DETUROPE – THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM Vol. 12 Issue 3 2020 ISSN 1821-2506 7 TERRITORIAL RESEARCH IN CENTRAL EUROPE – REPORT ON THE 2019 CONFERENCES OF THE HUNGARIAN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION Szilárd RÁCZ a , Ildikó EGYED b a CERS Institute for Regional Studies, H-7621 Pécs, Papnövelde u. 22., szracz@rkk.hu; Széchenyi István University, H-9026 Győr, Egyetem tér 1. b CERS Institute for Regional Studies, H-7621 Pécs, Papnövelde u. 22., egyed@rkk.hu Three major scientific events were organized by Hungarian Regional Science Association (HRSA) in the year 2019. The report presents these in a chronological order. 11 TH CONFERENCE OF YOUNG REGIONALISTS The HRSA, the West Hungarian Research Department of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute for Regional Studies (IRS) and the Doctoral School for Regional and Economic Sciences of the Széchenyi István University organised the 11th Conference of Young Regionalists in Győr entitled „Paths of urban development in Central and Eastern Europe – past, present and future” on 21-22 June, 2019. The conference series was launched in 1999 and has enjoyed relentless popularity ever since. Each year, the conference programme divided into 6 to 12 sections is structured around a major topic and introductory lectures are held by prominent researchers and experts of the discipline. The programme also includes a presentation of major projects, scientific journals and newly published books. Through the past years, a total of 80 to 100 participants held 70 to 80 lectures during the conference, enabling young researchers to contribute to scientific debates and providing an outstanding opportunity for a meeting of generations, a platform worth attending. As in the previous years, the 2019 event was organized around a specific topic. The common specificities and engines of urban development in Central and Eastern Europe formed the main thematic focus, with a specific emphasis on factors beyond traditional economic resources. The event also served as the opening conference for the research entitled „The role of territorial capital and innovative milieu in the development of Central and Eastern European regional centers”. The plenary sessions took place during the first day of the conference. In a novel approach compared to the previous ten conferences and more faithful to the title of the conference,