12:00 – 14:30 PLENARY SESSION

Papers presented in the plenary session of the conference will be lectured in the room C4, Haşdeu Student Complex of the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, according to the folowing schedule:

12:00 – 12:30
Is Smart Specialization Reliable for Sustainable Growth in Peripheral Areas or
How to Turn Lemon into Lemonade?
Stelian BRAD
Research Centre for Engineering and Management of Innovation, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA

12:30 – 13:00
Regional Strategy for the Provision of Public Services – Experiences with an Innovative Instrument for Peripheral Rural Regions in Germany
Johann KATHER
University of Applied Sciences, Neubrandenburg, GERMANY

13:00 – 13:30
Socioeconomic Dynamics of Rural Mountain Areas in Spain
Carmen DELGADO VIÑAS
University of Cantabria, Cantabria, SPAIN

13:30 – 14:00
Returning to the Traditional Village
Peter HURLEY
The Intercultural Association of Traditions, Bucharest, ROMANIA
The Ireland-Romania Network, Dublin, IRELAND

14:00 – 14:30  
ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE
Dumitru Fărcaș
"Gheorghe Dima" Music Academy, Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA