CERCIS First annual workshop
The Centre for Research in Circular economy, Innovation and SMEs (CERCIS) of the University of Ferrara, which manages the research activities of the 2018-2022 Project ‘Italian Departments of excellence’ organizes its first annual workshop in Ferrara (December 16-18, 2019).
CERCIS activities are focused on investigating firm eco-innovative behaviors to combine competitiveness with sustainability and to face the challenges set by the European Union Action Plan for the Circular Economy in 2015.
The workshop presents 4 key note speeches on green economy and sustainability themes that touch on frontier innovation issues. 5 sessions are devoted to the discussion and presentation of papers, with a strong focus on circular economy inter disciplinary approach.
The four key note speeches are given by:
Shunsuke Managi (Kyushu University) – Inclusive growth as measured evaluation in SDGs
Jens Horbach (University of Applied Sciences Augsburg) - Circular Economy Innovations, Growth and Employment at the Firm Level
Matteo Grazzi (IADB Washington D.C.) - Green innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Measurement, Patterns and Policies
Sven-Olof Collin (Free University of Scania) - Family firm, an antique governance model for sustainability
The Programme can be downloaded from the following link: CERCIS PROGRAMME
