Triple Helix and Smart Specialisation Strategies

By Nicos Komninos on 31 March 2019. Posted in Innovation Strategies

The School of Business and Society at St Mary’s University in the UK in cooperation with the Triple Helix Association and with the support from Erasmus+ programme of the European Union (Jean Monet Action) organises the workshop ‘Innovative Place-Based Triple Helix Approaches for Regional Development through Smart Specialisation Strategies’ on 28-29 June 2019.

The programme includes panels and discussions on
-Triple Helix as an enabler for Smart Specialisation: a SWOT approach
-Entrepreneurial Universities as drivers for Smart Specialisation
-Deepening Smart Specialisation: towards a new approach
-The experience of UK Catapults: towards high-powered innovation
-Activating the Cross-Over between Smart Specialisation and Innovation Policies
-Multi-level governance and Smart Specialisation: a view from the regions

Participants will have the opportunity to share their views on this broad agenda for debate on different dimensions of place-based approaches to innovation and will have the chance to interact with a community of scholars and practitioners mobilizing university-industry and government resources for accelerated growth and regional development.

To participate in one of the debates please submit a 500-word abstract, statement of your expertise and viewpoint. Abstracts should be submitted by emailing: [email protected]

More information: Webpage of the workshop