INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
R
EGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES
:
THE
NEXT
GENERATION
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N
ETWORKING
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KNOWLEDGE
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REGIONAL
CHANGE
P
ROGRAMANDL
ISTOFPARTICIPANTAUTHORSVolterra – Campus SIAF
17-19 November 2010
P
ROGRAM
LASTUPDATE: 12 NOVEMBER 2010
Wednesday 17 November 2010
10.30 – 11.00 Welcome and introduction by Nicola Bellini, Mike Danson and Henrik Halkier Room 5
11.30-13.00
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
Room 5
13.00-14.30 LUNCH
14.30-16.00
Parallel session 1a
A. Fiore, M.J. Grisorio and Francesco Prota
The regional innovation agencies in Europe: a comparative analysis
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
Room 5
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
Room 3
16.00-16.30 COFFEE BREAK
16.30-18.00
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
Room 5
Parallel session 2b
Leslie Budd
The role of Regional Development Agencies in developing industrial policies to
Thursday 18 November 2010
9.30 – 11.00
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. Room 5 11.00 – 11.30 COFFEE BREAK 11.30-13.00 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
Room 5
Parallel session 3b
Andy Pike and John Tomaney
The politics of local and regional development in England
Peter Wilgaard Larsen
Governance Partnership Continuum
Room 3
13.00 – 14.30 LUNCH
14.30 – 16.00
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
Room 5
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
Room 3
16.00-16.30 COFFEE BREAK
16.30-18.00
Plenary session 3: RDA outlooks
Heather M. Hall
For every region, regional development agencies: the history and next generation of regional development in Canada
Room 5
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
Room 5
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?
Room 3
11.00 – 11.30 COFFEE BREAK
11.30-13.00 General discussion (Panel with organisers as facilitators)
Conclusion Room 5
A
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PARTICIPANT
AUTHORS
LASTUPDATE: 12 NOVEMBER 2010
AUTHOR AFFILIATION
Jenni AIRAKSINEN University of Tampere (Finland) Ari ALATOSSAVA Micropolis L.td (Finland) Nicola BELLINI IRPET (Italy)
Alberto BRAMANTI Bocconi University (Italy)
Leslie BUDD Open University Business School (UK)
Vincenzo CAVALIERE Dipartimento Scienze Aziendali – Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy) Philip COOKE Cardiff University (Wales-UK)
Margareta DAHLSTRÖM Karlstad University (Sweden)
Mike DANSON University of the West of Scotland (Scotland) Oytun Eylem DOĞMUŞ Southern Aegean Development Agency (Turkey)
Sanja FILIPOVSKA School of Advanced Social Studies Nova Gorica (Slovenia) Siniša HAJDAŠ DONČIĆ Krapina Zagorje County (Croatia)
Henrik HALKIER Aalborg University (Denmark) Heather M. HALL Queen's University (Canada) Arto HAVERI University of Tampere (Finland)
Monica JOHANSSON Jönköping International Business School (Sweden) Ines KOS Zagorje Development Agency (Croatia)
Miren LARREA Orkestra Instituto Vasco de Competitividad (Spain) Sara LEVI SACERDOTTI SiTI (Italy)
Darko LORENCIN Istrian Development Agency (IDA) Ltd (Croatia)
Lies MESSELY Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) (Belgium) Suna Senem ÖZDEMIR Southern Aegean Development Agency (Turkey)
Sara PAROLARI Eurac – Accademia Europea (Italy) Andy PIKE Newcastle University (UK)
Julie PORTER Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University (Wales-UK) Francesco PROTA University of Bari "Aldo Moro" (Italy)
Federica ROCCISANO Research Center Medalics (Italy)
Borut RONČEVIĆ School of Advanced Social Studies Nova Gorica (Slovenia) Francesca S. ROTA DITer - Politecnico e Università di Torino (Italy)
David RYLANDER Jönköping International Business School (Sweden) Lise SMED OLSEN Nordregio (Sweden)
Ivan ŠMID Zagorje development agency (Croatia) Michael STEINER University of Graz (Austria)
Barbara SZYMONIUK Lublin University of Technology (Poland) Herrschel TASSILO University of Westminster (UK)
Jukka TERÄS Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy)
Stanisław WALUKIEWICZ Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) Peter WILGAARD LARSEN Aalborg Universitet, Institute for Culture and Globale Studies (Denmark)