1 Inclusive Growth, Cities and Regions
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Get-together Party

	Ordinary Session
	Congress Registration Desk Opening hours Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Spatial Economic Analysis Plenary Lecture by Prof. Sergio Rey, University of California Riverside
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee Break Wednesday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	.Papers in Regional Science Keynote Lecture by Ron Martin, University of Cambridge
	Ordinary Session Wed 2
	G01-O1 Regional and urban development
	G04-O1 Location of economic activity
	G06-O1 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G07-O1 Population and migration
	G14-O1 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis
	G16-O2 Rural communities and development
	G19-O1 Tourism and culture
	G20-O1 Transport and regional accessibility
	G24-O1 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Wednesday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Ordinary Sessions Wed 3
	G01-O2 Regional and urban development
	G01-O3 Regional and urban development
	G01-O4 Regional and urban development
	G03-O1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O2 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G05-O1 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G07-O3 Population and migration
	G08-O1 Regional resilience
	G09-O1 Social innovation, wellbeing, and happiness
	G10-O1 Regional and urban labour markets
	G14-O2 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis
	G16-O1 Rural communities and development
	G17-O2 Retailing, real estate and housing
	G20-O2 Transport and regional accessibility
	G21-O1 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 1 "Cork City Docklands Regeneration"
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 3 "Heritage and City Development, Nano Nagle Place"
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Wednesday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Ordinary Sessions Wed 4
	G01-O6 Regional and urban development
	G01-O7 Regional and urban development
	G02-O1 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion
	G04-O3 Location of economic activity
	G13-O1 Regional fiscal challenges
	G15-O1 Spatial econometrics
	G17-O4 Retailing, real estate and housing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Get-together Party

	Special Session
	Congress Registration Desk Opening hours Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Spatial Economic Analysis Plenary Lecture by Prof. Sergio Rey, University of California Riverside
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee Break Wednesday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	.Papers in Regional Science Keynote Lecture by Ron Martin, University of Cambridge
	Special Session Wed 2
	S02-S1 Spatial CGE modeling and transport issues
	S07-S1 The impact of shopping centers on areas in the outer metropolitan zone
	S09-S1 Culture-led development: theory and evidence
	S10-S1 Formal and informal institutions in regional entrepreneurial processes
	S13-S1 Cohesion Policy and European Identity
	S14-S1 IMAJINE Project: Regional Economics at Local Level
	S23-S1 Regional Innovation Systems
	S24-S1 Higher Education Institutions and regional (sustainable) development
	S34-S1 The Role of Place in Determining Individual Wellbeing
	S40-S1 Age, Entrepreneurship and Firm Dynamics
	S45-S1 New working spaces, innovation and inclusion
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Wednesday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Special Sessions Wed 3
	S02-S2 Spatial CGE modeling and transport issues
	S03-S2 Brexit
	S13-S2 Cohesion Policy and European Identity
	S15-S1 Entrepreneurship and regional development: new perspectives on a complex relationship
	S18-S1 Counterfactual methods for regional policy evaluation
	S27-S1 Doing regional science with new sources of big data
	S31-S1 Tourism, energy and emmisions
	S50-S2 Social and Spatial Inequalities and Basic Income Policies
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 1 "Cork City Docklands Regeneration"
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 3 "Heritage and City Development, Nano Nagle Place"
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Wednesday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Special Sessions Wed 4
	S01-S1 Regional Ecosystems for social entrepreneurship and innovation: identifying key factors for a social innovative region
	S03-S1 Brexit
	S06-S1 Spatial analysis and real estate (ERES special session)
	S10-S2 Formal and informal institutions in regional entrepreneurial processes
	S13-S3 Cohesion Policy and European Identity
	S15-S2 Entrepreneurship and regional development: new perspectives on a complex relationship
	S18-S2 Counterfactual methods for regional policy evaluation
	S23-S2 Regional Innovation Systems
	S24-S2 Higher Education Institutions and regional (sustainable) development
	S27-S2 Doing regional science with new sources of big data
	S32-S1 Social Agriculture for Social Innovation & Viability in Rural Areas
	S48-S1 Inclusive Growth, Cities and Regions
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Get-together Party

	Refereed Session
	Congress Registration Desk Opening hours Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Spatial Economic Analysis Plenary Lecture by Prof. Sergio Rey, University of California Riverside
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee Break Wednesday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	.Papers in Regional Science Keynote Lecture by Ron Martin, University of Cambridge
	Refereed Session Wed 2
	G10-R1 Regional and urban labour markets
	G14-R1 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Wednesday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Refereed Sessions Wed 3
	G03-R1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G05-R1 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G10-R2 Regional and urban labour markets
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 1 "Cork City Docklands Regeneration"
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 3 "Heritage and City Development, Nano Nagle Place"
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Wednesday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Refereed Sessions Wed 4
	G03-R2 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G13-R2 Regional fiscal challenges
	G20-R1 Transport and regional accessibility
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Get-together Party

	Ordinary Session
	Congress Registration Desk Opening hours Wednesday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Spatial Economic Analysis Plenary Lecture by Prof. Sergio Rey, University of California Riverside
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee Break Wednesday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	.Papers in Regional Science Keynote Lecture by Ron Martin, University of Cambridge
	Ordinary Session Wed 2
	G01-O1 Regional and urban development
	G04-O1 Location of economic activity
	G06-O1 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G07-O1 Population and migration
	G14-O1 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis
	G16-O2 Rural communities and development
	G19-O1 Tourism and culture
	G20-O1 Transport and regional accessibility
	G24-O1 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Wednesday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Ordinary Sessions Wed 3
	G01-O2 Regional and urban development
	G01-O3 Regional and urban development
	G01-O4 Regional and urban development
	G03-O1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O2 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G05-O1 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G07-O3 Population and migration
	G08-O1 Regional resilience
	G09-O1 Social innovation, wellbeing, and happiness
	G10-O1 Regional and urban labour markets
	G14-O2 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis
	G16-O1 Rural communities and development
	G17-O2 Retailing, real estate and housing
	G20-O2 Transport and regional accessibility
	G21-O1 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 1 "Cork City Docklands Regeneration"
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Technical Excursion 3 "Heritage and City Development, Nano Nagle Place"
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Wednesday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Ordinary Sessions Wed 4
	G01-O6 Regional and urban development
	G01-O7 Regional and urban development
	G02-O1 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion
	G04-O3 Location of economic activity
	G13-O1 Regional fiscal challenges
	G15-O1 Spatial econometrics
	G17-O4 Retailing, real estate and housing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Get-together Party

Thursday, August 30, 2018

	Special Session	Refereed Session	Ordinary Session
	8:00 - 18:00 Congress Registration Desk Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	.Regional Science Policy and Practice Keynote Lecture by Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen, Wageningen University (NL)
	Special Sessions Thu 2	Refereed Sessions Thu 2	Ordinary Session Thu 2
	S04-S1 Urban hierarchies and the financial and economic crisis after 2008/2009: a relational perspective on the state of affairs	G01-R1 Regional and urban development	G03-O4 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S08-S1 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks	G06-R3 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development	G03-O5 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S25-S1 Ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of the Smart Specialization Strategy	G07-R1 Population and migration	G03-O8 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S26-S1 Well-being in large cities: theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence		G04-O5 Location of economic activity
	S29-S1 Universities, concentration of high-skilled individuals and regional development: smart regions getting smarter?		G06-O3 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	S46-S1 Thirty years of EU Cohesion Policy: What works? Where? for Whom?		G20-O3 Transport and regional accessibility
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Thursday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Young Scientists Sessions
	G01-YS1 Regional and Urban Development
	G01-YS2 Regional and Urban Development
	G03-YS1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity (EPAINOS)
	G04-YS1 Location of economic activity
	G05-YS1 Regional and urban policy and planning (EPAINOS)
	G05-YS2 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G07-YS1 Population and migration (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS1 Regional and urban labour markets (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS2 Regional and urban labour markets
	G17-YS1 Retailing, real estate and housing (EPAINOS)
	Walking Tour of the City of Cork
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Fellows Luncheon (invitation only)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Thursday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Special Sessions Thu 3	Refereed Sessions Thu 3	Ordinary Sessions Thu 3
	S05-S1 Regional development under new wave of globalization: Tourism, migration and FTA	G10-R4 Regional and urban labour markets	G01-O9 Regional and urban development
	S08-S3 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks		G03-O10 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S18-S3 Counterfactual methods for regional policy evaluation		G03-O11 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S19-S1 Collective action, commons and commoning : towards the emergence of new forms of territorial development processes ?		G03-O9 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S24-S3 Higher Education Institutions and regional (sustainable) development		G04-O7 Location of economic activity
	S26-S2 Well-being in large cities: theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence		G05-O5 Regional and urban policy and planning
	S31-S2 Tourism, energy and emmisions		G05-O6 Regional and urban policy and planning
	S33-S1 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration		G05-O7 Regional and urban policy and planning
	S34-S2 The Role of Place in Determining Individual Wellbeing		G06-O4 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	S35-S1 Refugee migration: challenges and opportunities		G10-O4 Regional and urban labour markets
	S41-S1 Retail Location Modelling		G16-O4 Rural communities and development
	S42-S1 The Role of Borders in Socioeconomic Development in Europe		G19-O2 Tourism and culture
	S43-S1 Understanding urbanisation at a global scale: Data sources, definitions, methods (OECD and European Commission Special Session)		G21-O2 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
	S47-S2 Ecological Resilience and Care of the Common House to build the Landscape of Contemporaneity and Future Scenarios of Territories and Cities
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Thursday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	.Policy Roundtable With the participation of the European Commission - the OECD and National departments and agencies in Europe
	Special Sessions Thu 4	Refereed Sessions Thu 4	Ordinary Sessions Thu 4
	S05-S2 Regional development under new wave of globalization: Tourism, migration and FTA		G01-O11 Regional and urban development
	S06-S2 Spatial analysis and real estate (ERES special session)		G03-O13 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S08-S2 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks		G04-O6 Location of economic activity
	S09-S4 Culture-led development: theory and evidence		G18-O1 Peripheral and transition economies
	S10-S3 Formal and informal institutions in regional entrepreneurial processes		G21-O3 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
	S17-S1 Regional labour markets, economic growth and well-being		G24-O2 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking
	S19-S2 Collective action, commons and commoning : towards the emergence of new forms of territorial development processes ?		G24-O3 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking
	S33-S2 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration
	S35-S2 Refugee migration: challenges and opportunities
	S38-S2 The Firm/Location Nexus: Multi-Scalar & Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Economic Development
	S39-S1 New Platforms for Regional and Urban Data
	S47-S3 Ecological Resilience and Care of the Common House to build the Landscape of Contemporaneity and Future Scenarios of Territories and Cities
	S49-S1 The New Geography of Happiness
	Evening free

	Special Session	Refereed Session
	8:00 - 18:00 Congress Registration Desk Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	.Regional Science Policy and Practice Keynote Lecture by Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen, Wageningen University (NL)
	Special Sessions Thu 2	Refereed Sessions Thu 2
	S04-S1 Urban hierarchies and the financial and economic crisis after 2008/2009: a relational perspective on the state of affairs	G01-R1 Regional and urban development
	S08-S1 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks	G06-R3 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	S25-S1 Ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of the Smart Specialization Strategy	G07-R1 Population and migration
	S26-S1 Well-being in large cities: theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence
	S29-S1 Universities, concentration of high-skilled individuals and regional development: smart regions getting smarter?
	S46-S1 Thirty years of EU Cohesion Policy: What works? Where? for Whom?
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Thursday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Young Scientists Sessions
	G01-YS1 Regional and Urban Development
	G01-YS2 Regional and Urban Development
	G03-YS1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity (EPAINOS)
	G04-YS1 Location of economic activity
	G05-YS1 Regional and urban policy and planning (EPAINOS)
	G05-YS2 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G07-YS1 Population and migration (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS1 Regional and urban labour markets (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS2 Regional and urban labour markets
	G17-YS1 Retailing, real estate and housing (EPAINOS)
	Walking Tour of the City of Cork
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Fellows Luncheon (invitation only)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Thursday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Special Sessions Thu 3	Refereed Sessions Thu 3
	S05-S1 Regional development under new wave of globalization: Tourism, migration and FTA	G10-R4 Regional and urban labour markets
	S08-S3 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks
	S18-S3 Counterfactual methods for regional policy evaluation
	S19-S1 Collective action, commons and commoning : towards the emergence of new forms of territorial development processes ?
	S24-S3 Higher Education Institutions and regional (sustainable) development
	S26-S2 Well-being in large cities: theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence
	S31-S2 Tourism, energy and emmisions
	S33-S1 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration
	S34-S2 The Role of Place in Determining Individual Wellbeing
	S35-S1 Refugee migration: challenges and opportunities
	S41-S1 Retail Location Modelling
	S42-S1 The Role of Borders in Socioeconomic Development in Europe
	S43-S1 Understanding urbanisation at a global scale: Data sources, definitions, methods (OECD and European Commission Special Session)
	S47-S2 Ecological Resilience and Care of the Common House to build the Landscape of Contemporaneity and Future Scenarios of Territories and Cities
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Thursday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	.Policy Roundtable With the participation of the European Commission - the OECD and National departments and agencies in Europe
	Special Sessions Thu 4	Refereed Sessions Thu 4
	S05-S2 Regional development under new wave of globalization: Tourism, migration and FTA
	S06-S2 Spatial analysis and real estate (ERES special session)
	S08-S2 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks
	S09-S4 Culture-led development: theory and evidence
	S10-S3 Formal and informal institutions in regional entrepreneurial processes
	S17-S1 Regional labour markets, economic growth and well-being
	S19-S2 Collective action, commons and commoning : towards the emergence of new forms of territorial development processes ?
	S33-S2 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration
	S35-S2 Refugee migration: challenges and opportunities
	S38-S2 The Firm/Location Nexus: Multi-Scalar & Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Economic Development
	S39-S1 New Platforms for Regional and Urban Data
	S47-S3 Ecological Resilience and Care of the Common House to build the Landscape of Contemporaneity and Future Scenarios of Territories and Cities
	S49-S1 The New Geography of Happiness
	Evening free

	Ordinary Session
	8:00 - 18:00 Congress Registration Desk Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	.Regional Science Policy and Practice Keynote Lecture by Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen, Wageningen University (NL)
	Ordinary Session Thu 2
	G03-O4 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O5 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O8 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G04-O5 Location of economic activity
	G06-O3 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G20-O3 Transport and regional accessibility
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Thursday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Young Scientists Sessions
	G01-YS1 Regional and Urban Development
	G01-YS2 Regional and Urban Development
	G03-YS1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity (EPAINOS)
	G04-YS1 Location of economic activity
	G05-YS1 Regional and urban policy and planning (EPAINOS)
	G05-YS2 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G07-YS1 Population and migration (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS1 Regional and urban labour markets (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS2 Regional and urban labour markets
	G17-YS1 Retailing, real estate and housing (EPAINOS)
	Walking Tour of the City of Cork
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Fellows Luncheon (invitation only)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Thursday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Ordinary Sessions Thu 3
	G01-O9 Regional and urban development
	G03-O10 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O11 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O9 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G04-O7 Location of economic activity
	G05-O5 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G05-O6 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G05-O7 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G06-O4 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G10-O4 Regional and urban labour markets
	G16-O4 Rural communities and development
	G19-O2 Tourism and culture
	G21-O2 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Thursday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	.Policy Roundtable With the participation of the European Commission - the OECD and National departments and agencies in Europe
	Ordinary Sessions Thu 4
	G01-O11 Regional and urban development
	G03-O13 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G04-O6 Location of economic activity
	G18-O1 Peripheral and transition economies
	G21-O3 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
	G24-O2 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking
	G24-O3 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking
	Evening free

	Special Session
	8:00 - 18:00 Congress Registration Desk Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	.Regional Science Policy and Practice Keynote Lecture by Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen, Wageningen University (NL)
	Special Sessions Thu 2
	S04-S1 Urban hierarchies and the financial and economic crisis after 2008/2009: a relational perspective on the state of affairs
	S08-S1 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks
	S25-S1 Ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of the Smart Specialization Strategy
	S26-S1 Well-being in large cities: theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence
	S29-S1 Universities, concentration of high-skilled individuals and regional development: smart regions getting smarter?
	S46-S1 Thirty years of EU Cohesion Policy: What works? Where? for Whom?
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Thursday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Young Scientists Sessions
	G01-YS1 Regional and Urban Development
	G01-YS2 Regional and Urban Development
	G03-YS1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity (EPAINOS)
	G04-YS1 Location of economic activity
	G05-YS1 Regional and urban policy and planning (EPAINOS)
	G05-YS2 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G07-YS1 Population and migration (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS1 Regional and urban labour markets (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS2 Regional and urban labour markets
	G17-YS1 Retailing, real estate and housing (EPAINOS)
	Walking Tour of the City of Cork
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Fellows Luncheon (invitation only)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Thursday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Special Sessions Thu 3
	S05-S1 Regional development under new wave of globalization: Tourism, migration and FTA
	S08-S3 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks
	S18-S3 Counterfactual methods for regional policy evaluation
	S19-S1 Collective action, commons and commoning : towards the emergence of new forms of territorial development processes ?
	S24-S3 Higher Education Institutions and regional (sustainable) development
	S26-S2 Well-being in large cities: theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence
	S31-S2 Tourism, energy and emmisions
	S33-S1 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration
	S34-S2 The Role of Place in Determining Individual Wellbeing
	S35-S1 Refugee migration: challenges and opportunities
	S41-S1 Retail Location Modelling
	S42-S1 The Role of Borders in Socioeconomic Development in Europe
	S43-S1 Understanding urbanisation at a global scale: Data sources, definitions, methods (OECD and European Commission Special Session)
	S47-S2 Ecological Resilience and Care of the Common House to build the Landscape of Contemporaneity and Future Scenarios of Territories and Cities
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Thursday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	.Policy Roundtable With the participation of the European Commission - the OECD and National departments and agencies in Europe
	Special Sessions Thu 4
	S05-S2 Regional development under new wave of globalization: Tourism, migration and FTA
	S06-S2 Spatial analysis and real estate (ERES special session)
	S08-S2 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks
	S09-S4 Culture-led development: theory and evidence
	S10-S3 Formal and informal institutions in regional entrepreneurial processes
	S17-S1 Regional labour markets, economic growth and well-being
	S19-S2 Collective action, commons and commoning : towards the emergence of new forms of territorial development processes ?
	S33-S2 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration
	S35-S2 Refugee migration: challenges and opportunities
	S38-S2 The Firm/Location Nexus: Multi-Scalar & Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Economic Development
	S39-S1 New Platforms for Regional and Urban Data
	S47-S3 Ecological Resilience and Care of the Common House to build the Landscape of Contemporaneity and Future Scenarios of Territories and Cities
	S49-S1 The New Geography of Happiness
	Evening free

	Refereed Session
	8:00 - 18:00 Congress Registration Desk Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	.Regional Science Policy and Practice Keynote Lecture by Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen, Wageningen University (NL)
	Refereed Sessions Thu 2
	G01-R1 Regional and urban development
	G06-R3 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G07-R1 Population and migration
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Thursday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Young Scientists Sessions
	G01-YS1 Regional and Urban Development
	G01-YS2 Regional and Urban Development
	G03-YS1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity (EPAINOS)
	G04-YS1 Location of economic activity
	G05-YS1 Regional and urban policy and planning (EPAINOS)
	G05-YS2 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G07-YS1 Population and migration (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS1 Regional and urban labour markets (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS2 Regional and urban labour markets
	G17-YS1 Retailing, real estate and housing (EPAINOS)
	Walking Tour of the City of Cork
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Fellows Luncheon (invitation only)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Thursday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Refereed Sessions Thu 3
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	G10-R4 Regional and urban labour markets
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Thursday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	.Policy Roundtable With the participation of the European Commission - the OECD and National departments and agencies in Europe
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Refereed Sessions Thu 4
	Evening free

	Ordinary Session
	8:00 - 18:00 Congress Registration Desk Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	.Regional Science Policy and Practice Keynote Lecture by Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen, Wageningen University (NL)
	Ordinary Session Thu 2
	G03-O4 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O5 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O8 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G04-O5 Location of economic activity
	G06-O3 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G20-O3 Transport and regional accessibility
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Thursday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Young Scientists Sessions
	G01-YS1 Regional and Urban Development
	G01-YS2 Regional and Urban Development
	G03-YS1 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity (EPAINOS)
	G04-YS1 Location of economic activity
	G05-YS1 Regional and urban policy and planning (EPAINOS)
	G05-YS2 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G07-YS1 Population and migration (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS1 Regional and urban labour markets (EPAINOS)
	G10-YS2 Regional and urban labour markets
	G17-YS1 Retailing, real estate and housing (EPAINOS)
	Walking Tour of the City of Cork
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Fellows Luncheon (invitation only)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Thursday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Ordinary Sessions Thu 3
	G01-O9 Regional and urban development
	G03-O10 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O11 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O9 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G04-O7 Location of economic activity
	G05-O5 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G05-O6 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G05-O7 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G06-O4 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G10-O4 Regional and urban labour markets
	G16-O4 Rural communities and development
	G19-O2 Tourism and culture
	G21-O2 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Thursday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	.Policy Roundtable With the participation of the European Commission - the OECD and National departments and agencies in Europe
	Ordinary Sessions Thu 4
	G01-O11 Regional and urban development
	G03-O13 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G04-O6 Location of economic activity
	G18-O1 Peripheral and transition economies
	G21-O3 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
	G24-O2 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking
	G24-O3 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking
	Evening free

Friday, August 31, 2018

	Special Session	Refereed Session	Ordinary Session
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM	8:00 - 15:00 Congress Registration Desk Friday - Academy Building
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Specials Sessions Fri 1	Refereed Sessions Fri 1	Ordinary Sessions Fri 1
	S12-S1 Urban ecology - implications for species evolution and community dynamics	G13-R1 Regional fiscal challenges	G02-O3 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion
	S16-S1 Disparities and Sustainability in Europe	G17-R2 Retailing, real estate and housing	G04-O8 Location of economic activity
	S17-S2 Regional labour markets, economic growth and well-being		G08-O2 Regional resilience
	S20-S1 Tourism and the digital revolution: New practices, behaviours and reshaping of the tourism offer		G12-O2 Regional health outcomes
	S33-S3 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration		G19-O3 Tourism and culture
			G23-O2 Big data and regional science
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Technical Excursion 4 "Culture-Led Development and Liveable Cities, Crawford Art Gallery"
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Technical Excursion 2 "Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy"
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Spike Island Tour
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Friday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	. REGION Young Regional Scientists Roundtable Chaired by Prof. Dimitris Ballas, University of Groningen
	Special Sessions Fri 2	Refereed Sessions Fri 2	Ordinary Sessions Fri 2
	S09-S6 Culture-led development: theory and evidence	G02-R1 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion	G01-O13 Regional and urban development
	S16-S2 Disparities and Sustainability in Europe	G04-R1 Location of economic activity	G01-O14 Regional and urban development
	S20-S2 Tourism and the digital revolution: New practices, behaviours and reshaping of the tourism offer		G02-O4 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion
	S25-S3 Ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of the Smart Specialization Strategy		G03-O15 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S28-S2 GeoComputation in Urban and Regional Analysis		G03-O16 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S32-S3 Social Agriculture for Social Innovation & Viability in Rural Areas		G05-O8 Regional and urban policy and planning
	S33-S4 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration		G06-O8 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	S36-S2 Spatial Inequalities in Scandinavia and South-East Europe: Mobility and housing		G09-O2 Social innovation, wellbeing, and happiness
	S38-S3 The Firm/Location Nexus: Multi-Scalar & Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Economic Development		G10-O7 Regional and urban labour markets
	S46-S2 Thirty years of EU Cohesion Policy: What works? Where? for Whom?		G14-O7 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis
			G21-O4 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
			G22-O1 GIS and location modelling
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Friday
	ERSAC Meeting (invitation only)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Special Sessions Fri 3	Refereed Sessions Fri 3	Ordinary Sessions Fri 3
	S08-S4 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks	G19-R1 Tourism and culture	G01-O15 Regional and urban development
	S20-S3 Tourism and the digital revolution: New practices, behaviours and reshaping of the tourism offer	G24-R1 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking	G03-O17 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	S25-S4 Ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of the Smart Specialization Strategy		G05-O9 Regional and urban policy and planning
	S29-S2 Universities, concentration of high-skilled individuals and regional development: smart regions getting smarter?		G06-O10 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	S33-S5 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration		G06-O9 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	S38-S4 The Firm/Location Nexus: Multi-Scalar & Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Economic Development		G08-O4 Regional resilience
	S46-S3 Thirty years of EU Cohesion Policy: What works? Where? for Whom?		G10-O8 Regional and urban labour markets
			G12-O3 Regional health outcomes
			G13-O3 Regional fiscal challenges
			G15-O3 Spatial econometrics
			G17-O7 Retailing, real estate and housing
			G20-O7 Transport and regional accessibility
			G22-O2 GIS and location modelling
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Friday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Closing Ceremony Presentation of Awards / ERSA Prize Winner 2018 / Handover of the ERSA flag to Lyon LOC 2019 / Closing Speeches
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Reception & Official Dinner

	Special Session	Refereed Session
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM	8:00 - 15:00 Congress Registration Desk Friday - Academy Building
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Specials Sessions Fri 1	Refereed Sessions Fri 1
	S12-S1 Urban ecology - implications for species evolution and community dynamics	G13-R1 Regional fiscal challenges
	S16-S1 Disparities and Sustainability in Europe	G17-R2 Retailing, real estate and housing
	S17-S2 Regional labour markets, economic growth and well-being
	S20-S1 Tourism and the digital revolution: New practices, behaviours and reshaping of the tourism offer
	S33-S3 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Technical Excursion 4 "Culture-Led Development and Liveable Cities, Crawford Art Gallery"
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Technical Excursion 2 "Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy"
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Spike Island Tour
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Friday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	. REGION Young Regional Scientists Roundtable Chaired by Prof. Dimitris Ballas, University of Groningen
	Special Sessions Fri 2	Refereed Sessions Fri 2
	S09-S6 Culture-led development: theory and evidence	G02-R1 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion
	S16-S2 Disparities and Sustainability in Europe	G04-R1 Location of economic activity
	S20-S2 Tourism and the digital revolution: New practices, behaviours and reshaping of the tourism offer
	S25-S3 Ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of the Smart Specialization Strategy
	S28-S2 GeoComputation in Urban and Regional Analysis
	S32-S3 Social Agriculture for Social Innovation & Viability in Rural Areas
	S33-S4 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration
	S36-S2 Spatial Inequalities in Scandinavia and South-East Europe: Mobility and housing
	S38-S3 The Firm/Location Nexus: Multi-Scalar & Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Economic Development
	S46-S2 Thirty years of EU Cohesion Policy: What works? Where? for Whom?
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Friday
	ERSAC Meeting (invitation only)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Special Sessions Fri 3	Refereed Sessions Fri 3
	S08-S4 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks	G19-R1 Tourism and culture
	S20-S3 Tourism and the digital revolution: New practices, behaviours and reshaping of the tourism offer	G24-R1 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking
	S25-S4 Ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of the Smart Specialization Strategy
	S29-S2 Universities, concentration of high-skilled individuals and regional development: smart regions getting smarter?
	S33-S5 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration
	S38-S4 The Firm/Location Nexus: Multi-Scalar & Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Economic Development
	S46-S3 Thirty years of EU Cohesion Policy: What works? Where? for Whom?
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Friday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Closing Ceremony Presentation of Awards / ERSA Prize Winner 2018 / Handover of the ERSA flag to Lyon LOC 2019 / Closing Speeches
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Reception & Official Dinner

	Ordinary Session
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM	8:00 - 15:00 Congress Registration Desk Friday - Academy Building
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Ordinary Sessions Fri 1
	G02-O3 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion
	G04-O8 Location of economic activity
	G08-O2 Regional resilience
	G12-O2 Regional health outcomes
	G19-O3 Tourism and culture
	G23-O2 Big data and regional science
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Technical Excursion 4 "Culture-Led Development and Liveable Cities, Crawford Art Gallery"
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Technical Excursion 2 "Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy"
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Spike Island Tour
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Friday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	. REGION Young Regional Scientists Roundtable Chaired by Prof. Dimitris Ballas, University of Groningen
	Ordinary Sessions Fri 2
	G01-O13 Regional and urban development
	G01-O14 Regional and urban development
	G02-O4 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion
	G03-O15 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O16 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G05-O8 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G06-O8 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G09-O2 Social innovation, wellbeing, and happiness
	G10-O7 Regional and urban labour markets
	G14-O7 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis
	G21-O4 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
	G22-O1 GIS and location modelling
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Friday
	ERSAC Meeting (invitation only)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Ordinary Sessions Fri 3
	G01-O15 Regional and urban development
	G03-O17 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G05-O9 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G06-O10 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G06-O9 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G08-O4 Regional resilience
	G10-O8 Regional and urban labour markets
	G12-O3 Regional health outcomes
	G13-O3 Regional fiscal challenges
	G15-O3 Spatial econometrics
	G17-O7 Retailing, real estate and housing
	G20-O7 Transport and regional accessibility
	G22-O2 GIS and location modelling
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Friday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Closing Ceremony Presentation of Awards / ERSA Prize Winner 2018 / Handover of the ERSA flag to Lyon LOC 2019 / Closing Speeches
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Reception & Official Dinner

	Special Session
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM	8:00 - 15:00 Congress Registration Desk Friday - Academy Building
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Specials Sessions Fri 1
	S12-S1 Urban ecology - implications for species evolution and community dynamics
	S16-S1 Disparities and Sustainability in Europe
	S17-S2 Regional labour markets, economic growth and well-being
	S20-S1 Tourism and the digital revolution: New practices, behaviours and reshaping of the tourism offer
	S33-S3 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Technical Excursion 4 "Culture-Led Development and Liveable Cities, Crawford Art Gallery"
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Technical Excursion 2 "Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy"
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Spike Island Tour
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Friday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	. REGION Young Regional Scientists Roundtable Chaired by Prof. Dimitris Ballas, University of Groningen
	Special Sessions Fri 2
	S09-S6 Culture-led development: theory and evidence
	S16-S2 Disparities and Sustainability in Europe
	S20-S2 Tourism and the digital revolution: New practices, behaviours and reshaping of the tourism offer
	S25-S3 Ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of the Smart Specialization Strategy
	S28-S2 GeoComputation in Urban and Regional Analysis
	S32-S3 Social Agriculture for Social Innovation & Viability in Rural Areas
	S33-S4 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration
	S36-S2 Spatial Inequalities in Scandinavia and South-East Europe: Mobility and housing
	S38-S3 The Firm/Location Nexus: Multi-Scalar & Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Economic Development
	S46-S2 Thirty years of EU Cohesion Policy: What works? Where? for Whom?
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Friday
	ERSAC Meeting (invitation only)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Special Sessions Fri 3
	S08-S4 Regional Characteristics and Vulnerability to Economic Shocks
	S20-S3 Tourism and the digital revolution: New practices, behaviours and reshaping of the tourism offer
	S25-S4 Ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of the Smart Specialization Strategy
	S29-S2 Universities, concentration of high-skilled individuals and regional development: smart regions getting smarter?
	S33-S5 Location choice and impacts of interregional migration
	S38-S4 The Firm/Location Nexus: Multi-Scalar & Multi-Dimensional Aspects of Economic Development
	S46-S3 Thirty years of EU Cohesion Policy: What works? Where? for Whom?
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Friday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Closing Ceremony Presentation of Awards / ERSA Prize Winner 2018 / Handover of the ERSA flag to Lyon LOC 2019 / Closing Speeches
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Reception & Official Dinner

	Refereed Session
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM	8:00 - 15:00 Congress Registration Desk Friday - Academy Building
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Refereed Sessions Fri 1
	G13-R1 Regional fiscal challenges
	G17-R2 Retailing, real estate and housing
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Technical Excursion 4 "Culture-Led Development and Liveable Cities, Crawford Art Gallery"
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Technical Excursion 2 "Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy"
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Spike Island Tour
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Friday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	. REGION Young Regional Scientists Roundtable Chaired by Prof. Dimitris Ballas, University of Groningen
	Refereed Sessions Fri 2
	G02-R1 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion
	G04-R1 Location of economic activity
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Friday
	ERSAC Meeting (invitation only)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Refereed Sessions Fri 3
	G19-R1 Tourism and culture
	G24-R1 Agglomeration, clustering, and networking
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Friday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Closing Ceremony Presentation of Awards / ERSA Prize Winner 2018 / Handover of the ERSA flag to Lyon LOC 2019 / Closing Speeches
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Reception & Official Dinner

	Ordinary Session
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM	8:00 - 15:00 Congress Registration Desk Friday - Academy Building
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Ordinary Sessions Fri 1
	G02-O3 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion
	G04-O8 Location of economic activity
	G08-O2 Regional resilience
	G12-O2 Regional health outcomes
	G19-O3 Tourism and culture
	G23-O2 Big data and regional science
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Technical Excursion 4 "Culture-Led Development and Liveable Cities, Crawford Art Gallery"
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Technical Excursion 2 "Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy"
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Spike Island Tour
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Coffee break Friday
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	. REGION Young Regional Scientists Roundtable Chaired by Prof. Dimitris Ballas, University of Groningen
	Ordinary Sessions Fri 2
	G01-O13 Regional and urban development
	G01-O14 Regional and urban development
	G02-O4 Spatial aspects of social policy, poverty, and exclusion
	G03-O15 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G03-O16 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G05-O8 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G06-O8 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G09-O2 Social innovation, wellbeing, and happiness
	G10-O7 Regional and urban labour markets
	G14-O7 Empirical methods in regional and urban analysis
	G21-O4 Foreign direct investment and competing regions
	G22-O1 GIS and location modelling
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Friday
	ERSAC Meeting (invitation only)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Ordinary Sessions Fri 3
	G01-O15 Regional and urban development
	G03-O17 Regional competitiveness, innovation, and productivity
	G05-O9 Regional and urban policy and planning
	G06-O10 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G06-O9 Natural environment, resources, and sustainable development
	G08-O4 Regional resilience
	G10-O8 Regional and urban labour markets
	G12-O3 Regional health outcomes
	G13-O3 Regional fiscal challenges
	G15-O3 Spatial econometrics
	G17-O7 Retailing, real estate and housing
	G20-O7 Transport and regional accessibility
	G22-O2 GIS and location modelling
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Afternoon Coffee break Friday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Closing Ceremony Presentation of Awards / ERSA Prize Winner 2018 / Handover of the ERSA flag to Lyon LOC 2019 / Closing Speeches
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Reception & Official Dinner

Saturday, September 1, 2018

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Post-Congress Tour to West Cork countryside
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Golf at Fota Island

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Post-Congress Tour to West Cork countryside
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Golf at Fota Island

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Post-Congress Tour to West Cork countryside
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Golf at Fota Island