Program:

09:00     Welcome and opening

09:15    Regional growth, quality of government, and the performance of universities – Emili Tortosa, University Jaume I

10:00    Energy innovation at the regional level: a comparison of driving factors and barriers – Jose A. Camacho & Mercedes Rodríguez, University of Granada

10:45    The public tools to promote R&D investment in manufacturing Spanish firms – Inmaculada Alvarez, Autonomous University of Madrid

11:30     Coffee-break

12:00    Smart Cities & Mind Map for Data-Analytics of Local Corona Patterns – Karima Kourtit, Open University of Netherlands

12:45    The Blessing in Disguise Hypothesis – Do Disasters and Threats Favour Resilience? – Peter Nijkamp, Vrije University of Amsterdam

13:30    Brief presentation of the research lines of the Chair for the analysis of innovation and open session for ideas and discussion – Fernando Rubiera, Esteban Fernández & Andre Carrascal, REGIOlab – University of Oviedo

14:15     Closing