Program Overview

Information about the structure of the parallel sessions

  • Parallel sessions will take place at the ground floor (room N01-N02-N03) and at the first floor (N10 to room N19) of the Velodromo building.
  • Most parallel session at GEOINNO2022 will last for 1 hour and 40 minutes without breaks, but Parallel sessions 1 and 4 will last 2 hours and 5 minutes.
  • The session rooms will be equipped with projector and a PC. Please make sure to bring your slides on an USB stick and to transfer them to this PC before the start of the session.
  • In Parallel sessions 1 and 4 you will have 30 minutes per paper, including Q&As. Please foresee a maximum of 25 minutes for your presentation and 5 minutes for discussion.
  • In Parallel sessions 2, 3, 5 and 6 you will have 25 minutes per paper, including Q&As. Please foresee a maximum of 18-20 minutes for your presentation and 5-7 minutes for discussion.
  • The session chair will be responsible for the schedule of the session.

A full program of the GEOINNO2022 conference can be found here.

Day 1 - Monday 4th July 2022

9.00 Registration
13.30 – 15.45 Plenary Session
Welcome speeches
Keynote – Professor Raquel Ortega Argiles – “Levelling up through R&D? – UK evidence”

Keynote Professor Matt Marx – “How does the local supply of scientists and inventors impact entrepreneurship and innovation?”

15.45 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 18.20 Parallel Session 1
18.45 – 20.30 Welcome cocktail

Day 2 - Tuesday 5th July 2022

8.00 Registration
09.00 – 11.00 Plenary Session
Keynote – Professor Megan MacGarvie – “International Mobility of Researchers: Policy Impacts and Implications for Knowledge Creation and Diffusion”

Keynote – Professor Thomas Kemeny – “Innovation and spatial income disparities”
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.10 Parallel Session 2
13.10 – 14.10 Lunch
14.10 – 15.50 Parallel Session 3
15.50 – 16.20 Coffee break
16.20 – 18.25 Parallel Session 4
20.00 – 23.00 Gala dinner

Day 3 - Wednesday 6th July 2022

8.30 Registration
9.00 – 10.30 Policy sessions

Green transition in Europe and recovery innovation policy
Speakers:
Professor Bernhard Truffer
Dr Lucia Cusmano
Dr Clara Poletti

Moderator: Prof. Valentina Bosetti


Automation, Digitalisation and AI: A roadmap for regions
Speakers:
Professor Rolf Sternberg
Professor Maria Savona
Professor Marco Taisch
Dr. Morena Diazzi
Dr. Ramunas Linartas

Moderator: Dr. Rudiger Ahrend

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.40 Parallel Session 5
12.40 – 13.40 Lunch
13.40 – 15.20 Parallel Session 6
15.20 – 15.50 Coffee break
15.50 Farewell speeches and end of GEOINNO2022

ORGANISER

The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research

PARTNERS

The Manchester Urban Institute           Creative Manchester logo

SPONSORS

The University of Manchester Hallsworth Conference Fund           The Regional Studies Association           The Productivity Institute