Abstracts are now open for a range of speaking opportunities at the National Economic Development Conference (NEDC22). Abstracts close on 22 June 2022.
This 3-day event from October 12-14 will deliver keynote presentations, panels, Q&A sessions, debates around the themes:
Some topic suggestions for are listed below but we welcome unique and creative suggestions:
Some topic suggestions for are listed below but we welcome unique and creative suggestions:
NAVIGATE
- What does economic development look like now and for the future?
- What is the new economic development data ecosystem?
- How will workforce challenges affect economic development?
- What does the great resignation mean?
- How can we respond to the housing crisis?
ENERGISE
- How to bring cities/regions back to life?
- How to redefine place?
- How to harness innovation to drive economic development?
DEVELOP
- What does good public participation look like?
- Diversification and sector building
- Indigenous economic development
- Regional capacity building
- What is the future of place-based economic development?
COLLABORATE
- How do we encourage agency in regional communities?
- Meaningful public participation
- What is regional self-determination?
- How to ensure diversity of voices in economic development?
- Clustering, Smart Specialisation and Agglomeration
Abstracts Close 22 June 2022