Presentations Cape Town 2008: Plenary Sessions

The plenary presentations can be downloaded here.

TUESDAY, October 28, 8.00-12.30

Opening Plenary Session - Clusters 101
Chair: Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, Cluster Navigators
Speakers: - Dr Christian Ketels, Harvard University, Stockholm School of Economics; TCI Board Member, Sweden
- Ifor Ffowcs-Williams ,Cluster Navigators Ltd & TCI Past President, New Zealand
- Juan Manuel Esteban , Cluster Director & TCI President, Basque Government, Spain
- Dr Flower Msuya , Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Ted Lyman , ECG Ltd, USA; Teshome Kebede, USAID Ethiopia
- Erika Elk , Cape Craft & Design Institute, South Africa
- Yasin Ziraba , Chair, National Steering Committee, Uganda & Nigel Gwynne-Evans , Western Cape Provincial Government

WEDNESDAY, October 29, 8.30-10.30

The Role of Clusters, Competitiveness & Innovation in meeting the Challenges of Globalization
Chair: Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, Cluster Navigators
Speakers: -Esko Aho (SITRA)
- Raphie Kaplinsky (Open University)

WEDNESDAY, October 29, 16.30-18.00

Chair: Lars Eklund Immediate Past-President of TCI
Innovative Clusters as the core building blocks of a modern economy
Speaker: Prof Christian Ketels , Harvard Business School & Stockholm School of Economics
Framework for Building National Competitiveness
Speaker: Kevin X. Murphy , President and Co-Founder, J.E. Austin Associates

THURSDAY, October 30, 8.00-10.30

-Chair: Stephen Hanival - TIPS
SA's Economic Miracle, Has the Emperor Lost his Clothes?
-Welcome by: Councillor Simon Grindrod, City of Cape Town
Facing the Dragon: Globalization, Clusters, and Regional Survival Strategies
Speaker: Prof Michael Enright, University of Hong Kong
Pannel Discussion: -Femi Bamiro, Nigeria
-Michael Enright, Hong Kong
- Xiulin Gu , China
- Dorothy McCormick , Kenya
-Mike Morris, SA

FRIDAY, October 31, 08.00-09.15

TCI General Assembly

FRIDAY, October 31, 9.15-12.30

-Chair: Kevin Murphy
Report Back from Regional Meetings
-India: Amit Kapoor
-Africa (PACF): Barnabas Nawangwe
-Latin America: Alonso Ramos Vaca
Report Back on Climate Innovation
Speaker: Lars Eklund , Vinnova
Report Back from Workshop on Hot Topics
Speakers: Alberto Pezzi, Elisabeth Waelbroeck-Rocha, Michael Enright

FRIDAY, October 31, 11.00-13.00

Chair: Christian Ketels
Creating Wealth from Knowledge and Innovation
Speaker: Mansoor Mohammed, City of Cape Town
Measurement & Evaluation & Redbook
Speaker: Örjan Sölvell , Stockholm School of Economics
Closing Session: Pulling the Strands Together
Speakers: Esko Aho, Raphie Kapinsky, Burton Mwamila, Antoni Subira, Elisabeth Waelbroeck-Rocha, Nimrod Zalk

Attachments

• Cape Town 2008 - C101.1.Christian Ketels, TCI Board Member_Setting the Stage




• Cape Town 2008 - C101.2.Ifor Ffowcs Williams, TCI Past President_Cluster Development in Practice




• Cape Town 2008 - C101.3. Juan Manuel Esteban, TCI President_The Role of Government




• Cape Town 2008 - C101.4.Flower Msuya_Role of University TCI Presentation




• Cape Town 2008 - C101.5.Ted Lyman, ECG_Engaging the Private Sector




• Cape Town 2008 - C101.6.Erika Elk, Cape Craft&Design Institute_Cluster Facilitation




• Cape Town 2008 - C101.7.Nigel Gwynne-Evans, TCI Board Member_Managing a Multi-Cluster Programme




• Cape Town 2008 - C101.7.Yasin Ziraba, National Steering Committee Uganda_Managing a Multi-Cluster Programme




• Cape Town 2008 - PW.1.Raphie Kaplinsky, Open University_Challenges, Threats and Opportunities




• Cape Town 2008 - PW.2.Christian Ketels, TCI Board Member_Cluster Development as a Building Block of Modern Economic Policy




• Cape Town 2008 - PW.3.Kevin Murphy, TCI Board Member_National Competitiveness Framework




• Cape Town 2008 - PT1.Xiulin Gu, Yunnan University_Division of Labor and the Competitiveness Myth




• Cape Town 2008 - PT2.Dorothy McCormick, University of Nairobi_Micro and Small Enterprises in Africa




• Cape Town 2008 - PF1. TCI General Assembly_2008




• Cape Town 2008 - PF2.1.Amit Kapoor_Report Back from India




• Cape Town 2008 - PF2.2.Barnabas Nawangwe_Report Back from Africa (PACF)




• Cape Town 2008 - PF2.3.Alonso Ramos_Report Back from Latin America




• Cape Town 2008 - PF2.4.Lars Eklund_Report Back on Climate Innovation




• Cape Town 2008 - PF2.5.Alberto Pezzi&Elisabeth Waelbroeck-Rocha_Report Back from Hot Topics




• Cape Town 2008 - PF3.2.Örjan Sölvell, Stockholm School of Economics_Measurement&Evaluation&Redbook