6th International Conference on

RETHINKING CLUSTERS 2023: THE PARADOX OF SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION: LOCAL OR GLOBAL?

 September, 28^th & 29^th, 2023 VALENCIA (SPAIN)

VALENCIA: The World’s Best City to Live by Forbes

Universitat Politècnica de València and Universitat de València, València (Spain)

The sixth edition of the international conference “Rethinking clusters” will be in-person in the sunny and Mediterranean Valencia, named the World’s Best City to Live by Forbes (in here: https://www.internations.org/expat-insider/2022/best-worst-cities-for-expats-40327).

We would like researchers’ contributions on the general topics of Innovation in Places, enhancing when possible the constructs of clusters, industrial districts and regions. Being innovation in space the leitmotiv of the Conference, we like to discuss new trends based on Sustainability, Circular Economy, Artificial Intelligence, Networks, and the importance of place for innovation and development. 

Interested contributors are invited to send an extended abstract or a full paper to the email address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by June 1^st, 2023.

Extended abstracts should contain a minimum of 500 words and a maximum of 2500 words. Extended abstracts can contain figures, tables and/or images which are not included in the word count.

Full papers (optional) should not exceed 8000 words, inclusive of the abstract (maximum 150 words), tables, references, figure captions, endnotes. Full papers will be circulated among participants.

Members of the community that are willing to organize a Special Session within the workshop are kindly invited to send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before May, 1^st, including a description of the contents of the session and a list of the participants. The acceptance of the extended abstracts/full papers will be announced by June 24th, 2023.

Registration and fee. Registration is about 165 Euros, including the Conference, materials, Key Notes, coffee breaks, Paella show cooking (real and best!)  and Great Gala Dinner. Only the Abstracts will be published in an ISBN Conference proceedings.

Rethinking Clusters