Evolutionary economic geography in Central and Eastern Europe

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Day 1, November 11	MTA KRTK, 1112 Budapest, Budaörsi út 45,– Room 804
14.50 – 15.00	Károly Fazekas (MTA KRTK)	Opening
15.00 – 16.30	Ron A. Boschma	Introduction to Evolutionary Economic Geography
17.00 – 18.00	Long Talk Session 1	Matthias Brachert (IWH)
Day 2, November 12	Aranytíz Cultural Centre, 1051 Budapest, Arany János utca 10. – Bartók room
9.30 – 11.00	Short Talk Session 1	Chair: Imre Lengyel (SZTE)
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00	Balázs Vedres (CEU)	Game Changer: The Topology of Creativity in the Video Game Industry
13.00 – 13.30	Lunch
	Central European University, 1051 Budapest, Nádor utca 9. – Faculty Tower, Room 909
14.00 – 15.30	Ron A. Boschma	Evolutionary approach on regional development  KTI SEMINAR LECTURE
	Aranytíz Cultural Centre, 1051 Budapest, Arany János utca 10. – Bartók room
16.30 – 18.30	Long Talk Session 2	Judit Kálmán (MTA KRTK); Anna Fedyunina (HSE)
18.30 –	Reception
Day 3, November 13	MTA KRTK, 1112 Budapest, Budaörsi út 45,– Room 804
9.00 – 10.20	Short Talk Session 2	Chair: Miklós Szanyi (MTA KRTK)
10.20 – 10.45	Coffee break
10.45 – 12.45	Long Talk Session 3	Zsuzsanna Zsibók Márkusné (MTA KRTK); Mariann Szabó (BME)
Day 4, November 14	MTA KRTK, 1112 Budapest, Budaörsi út 45.– Room 804
9.00 – 10.30	Ron A. Boschma	Spatial evolution of industries
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 – 13.00	Long Talk Session 4	Péter Harasztosi (CEU); Sandra Bernick (LSE)
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 15.30	Gábor Békés (MTA KRTK)	Robustness of spatial estimation - the example of agglomeration effects
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee break
16.00 – 18.00	Short Talk Session 3	Chair: Balázs Lengyel (MTA KRTK)
	Szimpla Kert, 1075 Budapest, Kazinczy utca 14.
19.30 –	The transformation of Jewish district in Budapest – walking tour and social event
Day 5, November 15	MTA KRTK, 1112 Budapest, Budaörsi út 45,– Room 804
9.00 – 10.30	Ron A. Boschma	Evolutionary approach on networks
11.00 – 13.00	Long Talk Session 5	Tamás Sebestyén (MTA PTE); Márton Horváth (MTA PTE)
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 15.30	Short Talk Session 4	Chair: Attila Korompai (BCE)
15.30 – 15.45	Closing

Day 1, November 11
17.00 – 18.00	Long Talk Session 1	“Political economy  and labour market”
Matthias Brachert	Halle Institute for Economic Research	Related Variety, Unrelated Variety and Regional Functions: A spatial panel approach
	Discussants:	Zoltán Elekes (SZTE) and Ron Boschma (CIRCLE)
Day 2, November 12
9.30 – 11.00	Short Talk Session 1	“Knowledge and spatial evolution”
	Chair:	Imre Lengyel (SZTE)
Zsófia Vas	University of Szeged	Source and geography of innovation-relevant knowledge in knowledge-intensive industries
Stefan Rehak	University of Economics in Bratislava	The role of knowledge anchoring in the evolution of service industries in post socialist countries
Dániel Kuttor	University of Miskolc	Reindustrialization and its spatial consequences in the Visegrad Countries
Zoltán Elekes	University of Szeged	Path-Creation and Variety in Hungarian Regional Economies
16.30 – 18.30	Long Talk Session 2	“Relatedness: regional growth and path creation”
Anna Fedyunina	Higher School of Economics, Saint Petersburg	Export diversification in the product space and the development of new growth paths in Russian regions
	Discussants:	Stefan Rehak (EUB) and Ron Boschma (CIRCLE)
Judit Kálmán	Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, HAS	Derangement or Development? Political Economy of EU Structural Funds Allocation in New Member States - Insights from the Hungarian Case
	Discussants:	Péter Harasztosi (CEU) and Károly Mike (Hétfa)
Day 3, November 13
9.00 – 10.20	Short Talk Session 2	“CEE economic landscape: borders, entrepreneurship, and rural areas”
	Chair:	Miklós Szanyi (MTA KRTK)
Szabolcs Pásztor	University of Debrecen	Changing borders and borderlands in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of Hungary, Romania and Ukraine
Balázs Páger	Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, HAS	The development of entrepreneurial “environment” in CEE countries - towards regional analysis
Gábor Bodnár	Szent István University	Analysis of development of Hungarian rural districts
10.45 – 12.45	Long Talk Session 3	“Cohesion and long-term development”
Zsuzsanna Márkusné Zsibók	Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, HAS	The role of the European Investment Bank in strengthening territorial cohesion
	Discussants:	Izabella Szakálné Kanó (SZTE) and Erika Nagy (MTA KRTK)
Mariann Szabó	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Assessment of factors affecting economic development and growth in two Hungarian Pole cities from a historical point of view
	Discussants:	Zsófia Vas (SZTE) and Károly Halmos (ELTE)
Day 4, November 14
11.00 – 13.00	Long Talk Session 4	“Firms and locations”
Péter Harasztosi	Central European University	Machine import spillovers
	Discussants:	Tamás Sebestyén (UP) and László Halpern (MTA KRTK)
Sandra Bernick	London School of Economics	An investigation into the firm-level determinants of energy efficiency using the case of the Russian Federation: does geography matter and why should we care?
	Discussants:	Matthias Brachert (IWH) and Gábor Békés (MTA KRTK)
16.00 – 18.00	Short Talk Session 3	“Industry location and proximity”
	Chair:	Balázs Lengyel (MTA KRTK)
Izabella Szakálné Kanó	University of Szeged	Role of Innovation Performance of Hungarian Subregions in Spatial Distribution of Knowledge Intensive Industries
Veronika Černáková	Technological University Kosice	Regional knowledge base and spatial distribution of labour force in the EU regions
Ákos Jakobi	Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest	The ambiguous role of proximity: spatial concentration and deconcentration trends in the information economy and society
Slavka Klasova	Technological University Kosice	Determinants of firm turnover-does location and industry matter?
Mete Basar Baypinar	Istanbul Technical University	Economic and Spatial Development of Software Industry in Turkey: Evolution of Clusters
Day 5, November 15
11.00 – 13.00	Long Talk Session 5	“Networks and innovation”
Tamás Sebestyén	University of Pécs	Innovation in Central and Eastern European Regions: Does EU Framework Program participation lead to better innovative performance?
	Discussants:	Anna Fedyunina (HSE) and Balázs Muraközy (MTA KRTK)
Márton Horváth	University of Pécs	Institutional and regional factors behind university patenting in Europe: An exploratory spatial analysis using EUMIDA data
	Discussants:	Sandra Bernick (LSE) and Balázs Lengyel (MTA KRTK)
14.00 – 15.30	Short Talk Session	“FDI and industrial towns ”
	Chair:	Chair: Attila Korompai (BCE)
Ernő Molnár	University of Debrecen	Spatial Dynamics of the Automotive Industry in Hungary
Viktória Józsa	Szent István University	Milestones and Local Effects of the Integration of a Multinational Company: A Practical Example from a typical Central and Eastern European mid-size city
Raigo Ernits	University of Tartu	The changing role of small industrial towns in post-socialist economic landscape in Eastern Europe
Márton Czirfusz	Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, HAS	Evolution of economic geography in the Hungarian context

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