Please note that Day 2 (24 June 2026) is now at full capacity due to the high level of interest. We will contact you if additional places become available. In the meantime, if you need to make travel and accommodation arrangements, please do so for day 1 only (23 June).

The S3 community is large and there is a limited number of places at the event, mostly on 24 June. You will be contacted after submitting your application to register.

23 June 2026: S3 CoP Annual Meeting

Morning - 09.00-13.00

  • Welcome and Keynote
  • Setting the scene: Why Smart Specialisation matters in the evolving EU policy context
  • Panel discussion: Competitiveness, strategic sovereignty and the role of Smart Specialisation
  • Panel discussion: S3 Delivery – operationalising S3 across governance, policy mixes, directionality and interregional cooperation
  • Regional S3 Pitches: Designing future-ready Smart Specialisation

Afternoon – 14.30-17.00

  • Parallel sessions:
    1. Integrated approach to innovation and industrial policies using multi-level governance
    2. Delivery and Performance: Operationalising S3 into reforms, investments, milestones and targets
    3. Interregional cooperation and directionality towards EU value chains
  • Wrap-up and closing

24 June 2026: Annual Meeting of the S3 Thematic Platforms and Partnerships & Meeting of the S3 Learning Communities

08.30-12.30

Annual Meeting of S3 Thematic Platforms and Thematic Smart Specialisation Partnerships

  • Kick-off & framing: From policy to partnerships
  • Interactive Partnership Fora
  • Lab results
  • Wrap-up & closing remarks

08.30-12.30

Meeting of the S3 Learning Communities

  • Intro: Recap of the kick-off webinar of the S3 Learning Communities
  • Parallel workshops:
    1. S3 & Competitiveness
    2. S3 Governance & Performance
    3. S3 Internationalisation and Interregional Cooperation
    4. S3 Directionality
  • Reporting to S3 Learning Communities plenary and workshop conclusions