The Transdanubian Research Institute (Dunántúli Tudományos Intézet in Hungarian) was founded in year 1943. This was an excellent opportunity to invite our international and national academic partners; to bring together well-known senior experts and talented junior research fellows; and of course, to discuss fruitfully and prospectively about the current research developments on regional policy and territorial cohesion. For the 70th anniversary the TRI organised a two-day international conference on the 27th–28th of June 2013 in the Zsolnay Cultural Quarter of Pécs. The conference's presentations and photos are available on the TRI's 70-year anniversary website.