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ABSTRACT - This text collects in the form of working papers, the contributions of authors who have been selected to participate in the Atelier No 5 of the XIII Conference of the Italian Society Planners of 2010 on the theme "Innovation competitiveness and local development . Atelier goal is to reflect on how the innovative aspects of scientific research can give a boost to regional competitiveness in a sustainable environmental and social. The paper identifies, in more or less explicitly, a number of issues that seem to be at this time of the disciplinary debate, particularly fertile: firstly the development of ' Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and and its impact on urban models the future, and secondly some of the innovative aspects of scientific research, driven by European cohesion policies, can boost the competitiveness of local areas: eg. the use of digital networks and applications, knowledge-based economy, renewable energy, environmental and social sustainability, the combination of "identity-quality", etc.. From these considerations, the workshop wants to look to the future by the middle of the interests not so much the technological, sociological or economic issue, but rather the new models of cities that could come and establish a society definitely oriented toward globalization.