Launching the Call for Contributions for IASP Beijing: your chance to speak

In September 2025 IASP member Zhongguancun Science Park will be welcoming us to Beijing, as they host IASP’s 42nd World Conference from 16-19 September 2025. The conference will be running under the main theme "Elevating excellence; Innovation spaces driving high-quality development".

With the launch of the Call for Contributions we invite all STP, AOI, and ID experts, professionals, and researchers worldwide to submit a paper proposal for your chance to present at #IASPBeijing.

IASP warmly invites you to see the Call for Contributions, read the full list of sessions, and speak at IASP 2025.

With the rapid development of science and technology and the advancement of economic globalization, science parks, innovation districts, areas of innovation and other organised innovation spaces with their multitude of big and small companies and diversity in sectors have significant advantages and enormous potential in fostering innovation, driving the application of scientific and technological advances, and facilitating industrial upgrading. They play a crucial role in building regional innovation capabilities, improving the industrial structure, and promoting employment. Today, innovation spaces worldwide are focused on driving the economy towards higher-quality development that is more efficient, equitable, sustainable, and secure.

In the industry of innovation spaces, development is about much more than real estate projects or mere bricks and mortar. What is at the heart of such enterprises is people, place, and programmes, in a world where entrepreneurship and technology both inspire and are fostered. Here, excellence should not be considered as an achievement, but an evolving standard. Such innovation ecosystems provide the ideal context for ideas to transform into revolutionary products, reshape industries, and fuel sustainable growth. The message is clear: in today’s rapidly evolving world, the pursuit of excellence goes hand-in-hand with fostering spaces where innovation can thrive.

This theme calls upon authors to highlight, explain and explore how innovation spaces are catalysts for excellence, showcasing how these environments empower creativity, enable collaboration, and lead to sustainable and impactful outcomes. This is an opportunity to share how organisations, projects, or research contributes to a world where excellence is continuously redefined and pursued.

Save the date!

Whether you submit a paper and speak or just want to learn more about the impact of innovation spaces on high quality development in their regions and worldwide, save the date and join us in Beijing to discover their innovation ecosystem, history, rich culture and gastronomy, keep an eye on the conference website or follow the hashtag #IASPnairobi on social media to find out all the latest updates!