The conference will focus on culture and creativity as location factors, placing the non-metropolitan areas in the centre of attention. The Scientific Track of the conference offers a platform for academics and researchers to present and debate state-of-the-art research on the importance of culture and creativity, which are deemed to play a significant role in innovation and social as well as economic regional development. The Scientific Track provides researchers from different disciplines the opportunity to create interdisciplinary networks and co-operations.

Conference topics

The Scientific Track of the conference will address various topics on intersection between culture, creativity and economy, with special focus on culture and creativity as location factors:

Cultural initiatives and activities as facilitator for innovation and competition

 Cultural clusters

Creative milieu and its location requirements

Cultural branding

Culture and management

Cultural entrepreneurs

Culture and tourism

As most of the research carried out within this field is dealing with metropolitan areas, authors are invited to draw special attention to non-metropolitan areas and/or address potential differences between rural and metropolitan areas.