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Student scientific conference on economics on a city or regional scale

13th November 2025 | 12:00-17:00 | CAMP IPR Praha - Vyšehradská 57, Praha 2

The konference is supported by CTU grant 53/25/F5

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We would like to invite you to the 10th edition of the student scientific conference on economy on the scale of a city or region.

We open a topic that is seldom discussed in the context of spatial planning in central Europe. We would like to explore the connection between urban and regional planning and the economics. Since 2016 we invite every year academics from various universities and professionals in this field and moderate a discussion in an open forum with PhD students.

The conference combines presentations of PhD students´ work with conference papers of invited experts, allowing for a scholarly and scientific debate and engagement to occur. To this end, the organizers invite professionals that work outside of the academic sphere: municipal representatives, especially those in departments responsible for the budgets of towns and regions; representatives of banks involved in financing public construction projects; or experienced managers of private sector interested in co-operation between public and private sector.

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The deadline for registration is by 12th November 2025.

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Previous conferencies - guests

Björn Mattsson

Björn Mattsson

President of Skanska Residential Development Europe

Dr. Nikos Karadimitriou

Dr. Nikos Karadimitriou

The Bartlett School of Planning, London

Peter Gero

Peter Gero

Former Head of Construction Dept. of Freien und Hansastadt Hamburg

Michael Manlangit

Michael Manlangit

UCL School of Management

Prof. Dr. Sven Bienert

Prof. Dr. Sven Bienert

Professor at the University of Regensburg, Director at KPMG, Chairman of Real Estate Advisory Austria

Prof. Jan Frait

Prof. Jan Frait

Viceguvernor of Czech National Bank

prof. Ing. arch. Karel Maier, CSc.

prof. Ing. arch. Karel Maier, CSc.

Head of the Maier Studio, Deputy Head of the Institute of Spatial Planning

Ing. Stefano Wagner

Ing. Stefano Wagner

Studi Associati SA (Lugano, Switzerland), partner

Clare Sheils

Clare Sheils

Managing Director of CBRE Czech Republic

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

Approaches to assessing the level of development from a geo-statistical perspective

Maciej J. Nowak

Maciej J. Nowak

Spatial planning law in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Key features and comparative challenges

Doc. Ing. Petr Tománek, CSc.

Doc. Ing. Petr Tománek, CSc.

The Focus of the Activities of Municipalities Associations from a Budgetary Point of View

Ing. Milan Dont, Ph.D.

Ing. Milan Dont, Ph.D.

Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Investment on Regional Development

Ing. Markéta Šimáčková, MBA

Ing. Markéta Šimáčková, MBA

Development of Sustainable Real Estate Projects

Previous conferencies - proceedings

Previous conferencies - stream

2024

2023

2022

Scientific committee konference

  • Prof. Ing. Renáta Schneiderová Heralová, Ph.D. , Fakulta stavební ČVUT
  • Dr. Nikos Karadimitriou, The Bartlett School of Planning , London
  • Prof. Ing. arch. Karel Maier, CSc. , Fakulta životního prostředí ČZU
  • Bjorn Mattsson, Skanska Residential Development Europe , Praha
  • Ing. arch. Vít Řezáč , Fakulta architektury ČVUT
  • Doc. Ing. Petr Toth, Ph.D. , Národohospodářská fakulta VŠE
  • Doc. Ing. arch. Jakub Vorel, Ph.D. , Fakulta architektury ČVUT
  • Stefano Wagner , SASA, Lugano

Conference partners

IPR PRAHA Asociace pro urbanismus a územní plánování ČR, z.s. CAMP ARTN

Participating universities

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Architecture Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Economics Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of Social and Economic Studies Univerzita Palackého Olomouc The Bartlett School of Planning (UCL), London International Real Estate Business School, Universität Regensburg VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava ESPI University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” – Bucharest Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny w Szczecinie
Björn Mattsson

Björn Mattsson

Residential Development Europe

Since 2018, he is the President of Skanska Residential Development Europe, which focuses on residential development in the Czech Republic and Poland. Prior to that, he was a director of Skanska Commercial Development in Norway and Finland. In the Czech Republic, he has been active since the beginning of the millennium in Skanska Property Czech Republic in the early 2000s and later headed Skanska's residential division in Prague.

He has many years of experience in commercial and residential construction in Scandinavia and Central Europe and insight into the strategy of Skanska, a multinational company operating in 11 countries in Europe and America and has around 40,000 employees.

Björn Mattsson

Dr. Nikos Karadimitriou

The Bartlett School of Planning, London

Desperate times require desperate measures: Government-funded Equity Loan schemes and their effects on housing production and housebuilder profitability

Nikos is Associate Professor in Urban Development and Planning at the Bartlett School of Planning (UCL). His research interests include housing and property development, the relationship between social differentiations and the production of the built environment as well as institutional change in spatial regulation and spatial production systems, in the context of climate change. His research has been funded by JPI Urban Europe and Horizon 2020, among others. He has published several peer-reviewed journal papers and two books: Planning, Risk and Property Development: Urban Regeneration

Peter Gero

Peter Gero

Former senior construction manager of a.D. Svobodny and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

He lives alternately in Hamburg and Bratislava. He is a member of the supervisory board of a company of a rental housing company in Hamburg. He cooperates with the city of Prague and IPR (Institute of Planning and Development) Member of the Council of Architects in Liberec. Consultant to urban planning and architectural studios, e.g. BB + GG and BLAU from Barcelona, sits on the juries of many international competitions. He is expert guarantor of the Trenčín si Ty project, conceptual urban solutions in Hlohovec, Malacky and Member of the Board of Advisors of the Danube Fund of the Central European Foundation.

Michael Manlangit

Michael Manlangit

UCL School of Management

Michael Manlangit is a PhD candidate at the UCL Bartlett School of Planning under the supervision of Nikos Karadimitriou and Claudio De Magalhães. Michael’s PhD research focuses on the impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the strategies and business models of the UK’s largest publicly listed housebuilders. He has also undertaken research on the impact of planning policies and government intervention on housing and property development in the UK, Netherlands, Cyprus, and Hong Kong. Michael is also an Associate Professor of Financial Education at the UCL School of Management, where he teaches modules on corporate and managerial finance, investment management and capital markets, and business statistics and decision-making. Michael is also the founding Programme Director of UCL’s MBA with Peking University.

Associate Professor (Financial Education) and Programme Director (The UCL MBA with Peking University and Global Engagement) | UCL School of Management | mgmt.ucl.ac.uk

mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/people/michaelmanlangit | office: +44 (0) 203 108 6035 mobile: +44 (0)78 1617 2241

Prof. Dr. Sven Bienert

Prof. Dr. Sven Bienert

Professor at the University of Regensburg, Director at KPMG, Chairman of Real Estate Advisory Austria

Prof. Bienert has worked in a number of international companies in the real estate market, collaborating on research projects at several universities and institutions (ÖVI, RICS, TEGoVA), founded the "Austrian Real Estate Benchmarking Institute", has published in the field of valuation and project finance since 2008 he has been working mainly on "Green Buildings", LEED certification, managing several European-wide projects in the field of sustainable development and real estate valuation. He is involved in IREBS (International Real Estate Business School at the University of Regensburg).

Prof. Jan Frait

Prof. Jan Frait

Czech economist, lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, VŠB-TU Ostrava

Prof. Jan Frait is a Czech economist, member of the Czech National Bank's Bank Board from 2000 to 2006. His main areas of interest are macroeconomics, monetary theory and international finance.

Since 1990 he has been a teacher at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Economics in Ostrava. In 2002 he was appointed professor of economics.

He has worked at the Czech National Bank since 2000 and was appointed by the President of the Czech Republic to the Bank Board for a six-year term in the same year. Since 2007, he has been an adviser to the Bank Board and Deputy Director of the Economic Research Department responsible for financial stability analysis. Since October 2010, he has headed the CNB's independent Financial Stability Department.

He is a long-time editor of Finance and Credit - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance and a member of the Scientific Council of Charles University in Prague since 2006.

Karel Maier

Karel Maier

Head of the Maier Studio, Deputy Head of the Institute of Spatial Planning

Karel Maier graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague with a degree in Architecture. Since 2001 he has been a professor in the field of Urbanism and Spatial Planning. He works at the Czech Technical University in Prague and at the Czech University of Agriculture. He is a foreign member of ARL (Akademie für Raumplanung und Landesforschung Hannover) and national representative of the Czech Republic in AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning). In his research activities, he deals with the spatial implications of social and economic processes and related related management options for cities and regions. He is the author of the book The Economy and Development of Czech and editor of the book Sustainable Development of Territories. As an editor he has published under the auspices of the Czech Chamber of Architects Urbanistická čítanka, he has published texts dealing with the revitalization of housing estates, the relationship between information technology and spatial planning, etc. Recently, he has been involved in methodological works for the application of planning contracts in connection with the new Building Act.

Ing. Stefano Wagner

Ing. Stefano Wagner

Studi Associati SA (Lugano, Switzerland)

Stefano Wagner is a partner in the design office Studi Associati SA in Lugano, Switzerland. He is a member of the International Society of Urban Planners (IsoCARP), President of the Swiss Society for Urban Planning and Regional Policies (ROREP), Vice President of the Swiss Society of Environmental Experts (SUV-ASEP). He has been involved in strategic plans for Lugano (Nuovo Quartiere Cornaredo), the National Park "Adula", major transport studies (AlpTransit) and research work (Umwelt und Verkehr) in Switzerland, Italy, Ukraine and Germany.

Clare Sheils

Clare Sheils

CBRE

Clare Sheils is Managing Director of CBRE Czech Republic (global commercial real estate company) and a member of its Board of Directors for Central and Eastern Europe. Originally from the UK, she has lived and worked in the CEE region since 2008. Prior to becoming Managing Director of the Czech office, she was Head of Real Estate Valuation in the region and also Head of the Industrial Sector.

Alexandra Ivănescu

Alexandra Ivănescu

Tourist Mobility. Theoretical study.

Bio

My name is Alexandra Ivănescu and I am an urban planner and landscape designer, specializing in urban mobility. I hold a Master's degree in Urban Mobility and I am currently pursuing a PhD in Urban Planning regarding Tourist Mobility. With a diverse background in urban advisory, landscape design, and traffic analysis, I have contributed to projects at organizations such as the European Investment Bank and SwissTraffic Ag. Additionally, I have participated in various international conferences and collaborated on urban mobility projects for a few cities in Romania. I am passionate about traveling, photography, hiking, and outdoor activities.

Annotation

The research explores the dynamic relationship between tourism and urban mobility systems. It delves into how transportation networks adapt to the fluctuating demands of tourists and the impact of mobility patterns on the sustainability and development of tourist destinations. The study highlights the theoretical frameworks that shape tourist mobility planning, examining strategies for optimizing transport infrastructure to enhance the visitor experience while minimizing environmental impact. This study provides valuable insights for urban planners seeking to balance tourism growth with sustainable mobility solutions.

Răzvan-Andrei Săvan

Răzvan-Andrei Săvan

Smart City vs Smart Ecotope

Bio

My name is Răzvan-Andrei Săvan and I am an urban planner and landscape architect, currently I work together with a multidisciplinary team on the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of Romania (PNRR) which is based on the idea of ​​ensuring the development of Romania, by supporting the level of adaptation to crisis situations, in the context of recovery after the COVID- 19, as well as harnessing the potential for economic development, through major reforms and key investments. I hold a Master's degree in Landscape and Territory and I am currently pursuing a PhD in Urban Planning regarding the idea of a functional Smart City. With a diverse background in urban advisory, landscape architecture, and Romanian public administration, I have contributed to urban development projects at all territorial scales together with the management of European funds for development regions of Romania. Additionally, I have participated in various international conferences and collaborated on general urban plans for a few cities in Romania. I am passionate about traveling, photography, and documenting and improving myself on different topics.

Annotation

The research explores the the interplay and parallel between the concepts of smart cities and smart ecotopes are multifaceted and intricately interconnected. Smart cities harness the power of advanced technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and data analytics, to optimize urban services and infrastructure, while smart ecotopes employ similar technological advancements to monitor, manage, and optimize ecological systems and their interactions with human activities. Both paradigms prioritize the efficient management of resources, with smart cities focusing on energy, water, and transportation, and smart ecotopes emphasizing the sustainable use of natural resources and waste minimization. Sustainability is a central tenet of both smart city initiatives and smart ecotopes, with the former promoting green technologies, renewable energy, and eco-friendly practices, and the latter inherently emphasizing the maintenance of ecosystem balance and health while accommodating human needs. Data-driven decision-making is a cornerstone of both approaches, with smart cities relying on real-time data collection and analysis to inform urban planning and management, and smart ecotopes leveraging data to understand ecological patterns, monitor environmental changes, and develop strategies for conservation and sustainable development.

Cristina-Bianca ȚOGOE

Cristina-Bianca ȚOGOE

Climate Pressures on Metropolitan Areas: Urban Planning for Water Resilience

Bio

I am an urban planner. I graduated from the Faculty of Urban Planning in 2020 with a bachelor's degree, and in 2022, I completed my master's degree. Currently, I am a third-year PhD student at the Doctoral School of Urban Planning at the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning in Bucharest, Romania. My research focuses on water deficit in the context of climate change, and how urban planning can help mitigate and manage this issue. In addition to my research activities and work in the private sector, I am also a teaching assistant at Ion Mincu University, involved in various activities at both undergraduate and graduate levels

Annotation

My research paper explores how urban planning can address the growing challenges of water scarcity in cities and metropolitan areas. As climate change exacerbates water shortages, metropolitan areas must balance the economic costs of infrastructure with sustainable water management solutions. The paper examines how resilient water systems can support both environmental sustainability and economic stability, ensuring that urban growth does not come at the expense of essential water resources. It highlights the need for cities to implement water-resilient strategies that not only secure long-term water supplies but also mitigate economic risks associated with resource depletion.

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

Approaches to Assessing the Level of Development from a Geo-statistical Perspective

Bio

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor, PhD (Ecology), PhD (Geography), Habil. (Urban planning) Professor and Director, Doctoral School of Urban Planning, “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism, 10014 Bucharest, Romania; Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Urbanism and Architecture, Technical University of Moldova, 2004 Chisinau, Moldova; Senior Researcher I and Scientific Director, National Institute for Research and Development in Constructions, Urbanism and Sustainable Spatial Development URBAN-INCERC, 21652 Bucharest, Romania; Senior Researcher I, National Research Institute for Research and Development in Tourism, 50741 Bucharest, Romania.

Annotation

The article outlines several approaches used to assess the level of development in a spatial planning and regional development view. There are planning approaches that make use of public participation or experts, and scientific, data-driven approaches. While for the first categories reaching consensus is a major issue, the other may find solutions. While there are simple solutions, such as treating all pillars and regions evenly, the best results are obtained when integrating the Principal Component Analysis in a Geographic Information System.

Maciej J. Nowak

Maciej J. Nowak

Spatial Planning Law in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Key Features and Comparative Challenges

Bio

Professor of the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, head of the Department of Real Estate, legal counsel, specialist in urban planning law, member of committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences, co-author of international publications comparing urban planning law in different countries.

Annotation

The presentation will outline the main features of spatial planning law in Central and Eastern European countries. In addition, a broader topic on the role of law in spatial planning will be addressed. On the one hand, the law should realize the goals of spatial planning. On the other hand, legal regulations must be neither too general (in which case they are overlooked) nor too specific (they block development). From the perspective of Central and Eastern European countries, historical and cultural considerations are a factor influencing the interpretation of the law. Attachment to the position of private property owners (and their right to develop land) is very broad. This hinders the law's effective implementation of spatial planning objectives and results in the development of uncontrolled development. Legal instruments respond to these problems only to a limited extent.

Doc. Ing. Petr Tománek, CSc.

Doc. Ing. Petr Tománek, CSc.

The Focus of the Activities of Municipalities Associations from a Budgetary Point of View

Bio

Petr Tománek works as an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics of VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, he also works externally at the Silesian University in Opava and also works as a lecturer in the education of municipal and regional officials. He teaches public finance issues and is particularly involved in the management of territorial budgets. For a long time, he focuses on researching the issue of municipal and regional management in the Czech Republic and especially on the budgetary allocation of taxes. He has participated in a number of researches projects and publishes papers at conferences. Recently, he led a TAČR project focused on the issue of the management of city districts of the statutory city of Ostrava.

Annotation

The paper is focused on the management of one of the types of territorial budgets in the Czech Republic, which are the budgets of municipalities associations. The presentation monitors the management of all municipality’s associations in the Czech Republic and points to the largest expenditures of municipalities associations. The contribution evaluates the most significant expenditures of municipalities associations, where the share of capital expenditures is also affected in individual areas, and the scope of municipalities associations in individual regions is also affected. By comparing the expenditures of municipal budgets in the Czech Republic and the budgets of municipalities associations, it is then possible to evaluate the importance of municipalities associations within the territory of the state structure. Based on the findings, the contribution formulates conclusions and discusses the importance of municipalities associations for inter-municipal cooperation and in relation to the existence of a large number of municipalities in the Czech Republic.

Ing. arch. Kateřina Kováříková

Ing. arch. Kateřina Kováříková

Smart tools for spatial and strategic development

Bio

Kateřina Kováříková is the founder of urbiq, a data studio that creates digital tools for streamlining spatial and strategic planning through interactive and data-driven tools. She is currently a recent PhD student at the Faculty of Architecture at the CTU in Prague, from which she holds a Master's degree. In her research, she is investigating the role of real-estate development in the implementation of urban strategies. Kateřina is also involved in a faculty research project for The Prague Institute of Planning and Development and she is a member of an informal advisory board of the Czech Ministry of Science and Research.

Annotation

Kateřina will present digital tools that have been developed in her professional practice and that help urban development through the use of data and interactive visualization. The tools focus on the automatic evaluation and optimization of spatial planning and real-estate development designs as well as strategic planning and its implementation support. The aim of these tools is to increase the quality, flexibility and acceleration of urban development and its ability to communicate the need for development and its rationality to the public. Katerina will also present the research questions within her PhD thesis. This research aims to explore the link between real-estate and urban strategies and to design more effective linkage that would better define the objectives of the city towards real-estate and simultaneously more clearly demonstrate the benefits of real-estate in the implementation of urban strategies.

Ing. Markéta Šimáčková, MBA

Ing. Markéta Šimáčková, MBA

Development of Sustainable Real Estate Projects

Bio

Markéta Šimáčková is a graduate of the University of Economics in Prague, where she studied MBA with a focus on commercial real estate and its valuation. Since 2024 she has been the CEO of BlackBird Real Estate, which has a portfolio of commercial and residential projects mainly in the regions. Previously, she served as Deputy CEO at Urbanity Development, focusing on building sustainable campuses in the Czech Republic, and as CEO and Managing Director of Torino-Praga Invest, a real estate group. Her experience also includes international consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.

Ing. Milan Dont, Ph.D.

Ing. Milan Dont, Ph.D.

Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Investment on Regional Development

Bio

Milan Dont studied at the Faculty of Transportation Sciences at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He earned his engineering degree in 2004 in the field of transportation engineering, focusing on traffic flow theory, traffic safety, and road design. Subsequently, while working, he continued in the doctoral study program in Technology and Transportation at the same faculty, defending his Ph.D. in 2011. In his career, he initially focused on road traffic safety, traffic surveys, and statistical analyses at the Transport Research Centre in Brno (2004–2010). From 2010, he served as the Director of the Road Transport Department at the Ministry of Transport, where he expanded his focus to include the entire issue of road operation, management, and maintenance. Since 2015, he has been working at the State Fund for Transport Infrastructure, where he has held several positions. He has primarily been involved in supporting the provision of grants for barrier-free sidewalks, cycle paths, and bridges for municipalities and cities in the Czech Republic. Currently, he holds the position of Director of the Office of the Director of SFDI, where he is responsible for cross-cutting issues of transport infrastructure financing, digitization of construction, management, and maintenance processes of transport infrastructure, cybersecurity, etc.

Annotation

The presentation focuses on the development of regions as a result of the construction of transport infrastructure. Emphasis is placed on the development of motorway infrastructure, examining its impact on regional development in connection with their integration into the newly built motorway network. Fu rther, it discusses the correlations with the development of gross domestic product, the state budget, and the budget of the State Fund for Transport Infrastructure, as well as the development of transport infrastructure construction. The final part assesses the impact of motorway construction on accident rates and the consequences of traffic accidents, and the potential savings in terms of societal losses from traffic accidents.