Program Overview

Programme

The conference will be at the Corvinus University of Budapest (1093 Budapest, Fővám tér 8), starting on 28 January (Wednesday) at 9:00 a.m. and concluding no later than 4:00 p.m. on 30 January (Friday).

The detailed programme is expected to be released by January 17

If you need any modifications, please contact the LOC at geoinno2026@uni-corvinus.hu.

We look forward to welcoming you to Budapest!

Program Overview

Day 0

15:00 – 18:00

Pre-conference Workshop

WebAI Research in the Geography of Innovation

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Day 1

08:00-18:00

Registration

09:00–09:15

Opening Ceremony

09:15–10:45

Plenary session #1 

Beata Javorcik – EBRD & University of Oxford
Lars Coenen – HVL and University of Bergen
chair: Cesar Hidalgo

10:45–11:15

Coffee break

11:15–13:15

Parallel sessions #1 

13:15–14:15

Lunch

14:15–16:15

Parallel sessions #2 

16:15–16:45

Coffee break 

16:45–18:45:

Parallel sessions #3

19:00–21:00

Welcome Reception

Welcome: László Kollár – Secretary, HAS
Host: Veronika Hamar

Day 2

08:00–18:00

Registration

09:00-10:30

Plenary session #2

Luisa Gagliardi – Bocconi University of Milan
Lee Fleming – University of California, Berkley
chair: Iris Wanzenböck

10:30–10:45

Exhibitors’ introduction

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10:45–11:15

Coffee break

11:15–13:15

Parallel sessions #4

13:15–14:15

Lunch

14:15–16:15

Meet the Editors

Participants: Carolina Castaldi (EG & ICC), Camilla Lenzi (ARS), Dieter Kogler (Regional Studies), Iris Wanzenböck (RRR), Shiri Breznitz (PEG), Ugo Fratezi (SEA)

14:15–16:15

Parallel sessions #5

16:15–16:45

Coffee break

16:45–18:15

Panel discussion #1 “AI in Innovation”

Moderator: Frank Neffke
Participants: Carolina Castaldi (Utrecht), Yufan Hua (Linz and IBM), Péter Ignácz (KPMG), Johannes Wachs (Corvinus), Tommaso Ciarli (UNU-MERIT and SPRU)

16:45–18:15

Parallel sessions #6 

19:30–24:00

Gala Dinner (Hotel InterContinental Budapest)

Day 3

08:00–11:00

Registration 

09:00–11:00

Parallel sessions #7

11:00–11:30

Coffee break

11:30–13:00

Panel #2 “The Dark Side of Innovation”

Moderator: Rune Dahl Fitjar
Participants: Arianna Martinelli (Sant’ Anna Pisa), Hillary Vipond (CSH), Jiri Blazek (Charles University), Johannes Glückler (LMU), Markus Grillitsch (Lund University)

13:00–13:15

Closing ceremony

13:15–14:15

Lunch – brown bag

14:15–16:00

Social events, and thematic walks (optional)

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