This workshop aims to expand our knowledge of innovation intermediaries in the context of new digital technologies and, in particular, on the role of innovation intermediaries in supporting the diffusion of the new digital technologies, and digital innovation; and how innovation intermediaries and intermediation roles/functions change with the new digital technologies.

We expect that the contributions to the workshop will not only enhance academic discourse by advancing conceptual understanding and providing solid empirical evidence, but that they will also inform a lively international policy debate on how to improve and strengthen innovation policy initiatives aimed at creating and supporting innovation intermediaries to help companies navigate the digital transition.

The workshop is linked to the special issue 'Innovation intermediaries and emerging digital technologies', hosted by Technovation journal: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/technovation/call-for-papers/innovation-intermediaries-and-emerging-digital-technologies

To participate in the workshop, we invite you to submit a full paper (minimum 8000 and maximum 10,000 words) to the following e-mail: annalisa.caloffi@unifi.it

The deadline for full paper submission is 6 November 2022 (see key dates). Please note that we will not consider abstract or extended abstract submissions.

Scientific committee:

Mehdi Bagherzadeh, NEOMA Business School, France

Annalisa Caloffi, University of Florence, Italy

Ana Colovic, NEOMA Business School, France

Stefania Paladini, Birmingham City University, UK

Federica Rossi, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

Local organizing committee:

Annalisa Caloffi

Elisa Bocchialini

Francesco Capone

Lorenzo Gai

Federica Ielasi

Luciana Lazzeretti

Simona Zambelli

For any question, please contact Annalisa Caloffi: annalisa.caloffi@unifi.it