WSB University and Partners announce the sixth edition of the International Conference “Territorial and Inter-Organizational Cooperation”

The conference will be held at WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland, from 27th to 29th October 2026.

Participation in the event is free of charge. This conference is organised within the framework of the project “Multidimensional innovativeness of territorial and inter-organisational cooperation” (Project No. WNK/SN/0006/2025/01), implemented by WSB University under the umbrella of Q-Helix European University Alliance. The project is funded by the state budget and awarded by the Minister of Science and Higher Education under the Science Vectors programme.

Registration for the conference is open until September 30, 2026, or until the project's planned participant limit is reached.

Each conference participant will receive a certificate of attendance.
Those who will present during the sessions can receive a confirmation of active participation in the conference.

The leader of the Project is the Research Institute on Territorial and Inter-Organizational Cooperation, WSB University, Poland.

The Project Partners are the following organisations:

• EPHEC University College, Brussels, Belgium
• Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Ukraine
• Public International Business College Mitrovica, Kosovo
• University of Presov, Slovakia
• Reutlingen University, Germany
• Maastricht University, Netherlands
• Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
• Uzhorod National University, Ukraine
• Technical University of Liberec, Czechia
• University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Uniwersytet UMCS Lublin, Poland
• VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czechia
• Kiel University, Germany
• Association of Development and Regional Cooperation „Olza” Poland
• Regional Association of Territorial Cooperation of Těšín Silesia, Czechia
• European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation, Puńsk, Poland
• Euro-Institute, Kehl, Germany
• Cieszyn Castle, Cieszyn
• Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis, Katowice, Poland
• Tauron PLC, Poland
• Katowice City of Gardens – Krystyna Bochenek Institution of Culture

The conference is addressed to researchers and practitioners who study different aspects of territorial and inter-organisational cooperation in local, regional, cross-border, and international dimensions. The event is characterised by its interdisciplinary approach, resulting from the formulation of multi-perspective scientific problems and innovative solutions.

The conference’s main aim is to facilitate networking based on the Quintuple Helix Model, thereby fostering international, interdisciplinary scientific teams working together on emerging scientific challenges.

The 3-day Conference agenda includes:

• 2 plenary sessions
• 4 thematic sessions
• 2 round-table debates 
• a poster session
• a session for PhD students and students

Given the limited number of places for stationary participants, we would like to inform you that recruitment is conducted on a first-come, first-served basis until the limit is reached. We encourage you to register for this event as soon as possible.

 I intend for the Conference to serve as an international platform for multidimensional cooperation among academia and practitioners, who should take full advantage of research results, particularly those which are conducted under the umbrella of the Q-Helix European University Alliance.

Thanks to the aforementioned program of the Minister of Science and Higher Education, the Science Vectors, which provides financial support for the conference, attendance is free of charge and broadly available to both on-site and online participants.  

I wish that establishing continuous scientific cooperation with the Research Institute on Territorial and Inter-Organisational Cooperation at WSB University, which I run, would benefit each conference participant through joint projects, studies and scientific publications.

^{This conference is organised within the framework of the project “Multidimensional innovativeness of territorial and inter-organisational cooperation” (Project No. WNK/SN/0006/2025/01), implemented by WSB University under the umbrella of Q-Helix European University Alliance. The project is funded by the state budget and awarded by the Minister of Science and Higher Education under the Science Vectors programme.}