Online Conference 22.10: Knowledge and Research as Motors for Regional Development and Innovation
To ensure sustainable development, autonomous regions must “think for themselves” and provide inspiring, inclusive and dynamic environments for developing new ideas, as well as attract young people to stay or to return to the region. Strategies, cooperation, digitalizationand investments on infrastructure are perquisites for knowledge development and research. What are the key development areas of Åland, and what is happening in other regions? These thoughts and questions where discussed on 22 October when the KUT-network (Network for sustainable knowledge development on Åland) organized a conference on the subject “Knowledge and Research as Motors for Regional Development and Innovation”. The first half of the conference was held in English with four keynote speakers: Günther Rautz, EURAC Research in South Tyrol Italy, Nina Harjunpää, University Association of South Ostrobothnia, Annika Sølvará, the Research Council in Faroe Islands, Jouko Kinnunen, ÅSUB. The conference can be watched on the youtube channel of the Åland Islands Peace Institute. In the first half of the conference, Director of the Åland Islands Peace Institute, Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, welcomed the speakers and the audience, and Minister of Development Alfons Röblom opened the conference with his forewords. Minister Röblom noted that the themes of the conference go hand in hand with a long tradition of Åland Islands to be able […]