> Already available!

·    Watch Alessandra Faggian Presentation on “Resilience and Inner Areas: is #COVID19 an opportunity or a threat?“

·    Download the presentation

> Broadcast shortly on ERSA YouTube Channel

Keynote Lectures and Roundtable

·    10-09-2020 “Regional Imaginaries and the ‘Europe of the Regions’ Project” by Simin Davoudi, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

·    17-09-2020 “The Making of the Modern Metropolis: Evidence from London” by Daniel Sturm, London School of Economics, United Kingdom

·    24-09-2020 “Designing Smart Specialisation Strategies with Sub-Saharan Africa” by Mafini Dosso, European Comission JRC, Spain

·    01-10-2020 “Cities in a Post-Corona World” by Pierre-Alexandre Balland, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

·    08-10-2020 “Post-urban regions after the pandemic: cyclical vs. irreversible forces in spatial development” by Hans Westlund, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

·    15-10-2020 “On today’s regional development challenges: growth, inclusion and sustainability” by Raquel Ortega-Argilés, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

·    22-10-2020 Roundtable on “Regional Science and the COVID” chaired by Bert Kuby with Dorothée Allain-Dupré, Rune Dahl Fitjar, Anne Green and Philipp McCann.

2 Young Scientists Sessions

·    29-10-2020 Young Scientist Session 1 chaired by Katarzyna Kopczewska, University of Warsaw, Poland

·    05-11-2020 Young Scientist Session 2 chaired by Eveline van Leeuwen, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Special Session on REGION

·    12-11-2020 “REGION – The journal of ERSA” by Gunther Maier and Sébastien Bourdin

Satisfaction Survey results

We are very happy to share the satisfaction survey which shows a very good result on our first web conference in terms of the programme and the technology logistic. We are also very proud to have organised a gender-balanced international web conference with almost 50/50 male and female participants.

We had 355 participants from Europe and beyond.

93.1 % of survey respondants are likely to recommend our future virtual conferences.

Scores for the degree of satisfaction include: (5 is the maximum)

The timetable of the programme: 4.09

Quality of the scientific content: 4.38

Quality of the keynote lectures : 4.20

Quality of the thematic Sessions: 3.98

Quality of the event platform: 4.32

Less than 50 % of attendees could network virtually during the event therefore the networking function will be improved.

We appreciate the feedback of our participants which will directly help us to improve our future programmes. We make notes of every single response that we receive, and your feedback really makes a difference.

Signe Jauhiainen, @signejauhiainen Aug 25

“Great possibility to learn what’s going on in regional science, especially in migration topic.”

“A great news! Wondering how much is it influenced by the form of the event and the possibility for women ‘not to travel’ away from their home based chores. Yet it’s good the change comes #ERSA2020 congrats! #genderbalance”

“Great online conference…many thanks to all organisers. For reference to our future events I connected on pc, a,droid and 3 different platforms all went well. What I loved the most is, all presentations just in perfect timing”

“Thanks to the @ERSA_org organizing team for keeping our community together with an inspiring online event during these difficult times. Videos of the plenary session coming soon :)”

“#ERSA2020 was a blast! thank you for the great experience

@ERSA_org”

“We are confident that we will be able to host you next year in our beautiful city in the heart of the Alps and see you next August in Bolzano!”

Andrea Omizzolo, Co-chair of the Local Organising Commitee