The third “Conference on Smart Specialisation and Territorial Development: Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy” will be a webinar series based on selected themes of the SMARTER 2020 Conference. In line with the measures to contain the diffusion of COVID-19, the physical event will be replaced by a series of five webinars held between 17 September and 3 December 2020.
- 17 September: Place-based responses to the COVID-19 economic crisis.
- 6 October: Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability: opportunities for economic recovery and competitiveness.
- 10 November: Smart Specialisation for Sustainable Development Goals.
- 24 November: Smart Specialisation: evidence, lessons, challenges and opportunities.
- November, TBC: Quality of life in European cities: are cities in Europe inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?
- 3 December: Urban strategies and Smart Specialisation.