III. ICUBERD Conference

2018. November 15. 09:53

III. International Conference on University-Based Entrepreneurship and Regional Development: Theory, Empirics and Practical Implementation (ICUBERD) will be held at the University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, Pécs, Hungary, on November 29th, 2018.

The focus of the conference is knowledge-based regional economic development with a specific attention to smart specialization. Contrary to previous ICUBERD conferences this year we organize a small-scale workshop-style event with invited internationally recognized researchers who are specialized in the fields of regional innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development.

 

Our guest scholars in this year's ICUBERD conference will be:
  • Joan Crespo, University of Toulouse, France
  • Leo-Paul Dana, Montpellier Business School, France
  • Marcus Dejardin, University of Namur and Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  • Ugo Fratesi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Esteban Lafuente, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
  • Elisabetta Marinelli, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain
  • Manfred Paier, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
  • Luke Pittaway, Ohio University, USA
  • Thomas Scherngell, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
 
Key themes of the conference

(Topics of interest include but not limited to the following):

  • The role of innovation in regional development (regional innovation systems, local and global level
  • collaboration in innovation and regional growth, institutions, innovation and regional development, the
  • role of universities in regional innovation)
  • Entrepreneurship and regional development (entrepreneurial ecosystems, entrepreneurial culture,
  • entrepreneurial universities, entrepreneurship education: methods, techniques, performance metrics,
  • entrepreneurial finance and venture capital)
  • Smart specialization policy and regional development
  • Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development policy
  • Economic impact assessment of knowledge-based regional development policies
 
Financed by

The conference was financed by the Higher Education Institutional Excellence Programme of the Ministry of Human Capacities in Hungary, within the framework of the 4th thematic programme „Enhancing the Role of Domestic Companies in the Reindustrialization of Hungary” of the University of Pécs (reference number of the contract: 20765-3/2018/FEKUTSTRAT) The conference has been supported by the European Union, co-financed by the European Social Fund.

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