
Coworking Symposium 2022.
The Challenges Arising from Societal Disruptions
Prague, Czechia / HYBRID
@ Prostor 39 & Pracovna
coworking spaces
8th December
2022 / 9.00-16.00
The Symposium
How have the recent societal disruptions transformed the coworking model?
8th December 2022
09:00 am CET
Coworking Symposium is a scholarly conference on coworking and flexible workspaces. Tackling various topics such as developmental aspects in the post-pandemic world, collaborative and networking perspectives, HRM and other contemporary issues, the symposium focuses on the most recent studies and practical developments of coworking and the flexible workspace industry.
Following the successful first and the second edition, the Coworking Symposium 2022 will revolve around the transformation of the coworking model and discuss the future perspectives of the model in the post-pandemic world. While the last symposium had two modules – a scholarly and industry model – the new edition will focus solely on recent studies and findings that are relevant to the field of coworking and flexible office research.
Coworking Symposium is built on a non-profit basis and remains admission free as it is co-financed by Prague University of Economics and Business, and COST Action 18214 'The geography of New Working Spaces and the impact on the periphery', which is funded by the European Union. Due to the pandemic and health-related measures, the onsite attendance will be capped at 80 attendees. However, the symposium will be held in a hybrid mode, meaning that it can be accessed and attended from virtually anywhere in the world.
The symposium has a regular conference part, two workshops and an evening event. Check the programme!
Programme
MAIN symposium programme on-site & hybrid (COST Action CA18214) @ Prostor39
8.30 / Opening of the venue (come early for a good coffee brew!)
9.00 / GREETINGS
9.10 / THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE FUTURE OF WORKING SPACES
Ilaria Mariotti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Pavel Bednar, Thomas Bata University, Czechia
Mina di Marino, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
9.30 / THE TRANSITION FROM COMMUNITY-CENTRED TO HOME-BASED WORKSPACES DURING THE PANDEMIC
Louise Suckley, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
9.50 / COWORKING, PANDEMIC NOMADS AND THE IMPACT ON THE CITY
Vasilis Avdikos, Panteion University, Greece
10.10 / THE PROMISE OF COWORKING FOR UNIVERSITIES: STATUS QUO AND REFLECTIONS
Simon Hensellek, TU Dortmund, Germany
10.30 / WAR-DRIVEN DISRUPTION OF UKRAINE's COWORKING SPACES
Marko Orel, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czechia
Vika Zhurbas, Ukraine Coworking Association
COFFEE BREAK
11.30 / THE MEANING OF COMMUNITY AND THE ROLE OF ATMOSPHERES IN COWORKING SPACES
Alexandra Bernhardt, University of Jena, Germany
11.50 / EFFECTS OF COWORKING SPACES ON THE SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE PERIPHERY
Thomas Vogl, Bauhaus University Weimer, Germany
12.10 / THE LIFESTYLES OF MILLENNIAL COWORKERS IN URBAN SPACES: THE CASE OF TEL-AVIV
Amnon Frenkel, Technion, Israel
12.30 / A TOOLKIT FOR RURAL COWORKING
Gary Bosworth, Northumbria University, UK
LUNCH BREAK
13.30 / CURRENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES ON RURAL AND URBAN COWORKING (CA18214 National workshop)
Vendula Doubravská, Zlin Creative Cluster, Czechia
Lukáš Danko, Thomas Bata University, Czechia
Zuzana Vandame, Founder of HUB 123 coworking, Czechia
Pavel Železný, Pracovna, Czechia
Thomas Vogl, Bauhaus University Weimer, Germany
Pauline Roussel, Coworkies, Germany / France
Moderator - Bernie J. Mitchell, London Coworking Assembly, UK
SIDE workshop on-site (in Czech) @ Prostor39
15.00 / PRECARIOUS WORKERS' WELLBEING, SATISFACTION, AND COWORKING SPACES: POLICY MATTERS
Ivana Lukeš Rybanská, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czechia
EVENING programme on-site @ Pracovna
19.00 / PRESENTATION OF LOCAL INITIATIVE TO LOCATE AND USE COWORKING SPACES IN CZECHIA
Pavel Železný, Pracovna, Czechia
19.30 / AROUND THE WORLD IN 250 COWORKING SPACES: BOOK PRESENTATION & DEBATE
Pauline Roussel, Coworkies, Germany / France
Dimitar Inchev, Coworkies, Germany / Bulgaria
SOCIAL EVENT
250
Participants
Topics
12
Workshop
2
Speakers
21
Speakers
Happy to bring the latest research on coworking and new working spaces
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