The 59^th conference of the IQ-Net network took place on 24-26 November 2025 in Vienna, Austria, hosted by the Austrian Conference for Spatial Planning.

The main theme of the conference was: “The Future of Cohesion Policy".

The first part of the Conference reviewed most recent developments on the remaining activities of the 2014-2020 programmes and the implementation of the 2021-2027 programmes.

In the second part, the Conference explored the theme of the future of Cohesion Policy with a particular focus on the proposed reforms as well as on the challenges, the opportunities and their impact for the IQ-Net partners and their countries/ regions.