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Agenda

Please note the programme is updated in real-time, so you will always find the most up-to-date programme online.
Link to download the ERSA2020 Agenda PDF format.
Link to download the Abstract Book.

Timeschedule: The virtual conference will take place between August 25 (CET time) and August 27 (CET time), 2020.

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

ERSA2020 DAY 1
9:15 - 10:45 PL1- Opening Session
Keynote Lecture by Professor Simin Davoudi
10:45 - 11:00 Online Networking Break 1
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
11:00 - 12:30 PS01- Regional Development (Young Scientists Session 1)
PS02- Social innovation and participation of population
PS03- Innovation and Regional Development
PS04- Foreign Direct Investments, trade and local development
PS05- Mountain, Rural and Marginal Issues
PS06- Drivers and impacts of interregional migration
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break Day 1
14:00 - 15:30 PS07- Regional Development (Young Scientists Session 2)
PS08- Adaptive and Resilient Cities and Regions
PS09- Institutions, Political and Decisional Processes
PS10- Culture, Creative Industries and Regional Development
PS11- The territorial dimension of the 4.0 technological transformation
PS12- Drivers and impacts of interregional migration (2)
15:30 - 15:45 Online Networking Break 2
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
15:45 - 16:45 PL2- Keynote Presentation 2
Keynote Lecture by Professor Daniel M. Sturm
16:45 - 16:57 Online Networking Break 3
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room for few minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
17:00 - 18:30 PS13-Networks, Development, and Disparities in Regions
PS14- Spatial Econometrics
PS15- Spatial regrouping of small firms
PS16-Regional Competitiveness, Innovation and Productivity
PS17- Historical Roots of Regional Performance
PS18-Transport and Accessibility
ERSA2020 DAY 1
9:15 - 10:45 PL1- Opening Session
Keynote Lecture by Professor Simin Davoudi
10:45 - 11:00 Online Networking Break 1
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
11:00 - 12:30 PS01- Regional Development (Young Scientists Session 1)
PS02- Social innovation and participation of population
PS03- Innovation and Regional Development
PS04- Foreign Direct Investments, trade and local development
PS05- Mountain, Rural and Marginal Issues
PS06- Drivers and impacts of interregional migration
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break Day 1
14:00 - 15:30 PS07- Regional Development (Young Scientists Session 2)
PS08- Adaptive and Resilient Cities and Regions
PS09- Institutions, Political and Decisional Processes
PS10- Culture, Creative Industries and Regional Development
PS11- The territorial dimension of the 4.0 technological transformation
PS12- Drivers and impacts of interregional migration (2)
15:30 - 15:45 Online Networking Break 2
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
15:45 - 16:45 PL2- Keynote Presentation 2
Keynote Lecture by Professor Daniel M. Sturm
16:45 - 16:57 Online Networking Break 3
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room for few minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
17:00 - 18:30 PS13-Networks, Development, and Disparities in Regions
PS14- Spatial Econometrics
PS15- Spatial regrouping of small firms
PS16-Regional Competitiveness, Innovation and Productivity
PS17- Historical Roots of Regional Performance
PS18-Transport and Accessibility

ERSA2020 DAY 1
9:15 - 10:45 PL1- Opening Session
Keynote Lecture by Professor Simin Davoudi
10:45 - 11:00 Online Networking Break 1
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
11:00 - 12:30 PS01- Regional Development (Young Scientists Session 1)
PS02- Social innovation and participation of population
PS03- Innovation and Regional Development
PS04- Foreign Direct Investments, trade and local development
PS05- Mountain, Rural and Marginal Issues
PS06- Drivers and impacts of interregional migration
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break Day 1
14:00 - 15:30 PS07- Regional Development (Young Scientists Session 2)
PS08- Adaptive and Resilient Cities and Regions
PS09- Institutions, Political and Decisional Processes
PS10- Culture, Creative Industries and Regional Development
PS11- The territorial dimension of the 4.0 technological transformation
PS12- Drivers and impacts of interregional migration (2)
15:30 - 15:45 Online Networking Break 2
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
15:45 - 16:45 PL2- Keynote Presentation 2
Keynote Lecture by Professor Daniel M. Sturm
16:45 - 16:57 Online Networking Break 3
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room for few minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
17:00 - 18:30 PS13-Networks, Development, and Disparities in Regions
PS14- Spatial Econometrics
PS15- Spatial regrouping of small firms
PS16-Regional Competitiveness, Innovation and Productivity
PS17- Historical Roots of Regional Performance
PS18-Transport and Accessibility

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

ERSA2020 DAY 2
9:15 - 10:45 PL3_Keynote Presentation 3&4
Keynote Lectures by Doctor Mafini Dosso and Professor Pierre-Alexandre Balland
10:45 - 11:00 Online Networking Break 4
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
11:00 - 12:30 PS19- Integrated ecological planning of territories and cities to achieve the objectives of the UN 2020 - 2030 Agenda
PS20- A New European Industrial Strategy oriented to the citizens and the territory
PS21- Location of Economic Activity
PS22- Regional and Urban Development
PS23- Intelligence Shaping the Future of Cities and Regions in Europe
PS24- Convergence outcomes of Cohesion Policy: Evidence from the Past and Future Perspectives
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break Day 2
14:00 - 15:30 PS25- Integrated ecological planning of territories and cities to achieve the objectives of the UN 2020 - 2030 Agenda
PS26- A New European Industrial Strategy oriented to the citizens and the territory
PS27- Regional and Urban Policy and Governance
PS28- Global Warming, Health and Environmental Issues
PS29- Human - Environmental Interactions
PS30- Covid 19: its spatial and regional impacts
15:30 - 15:42 Online Networking Break 5
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room for few minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
15:45 - 17:15 PL4- Roundtable "Regional Science and the COVID"
Chair: Dr. Kuby Bert, European Committee of Regions, Belgium // Panelists: Dorothée Allain-Dupré, Rune Dahl Fitjar, Anne Green, Philipp McCann
17:15 - 17:27 Online Networking Break 6
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room for few minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
17:30 - 19:00 PS31- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
PS32- Macroregional, Transregional, Regional and Urban Policy and Governance
PS33- Methods in Regional Science or Urban Analysis
PS34- Subjective well-being, spatial inequalities and urbanization
PS35- Cultural Heritage and Regional Development
PS36- The geographical dimension of income inequality
ERSA2020 DAY 2
9:15 - 10:45 PL3_Keynote Presentation 3&4
Keynote Lectures by Doctor Mafini Dosso and Professor Pierre-Alexandre Balland
10:45 - 11:00 Online Networking Break 4
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
11:00 - 12:30 PS19- Integrated ecological planning of territories and cities to achieve the objectives of the UN 2020 - 2030 Agenda
PS20- A New European Industrial Strategy oriented to the citizens and the territory
PS21- Location of Economic Activity
PS22- Regional and Urban Development
PS23- Intelligence Shaping the Future of Cities and Regions in Europe
PS24- Convergence outcomes of Cohesion Policy: Evidence from the Past and Future Perspectives
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break Day 2
14:00 - 15:30 PS25- Integrated ecological planning of territories and cities to achieve the objectives of the UN 2020 - 2030 Agenda
PS26- A New European Industrial Strategy oriented to the citizens and the territory
PS27- Regional and Urban Policy and Governance
PS28- Global Warming, Health and Environmental Issues
PS29- Human - Environmental Interactions
PS30- Covid 19: its spatial and regional impacts
15:30 - 15:42 Online Networking Break 5
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room for few minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
15:45 - 17:15 PL4- Roundtable "Regional Science and the COVID"
Chair: Dr. Kuby Bert, European Committee of Regions, Belgium // Panelists: Dorothée Allain-Dupré, Rune Dahl Fitjar, Anne Green, Philipp McCann
17:15 - 17:27 Online Networking Break 6
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room for few minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
17:30 - 19:00 PS31- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
PS32- Macroregional, Transregional, Regional and Urban Policy and Governance
PS33- Methods in Regional Science or Urban Analysis
PS34- Subjective well-being, spatial inequalities and urbanization
PS35- Cultural Heritage and Regional Development
PS36- The geographical dimension of income inequality

ERSA2020 DAY 2
9:15 - 10:45 PL3_Keynote Presentation 3&4
Keynote Lectures by Doctor Mafini Dosso and Professor Pierre-Alexandre Balland
10:45 - 11:00 Online Networking Break 4
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
11:00 - 12:30 PS19- Integrated ecological planning of territories and cities to achieve the objectives of the UN 2020 - 2030 Agenda
PS20- A New European Industrial Strategy oriented to the citizens and the territory
PS21- Location of Economic Activity
PS22- Regional and Urban Development
PS23- Intelligence Shaping the Future of Cities and Regions in Europe
PS24- Convergence outcomes of Cohesion Policy: Evidence from the Past and Future Perspectives
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break Day 2
14:00 - 15:30 PS25- Integrated ecological planning of territories and cities to achieve the objectives of the UN 2020 - 2030 Agenda
PS26- A New European Industrial Strategy oriented to the citizens and the territory
PS27- Regional and Urban Policy and Governance
PS28- Global Warming, Health and Environmental Issues
PS29- Human - Environmental Interactions
PS30- Covid 19: its spatial and regional impacts
15:30 - 15:42 Online Networking Break 5
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room for few minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
15:45 - 17:15 PL4- Roundtable "Regional Science and the COVID"
Chair: Dr. Kuby Bert, European Committee of Regions, Belgium // Panelists: Dorothée Allain-Dupré, Rune Dahl Fitjar, Anne Green, Philipp McCann
17:15 - 17:27 Online Networking Break 6
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room for few minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
17:30 - 19:00 PS31- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
PS32- Macroregional, Transregional, Regional and Urban Policy and Governance
PS33- Methods in Regional Science or Urban Analysis
PS34- Subjective well-being, spatial inequalities and urbanization
PS35- Cultural Heritage and Regional Development
PS36- The geographical dimension of income inequality

Thursday, August 27, 2020

ERSA2020 DAY 3
9:15 - 10:45 PL5- Keynote Presentations 5&6
Keynote lectures by Professors Hans Westlund and Raquel Ortega-Argilés
10:45 - 11:00 Online Networking Break 7
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
11:00 - 12:30 PS37- Regional disparities and cohesion in the EU
PS38- Policies and Services for Healthy Ageing and Well-being in Later Life
PS39- The role of fragile territories: descriptions, strategies and best practices in Italy and Europe
PS40- Policies and Services for Healthy Ageing and Well-being in Later Life
PS41- Regional and Urban Labour Markets and Entrepreneurship
PS42-New working spaces, digital transformations and peripheral areas
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break Day 3
13:00 - 13:40 Special Session on REGION - The Journal of ERSA
14:00 - 15:30 PS43- Regional disparities and cohesion in the EU
PS44- Cities, Regions and Digital Transformations
PS45- Overtourism and Its Effects on Regions
PS46- Demographic Change, Population, Migration and Mobility Behaviour
PS47- Regional and Urban Labour Markets and Entrepreneurship
PS48- Regional evaluation
PS49 - Cultural, Creative Industries and Regional Development (2)
15:30 - 15:45 Online Networking Break 8
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
15:45 - 17:30 PL6_Closing Ceremony & ERSA Prize Winner Presentation
ERSA Prize Winner 2020 Keynote Lecture by Professor Alessandra Faggian
ERSA2020 DAY 3
9:15 - 10:45 PL5- Keynote Presentations 5&6
Keynote lectures by Professors Hans Westlund and Raquel Ortega-Argilés
10:45 - 11:00 Online Networking Break 7
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
11:00 - 12:30 PS37- Regional disparities and cohesion in the EU
PS38- Policies and Services for Healthy Ageing and Well-being in Later Life
PS39- The role of fragile territories: descriptions, strategies and best practices in Italy and Europe
PS40- Policies and Services for Healthy Ageing and Well-being in Later Life
PS41- Regional and Urban Labour Markets and Entrepreneurship
PS42-New working spaces, digital transformations and peripheral areas
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break Day 3
13:00 - 13:40 Special Session on REGION - The Journal of ERSA
14:00 - 15:30 PS43- Regional disparities and cohesion in the EU
PS44- Cities, Regions and Digital Transformations
PS45- Overtourism and Its Effects on Regions
PS46- Demographic Change, Population, Migration and Mobility Behaviour
PS47- Regional and Urban Labour Markets and Entrepreneurship
PS48- Regional evaluation
PS49 - Cultural, Creative Industries and Regional Development (2)
15:30 - 15:45 Online Networking Break 8
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
15:45 - 17:30 PL6_Closing Ceremony & ERSA Prize Winner Presentation
ERSA Prize Winner 2020 Keynote Lecture by Professor Alessandra Faggian

ERSA2020 DAY 3
9:15 - 10:45 PL5- Keynote Presentations 5&6
Keynote lectures by Professors Hans Westlund and Raquel Ortega-Argilés
10:45 - 11:00 Online Networking Break 7
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
11:00 - 12:30 PS37- Regional disparities and cohesion in the EU
PS38- Policies and Services for Healthy Ageing and Well-being in Later Life
PS39- The role of fragile territories: descriptions, strategies and best practices in Italy and Europe
PS40- Policies and Services for Healthy Ageing and Well-being in Later Life
PS41- Regional and Urban Labour Markets and Entrepreneurship
PS42-New working spaces, digital transformations and peripheral areas
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break Day 3
13:00 - 13:40 Special Session on REGION - The Journal of ERSA
14:00 - 15:30 PS43- Regional disparities and cohesion in the EU
PS44- Cities, Regions and Digital Transformations
PS45- Overtourism and Its Effects on Regions
PS46- Demographic Change, Population, Migration and Mobility Behaviour
PS47- Regional and Urban Labour Markets and Entrepreneurship
PS48- Regional evaluation
PS49 - Cultural, Creative Industries and Regional Development (2)
15:30 - 15:45 Online Networking Break 8
You can network with other participants randomly by joining the conversation. Max. 4 persons in the room with the limit of 4 minutes of each conversation. You can also join the 'meeting hub' by returning to the timeline and click the 'meeting hub' button on the right side of your screen, you can then select a specific participant and connect with him/her.
15:45 - 17:30 PL6_Closing Ceremony & ERSA Prize Winner Presentation
ERSA Prize Winner 2020 Keynote Lecture by Professor Alessandra Faggian

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