INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES: THE NEXT GENERATION. NETWORKING, KNOWLEDGE AND REGIONAL CHANGE PROGRAM AND LIST OF PARTICIPANT AUTHORS Volterra Campus SIAF 17-19 November 2010 In collaboration with
PROGRAM LAST UPDATE: 12 NOVEMBER 2010 Wednesday 17 November 2010 10.30 11.00 Welcome and introduction by Nicola Bellini, Mike Danson and Henrik Halkier 13.00-14.30 LUNCH Plenary session 1: Towards next-generation RDAs? Mike Danson and Greg Lloyd Beyond devolution: roads to coherent autonomies? Margareta Dahlström Multi-actor and multi-scalar regional development policies in the knowledge economy Parallel session 1a A. Fiore, M.J. Grisorio and Francesco Prota The regional innovation agencies in Europe: a comparative analysis 14.30-16.00 Lise Smed Olsen Territorial Knowledge Dynamics - an emerging territorial innovation perspective: changing the focus of public policy in European RDAs? Borut Rončević and Sanja Filipovska Changing social fields and the role of regional development agencies: institutions, networks and cognition Parallel session 1b Alberto Bramanti and Paolo Rosso The uneasy future of Italian RDAs: adjustments towards an outward orientation Miren Estensoro and Miren Larrea The evolution of local development agencies from service providers to facilitators in knowledge networks: The role of academic expertise in the change process 16.00-16.30 COFFEE BREAK 16.30-18.00 20.00 DINNER Parallel session 2a Siniša Hajdaš Dončić, Ivan Šmid and Ines Kos Achieving equable regional development through allocation of budget resources Monica Johansson and David Rylander Swedish regions: Networking, knowledge and regional change David Bailey, Nigel Berkeley and David Jarvis Regional responses to recession: the West Midlands regional task force Parallel session 2b Leslie Budd The role of Regional Development Agencies in developing industrial policies to achieve the goals of Europe 2020 Michael Steiner Regional Development Agencies in Austria institutional settings and evolutionary development. a small country perspective
9.30 11.00 Thursday 18 November 2010 Plenary session 2: Making sense of RDA complexities Henrik Halkier RDAs, regional policies and knowledge dynamics a European survey and beyond Sara Levi Sacerdotti, Francesca Rota and Carlo Salone Aims, strategies and practices of European investment promotion agencies. A comparative analysis. 11.00 11.30 COFFEE BREAK 13.00 14.30 LUNCH 14.30 16.00 Parallel session 3a Lies Messely Using identity in the governance of rural development processes. Two cases of rural development in Flanders (Belgium) Barbara Szymoniuk and Stanisław Walukiewicz Innovative clusters and the Virtual Production Line Parallel session 3b Andy Pike and John Tomaney The politics of local and regional development in England Peter Wilgaard Larsen Governance Partnership Continuum Parallel session 4a Philip Cooke and Julie Porter Smart RDAs in Europe: Creating Innovative Connections Federica Roccisano The evaluation of intergenerational sustainability. New Challenge for Regional Development Agency Daria Sarti, Vincenzo Cavaliere and Sara Lombardi Strategy making in public policies through Delphi method. The case of the mechanical sector in the Province of Pistoia Parallel session 4b Darko Lorencin Regional Development Agencies in Croatia - experiences and prospective Arto Haveri and Jenni Airaksinen Regional change by rescaling reform The deliberate and unintended effects 16.00-16.30 COFFEE BREAK 16.30-18.00 20.00 DINNER Plenary session 3: RDA outlooks Heather M. Hall For every region, regional development agencies: the history and next generation of regional development in Canada
Friday 19 November 2010 9.30 11.00 Parallel session 5a Tassilo Herrschell Network regionalism, development agencies and peripheralisation through loss of voice Oytun Eylem Doğmuş and Suna Senem Özdemir Participation of private sector in development processes: Southern Aegean development agency experience Parallel session 5b Jukka Teräs and Ari Alatossava Governance of regional economic policies who knows best? The Finnish experience Sara Parolari Regional Development Agencies and devolution in England: what to expect in the future? 11.00 11.30 COFFEE BREAK 13.00 14.00 LUNCH General discussion (Panel with organisers as facilitators) Conclusion
AFFILIATION OF PARTICIPANT AUTHORS LAST UPDATE: 12 NOVEMBER 2010 AUTHOR Jenni AIRAKSINEN Ari ALATOSSAVA Nicola BELLINI Alberto BRAMANTI Leslie BUDD Vincenzo CAVALIERE Philip COOKE Margareta DAHLSTRÖM Mike DANSON Oytun Eylem DOĞMUŞ Sanja FILIPOVSKA Siniša HAJDAŠ DONČIĆ Henrik HALKIER Heather M. HALL Arto HAVERI Monica JOHANSSON Ines KOS Miren LARREA Sara LEVI SACERDOTTI Darko LORENCIN Lies MESSELY Suna Senem ÖZDEMIR Sara PAROLARI Andy PIKE Julie PORTER Francesco PROTA Federica ROCCISANO Borut RONČEVIĆ Francesca S. ROTA David RYLANDER Lise SMED OLSEN Ivan ŠMID Michael STEINER Barbara SZYMONIUK Herrschel TASSILO Jukka TERÄS Stanisław WALUKIEWICZ Peter WILGAARD LARSEN AFFILIATION University of Tampere (Finland) Micropolis L.td (Finland) IRPET (Italy) Bocconi University (Italy) Open University Business School (UK) Dipartimento Scienze Aziendali Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy) Cardiff University (Wales-UK) Karlstad University (Sweden) University of the West of Scotland (Scotland) Southern Aegean Development Agency (Turkey) School of Advanced Social Studies Nova Gorica (Slovenia) Krapina Zagorje County (Croatia) Aalborg University (Denmark) Queen's University (Canada) University of Tampere (Finland) Jönköping International Business School (Sweden) Zagorje Development Agency (Croatia) Orkestra Instituto Vasco de Competitividad (Spain) SiTI (Italy) Istrian Development Agency (IDA) Ltd (Croatia) Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) (Belgium) Southern Aegean Development Agency (Turkey) Eurac Accademia Europea (Italy) Newcastle University (UK) Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University (Wales-UK) University of Bari "Aldo Moro" (Italy) Research Center Medalics (Italy) School of Advanced Social Studies Nova Gorica (Slovenia) DITer - Politecnico e Università di Torino (Italy) Jönköping International Business School (Sweden) Nordregio (Sweden) Zagorje development agency (Croatia) University of Graz (Austria) Lublin University of Technology (Poland) University of Westminster (UK) Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy) Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) Aalborg Universitet, Institute for Culture and Globale Studies (Denmark)