2020 Virtual Seminars + Challenge

Welcome to the 3rd Conference on the Geography of Innovation and Complexity (GIC). After two successful conferences at MIT and Utrecht University, the Geography of Innovation and Complexity returns as an online edition for 2020.

Check out our Policy Hack Winning Video HERE!

The conference will include a Webinar Series and 2-Day (Shortened) Workshop

WEBINAR SERIES: Weekly seminars through the month of August

Topics include:

  • Industrial Policy and Strategy, August 6, 15:30 CEST/9:30 EDT

  • Complexity and Inequality, August 13, 17:30 CEST/11:30 EDT

  • Innovation, August 19, 18:00 CEST/12:00 EDT

  • Green Innovation and Complexity, August 26, 13:30 CEST/ 7:30 EDT

3-DAY WORKSHOP: August 26-28, 2020 (shortened days)

  • Policy Hack Challenge

    26 August, 15:30 CEST/ 9:30 EDT - 28 August, 24:00 CEST/ 18:00 EDT

    • Show us the most promising economic policy to deal effectively with all or multiple of the following issues: Inequality, climate change and unemployment considering the on-going covid19 crisis.

    • Bold ideas are encouraged!

    • Videos should present the solution in a creative and non conventional way.
      Any materials, data and references are accepted as long as they maintain academic rigor.

    • Build a team of 1 to maximum 5 people to create a 3min Video displaying the solution. We will provide a platform for finding a team in case you are searching for one.

    • Prize

      • Winners become automatically participants of the next in-person GIC conference with the possibility to be considered for a travel grant.

      • Receive a copy of a new book.

      • Winning video will be shown at the GIC conference.

Participants will form teams and have 56.5 hours to work on the challenge, which could include data work, exploring policy solutions, and identifying deeper problems to work on long-term. After the 2 day period the teams have to submit a short video describing their findings and their proposed solutions. Video submissions will be judged by a panel of experts and will include prizes for the winners that will be announced with the official call for participants.

  • Panel Discussion on the role of policy making for the innovation process

    Friday, August 28th, 5pm CEST/11am EDT

    If you missed it, check it out here

  • Hackathon Award Ceremony

    Satuday, August 29th, 4pm CEST/10am EDT

Read the intro post here.

Check our previous year workshop content for 2019 and 2018.