Conference Headquarters:
Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania
Palazzo delle Scienze, Corso Italia 55, Catania (Aula Magna)

DAY 1: Thursday September 29, 2016 – Palazzo delle Scienze
13:00 – 15:00 Registration
15:00 – 15:30 Opening Session
15:30 – 16:30 Keynote 1 (David Audretsch)
16:30 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 18:30 Session 1
20:30 – 23:00 Dinner
 
DAY 2: Friday September 30, 2016 – Palazzo delle Scienze
08:30 – 10:00 Session 2
10:00 – 11:00 Keynote 2 (Zoltan Aks)
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 13:30 Session 3 and Conclusions
13:30 – 14:45 Lunch
 
End of Conference
 
15:15 – 16:30 Guest Editors’ Meeting

DAY 1: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

15.00-15.30
Opening Session
 
Welcome Addresses
Professor Giacomo Pignataro
President University of Catania
 
Professor Michela Cavallaro
Chair Department of Economics and Business
University of Catania
 
Conference Introduction and Special Issue Presentation
Giovanni Battista Dagnino
Massimo Colombo
Erik Lehmann
Maripaz Salmador
Conference Chairs
 
15.30-16:30 - Keynote 1
(Title TBC)
David Audretsch, Indiana University
 
16.30-17:00 - Break
 
17.00-18.30
Session 1:
The Governance of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: The Role of MNEs, JVs and Sustainability
 
Chair: Massimo Colombo, Polytechnic of Milan

• Embracing an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem:
  An Analysis of the Governance of Research Joint Ventures
  Al Link and David Audretsch
• Assuring the Sustainability of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem trough Governance:
  A Proposed Framework
  Angelo Corallo, Fabrizio Errico, Maria Elena Latino and Marta Menegoli
• Inducing Heterogeneity in Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: The Role of MNEs
  Nachiket Bhawe and Shaker A. Zahra (on Skype)

• Governance in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems:
  Venture Capitalists Vs. Technology Parks Douglas Cumming
  Jochen Christian Werth and Yelin Zhang
• University Knowledge and the Creation of Knowledge-intensive Firms at the Local Level:
  The Moderating Effect of Cooperative Banks
  Niccolò Ghio, Massimiliano Guerini and Cristina Rossi-Lamastra
• Hierarchical and Relational Governance and the Lifecycle of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems:
  The Case of Turin
  Alessandra Colombelli, Emilio Paolucci and Elisa Ughetto

• A Framework for Principal Investigator Centred Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Governance
  James Cunningham, Matthias Menter and Katharine Wirsching
• Dynamic Interactions of Entrepreneurial Domains and Outcomes:
  A Pattern Towards the Governance of Ecosystems
  Caterina Lucarelli, Alessandra Micozzi and Nicoletta Marinelli
• The Governance of Universities and the Establishment of Academic Spinoffs
  Michele Meoli, Stefano Paleari and Silvio Vismara
• European Institute of Innovation and Technology:
  Co-creating Pan-European Innovation Ecosystems
  José Manuel Leceta, Totti Könnölä and Gonzalo León

 
13.30-14:45 - Lunch
 
End of Catania Conference
 
NOTE: In bold are reported the names of the presenting authors and session chairs.