2020 SMARTER Conference on Smart Specialisation and Territorial Development, Seville - Main contents
| date | December 9, 2020 - December 11, 2020 |
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| city | Seville, Spain |
| location | Seville, Spain  |
| organisation | European Commission (EC)Â i |
Covid-19, Research and innovation,
Co-organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and RSA Europe, the third "Conference on Smart Specialisation and Territorial Development: Connecting grand societal challenges with local goals in place-based innovation policy" will take place from the 9th to the 11th of December 2020 in Seville, Spain.
The conference will also tackle the role of territorial policies for recovery to face the COVID-19 crisis, and provide an opportunity to discuss and compare different territorial development approaches, exploring how they engage with the European Commission's priorities for 2019-2014 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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