1. Smart Specialisation and Industry 4
Smart Specialisation and Industry 4.0 The importance of extra-regional links for lagging regions Sandrine Labory University of Ferrara

2. Outline of Presentation:
Lagging regions and Industry 4.0: developing capabilities within the region + extra-regional collaborations are key
Provided the barriers to these collaborations are also addressed; Interreg programmes could be a framework for their expansion

3. Sandrine Labory is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Ferrara, Italy. She has a MSc in Economics from University College London, and a Ph.D at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Her research is focused on industrial economics and policy, including comparative analysis of national and regional industrial policies, innovative and productive processes at firm and territorial levels, structural changes and industrial development. She has numerous publications on Italian and international journals, as well as books such as Industrial Policy after the Crisis: seizing the Future, (2011, Edward Elgar) and Industrial Policy for the Manufacturing Revolution. Perspectives on Digital Globalisation (2018, Edward Elgar) with Patrizio Bianchi.