SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE OF INNOVATION, MODELING AND DIGITALIZATION

50 years after the report „The Limits to Growth“, the Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute brings renowned scientists from various disciplines to the Heilbronn Education Campus. During the day, the focus will be on lectures by these researchers and thought leaders as well as scientific exchange on current research topics. In the evening, we expand the circle and invite interested people to individual short lectures and a joint exchange of ideas. The scientific exchange will be in English, the evening program in German.

Program

9:00 – 9:20 | Opening and welcoming addresses: Günter Haag | Heiner Lasi, Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute

9:20 – 10:00 | Keynote: Erich Zahn, University Stuttgart | 50 years after „Limits to growth“.
What have we learned? A personal review.

10:00 – 10:40 | Andreas Pyka, University of Hohenheim | Economic Growth, Structural Change and
Transformation: What’s important now?

10:40 – 11:00 | Coffee break

11:00 – 11:40 | Günter Haag, STASA GmbH | Limits to growth in modeling – implications, impacts and challenges

11:40 – 12:20 | Peter Nijkamp, VU Amsterdam | Limits to growth or vulnerabilities in digital networks –
Lessons from Coronametrics

12:20 – 13:00 | Aura Reggiani, University of Bologna | The Architecture of Connectivity:
A Key to Network Vulnerability, Complexity and Resilience

13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch

14:00 – 14:40 | Denise Pumain, Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
Confidence in the future of cities and regions

14:40 – 15:20 | David Rygl, Dirk Slama, Daniel Werth, Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute |
Limits to growth – postponement through Digitalization?

15:20 – 16:00 | Plenary Discussion with all speakers