New Members – New Challenges for the European Regional Development Policy
July 1st – July 10th, 2005

Day 1.
(July, 1st)

10:00 – 17:00Arrival in Cracow, registration and check-in to a hotel



Day 2.
(July, 2nd)

07:30 – 08:15Breakfast at the hotel
09:00 – 10:00Opening of the Summer Institute
Prof. Ryszard Borowiecki (Rector, Cracow University of Economics).
Prof. Tadeusz Markowski (University of Lodz).
Prof. Roberto Camagni (Milan Polytechnic).
Prof. Janusz Teczke (Cracow University of Economics).
Prof. Tadeusz Kudlacz (Cracow University of Economics).
10:00 – 12:00Plenary Session: ‘Structural changes of Polish cities – coping with uncertainties’
Key Speaker: Prof. Zygmunt Ziobrowski (Cracow University of Economics).
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 18:00Study trip in Cracow
18:00 – 19:00Dinner



Day 3.
(July, 3rd)

08:30 – 09:15Breakfast at the hotel
10:00 – 12:00Summer Institute Lecture
‘The concept of territorial cohesion and the European Model of society’
Prof. Roberto Camagni (Milan Polytechnic).
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:00Parallel Panel Sessions:
  • SESSION 1: ‘Lisbon strategy and its impact’
    Moderated by: Prof. Zbigniew Zuziak (Cracow Polytechnic).
    • Oksana Tarasenko — The role of the local administrations of the new states–members un the implementation of economic principles of Lisbon strategy (abstract) (full paper)
    • Justyna Morawska — The EU Regional policy and Lisbon Strategy – allies or enemies? Case study of Poland and region of Lodzkie (abstract) (full paper)
    • Anna Cellmer — Priorities of the regional policy of Warmia and Mazury province as a consequential of the European Union conditionings accepted in the Lisbon Strategy (abstract) (full paper)

  • SESSION 2: ‘Role of business in a transition economy (part I)’
    Moderated by: Prof. Tadeusz Markowski (University of Lodz).
    • Y.Ece Coklu — Internetizing strategic communication management in Turkey in the edge of EU (abstract) (full paper)
    • Adrianna Kaminiarz — Innovativeness, Firm Performance, and Location Factors. An Empirical Analysis of East German Firms (abstract) (full paper)
    • Claudia Ionescu — Small and Medium Enterprises in the Context of Regional Development (abstract) (full paper)
15:00 – 15:15Coffee break
15:15 – 17:15Parallel Panel Sessions:
  • SESSION 3: ‘Urban Development’
    Moderated by: Prof. Zygmunt Ziobrowski (Cracow University of Economics).
    • Eveline van Leevuwen — Small European towns and firm environments (abstract) (full paper)
    • Agita Slara — Strategic planning approach in sparsely populated local municipalities (abstract) (full paper)
    • Sotiris Pavleas — The urban system of southerneastern Europe: evolution, structure and hierarchy (abstract) (full paper)
    • Ari Hynynen — Hard networks of regional development – the evolution of technological infrastructures and land use planning in the Tampere Region (abstract) (full paper)
    • Maciej Turala — Measuring economical, social and environmental aspects of regional and local development - a theoretical overview (abstract)

  • SESSION 4: ‘Regional diversity and its impacts’
    Moderated by: Prof. Tadeusz Kudlacz (Cracow University of Economics).
    • Laura de Dominicis — The relationship between Regional Growth and Regional Inequality in EU and transition countries: a Spatial Econometric Approach (abstract) (full paper)
    • Csaba Kiss, Krisztina Sovago — Spatial development and competitivness in Hungary (abstract) (full paper)
    • Jorg Lackenbauer — After Transition and EU Accession: a Review of Economic Geography and Regional Disparities in Hungary (abstract) (full paper)
    • Julide Yildrim — Regional policy and economic convergence in Turkey: a spatial data analysis (abstract) (full paper)
    • Sacit Hadi Akdede, Selcuk Colakoglu — Market size, increasing returns to diversity, new members and members–to–be and EU enlargement (abstract) (full paper)
18:30Barbecue



Day 4.
(July, 4th)

08:00 – 09:00Breakfast at the hotel
10:00 – 12:30Summer Institute Lecture
‘Development of Cracow Metropolitan Area – Processes, Structures, Policies’
Prof. Zbigniew Zuziak (Cracow Polytechnic, former Vice-President of Cracow).
12:30 – 13:00Lunch
13:30 – 17:00Transfer to Lodz
17:00 – 18:00Check-in to a hotel in Lodz
18:00 – 19:00Dinner
20:00 – 23:00‘Pub crawl’ in Lodz



Day 5.
(July, 5th)

08:00 – 09:00Breakfast at the hotel
09:30 – 10:00Welcome address
Prof. Piotr Daranowski (Rector, University of Lodz).
Prof. Tadeusz Markowski (President of the Polish section of the ERSA).
Dr. Jerzy Kropiwnicki (President of Lodz).
10:00 – 10:15Welcome address
Pawel Jozwiak (PKO Bank Polski SA).
10:15 – 12:15Plenary session: ‘Policies for Regional Growth and the Long Shadow of Some Declining Industries’
Key Speaker: Prof. Paul Cheshire (London School of Economics).
12:15 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:00Parallel Panel Sessions:
  • SESSION 5: ‘Partnership and Collaboration’
    Moderated by: Prof. Paul Cheshire (London School of Economics).
    • Bruno Salgues — Multistakeholder Partnership, a solution for development through Information and Communication Technologies (abstract) (full paper)
    • Muhittin Acar — The Rs of regional collaboration (abstract) (full paper)
    • Wawrzyniec Rudolf — Partnership as one of the key rules in managing the European regional policy (abstract)
    • Artur Mazurkiewicz — Introduction to Co-operative Theory of A Region (abstract) (full paper)
    • Alina M. Popescu, Peter Friedrich — FOCJ as Institution for Population Policy (abstract) (full paper)

  • SESSION 6: ‘Experiences from outside Europe (part I)’
    Moderated by: Prof. Tadeusz Markowski (University of Lodz).
    • David Amborski — Regional Containment Policies to Control Growth: The Greenbelt in the Greater Toronto Region (abstract) (full paper)
    • Tommie Bolton — The R30 region as development corridor: a study to determine the feasibility of development (abstract) (full paper)
    • Sonia Costa — Evaluation of economic and social changes in the Vale Do Paraiba region (Brazil) (abstract) (full paper)
15:00 – 15:15Coffee break
15:15 – 17:15Parallel Panel Sessions:
  • SESSION 7: ‘Regional Policy: Polish Experiences’
    Moderated by: Prof. Peter Friedrich (University of Munich).
    • Dariusz Wozniak — The effectiveness of regional policy in Poland in 2001–2003 in the light of PARADISE method evaluation (abstract)(full paper)
    • Andrzej Brzozowy, Krzysztof Guzek — Elaboration process of National Strategy for Regional Development 2007–2013 (abstract)(full paper)
    • Wioletta Wereda — Financing and characteristics of local development in Poland (abstract) (full paper)
    • Patrycja Branka — Regional innovation policy in Poland (abstract) (full paper)
    • Pawel Wereda — Management by local sustainable development on example of City Siedlce (abstract) (full paper)

  • SESSION 8: ‘Role of business in a transition economy (part II)’
    Moderated by: Dr. Janusz Reichel (University of Lodz).
    • Andreas Stephan — How important is location for explaining company performance? Empirical evidence at the company–level (abstract)
    • Vamsi Bommakanti — Global Competitiveness and Knowledge Intensive Business Services (abstract) (full paper)
    • Ulf Christiansen — Has regional economic history of firms and industry become obsolete? (abstract) (full paper)
18:00 – 20:00Official Summer Institute Dinner



Day 6.
(July, 6th)

08:00 – 09:00Breakfast at the hotel
10:00 – 17:00Study trip
– visit to the City Hall in Tomaszow Mazowiecki
– visit to the Lodz Special Economic Zone in Tomaszow Mazowiecki – Pawel Luczka (Ceramika Paradyz Sp. z o.o.)
– lunch
– visit to the MANUFAKTURA project in Lodz
18:00 – 19:00Dinner



Day 7.
(July, 7th)

08:00 – 09:00Breakfast at the hotel
10:00 – 12:00Plenary session: ‘Population development – a challenge to regions’
Key Speaker: Prof. Peter Friedrich (University of Munich).
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:00Parallel Panel Sessions:
  • SESSION 9: ‘Role of business in a transition economy (part III)’
    Moderated by: Dr. Gerd Lintz (Institute of Ecological and Regional Development, Germany).
    • Pawel Bryla — The role of SAPARD in stimulating entrepreneurship among food–processing firms in the Lodz region (abstract) (full paper)
    • Gyorgy Kukely, Tamas Czira — The economic and regional impacts and consequences of the development of automotive industry in Central East Europe (abstract) (full paper)
    • Huseyin Ozgur — Integration of a Local Economy to the Global and European Markets Through Export–Led Growth and Specialized Textile Products Export: Home Textile Production in Denizli – Turkey (abstract) (full paper)

  • SESSION 10: ‘Experiences from outside Europe (part II)’
    Moderated by: Dr. Carlos J. Rodriguez Fuentes (University of La Laguna).
    • Aurνlio Sergio Caiado — Socioeconomic Diversity and Structural Heterogeneity – Challenges to the National Integration in Brazil (abstract)
    • Dong-Ho Shin — Regional Innovation Policies of Korea under the New President (abstract)
    • Joseph Steyn — The European Union is not a role-model for Africa’s NEPAD (abstract) (full paper)
15:00 – 15:15Coffee break
15:15 – 17:00Parallel Panel Sessions:
  • SESSION 11: ‘Rural Development, Tourism and Social Inclusion’
    Moderated by: Dr. Dominik Drzazga (University of Lodz).
    • David J.A. Douglas — Rural Regional Development Planning: Governance and other challenges in the New EU (abstract) (full paper)
    • Genoveva Millan Vazquez de la Torre — Rural Tourism and the new Countries in the European Union (abstract) (full paper)
    • Fabrizio Oleari — Regional Development Models and Social Health Services: Assuring Prosperity to Community Welfare: An Italian study of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Case (abstract) (full paper)

18:00 – 19:00Dinner



Day 8.
(July, 8th)

08:00 – 09:00Breakfast at the hotel
10:00 – 12:00Summer Institute Lecture
‘Factors influencing effective use of external resources in New Member States’
Dr. Marek Kozak (European Institute in Lodz, former Director of the Polish Agency for Regional Development).
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:00Summer Institute Lecture:
‘Spatial aspects of the revitalisation process – Integrated Revitalisation Programme PROREVITA for the Lodz downtown area’
Dr. Anna Wojnarowska (Technical University of Lodz).
Dr. Jacek Wesolowski (Technical University of Lodz).
15:00 – 15:15Coffee break
15:15 – 17:00Seminar discussions in groups
Moderated by: Prof. Juan Carlos Martin Hernandez (University of Las Palmas).
Moderated by: Dr. Carlos J. Rodriguez Fuentes (University of La Laguna).
Moderated by: Dr. Marek Kozak (European Institute in Lodz).
18:00 – 19:00Dinner



Day 9.
(July, 9th)

08:00 – 09:00Breakfast at the hotel
10:00 – 12:00Summer Institute Lecture
Prof. Piotr Korcelli (Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization).
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:00Summer Institute Lecture
‘Old industrial regions: The challenge of rehabilitation and development’
Dr. Gerd Lintz (Institute of Ecological and Regional Development, Germany).
15:00 – 15:15Coffee break
15:15 – 17:00Seminar discussions in groups
Moderated by: Prof. Juan Carlos Martin Hernandez (University of Las Palmas).
Moderated by: Dr. Janusz Reichel (University of Lodz).
Moderated by: Dr. Dominik Drzazga (University of Lodz).
18:00 – 19:00Dinner



Day 10.
(July, 10th)

08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast at the hotel
09:00 - 20:00Departures of participants