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Breakout Sessions III and IV, Thursday November 10, 2005

Thursday, November 10

Breakout Sessions III

China's Regions: Competitiveness in the East and the West

In search of Competitiveness: the West Coast of Taiwan - ZHAO Bei , Xiamen University, China

Snapshot on Sichuan - Andrea ERDMAN , The Services Group, USA

David WONG, Shui On Group, China

Rethinking Competitiveness: Leveraging Hotspots for Maximum Advantage

Leveraging Hotspots for Maximum Advantage - Jan SANDRED , VINNOVA, Sweden

Henrik MICKOS, Stockholm Science City, Sweden

Heikki KOTILAINEN, TEKES, Finland

On the Panel:

Alberto PEZZI, CIDEM, Spain

Arthur BAYHAN, The Competitiveness Support Fund

Moderator: Lars EKLUND, VINNOVA, Sweden

Industry Competitiveness: Functional Foods and Food Innovation

Per BELFRAGE , Medicon Valley and Lund University, Sweden

Food Innovation at interfaces - Kjell OLSSON , Food Innovation at Interfaces, Sweden

Functional Food - Arne BERGE , Aventure AB, Sweden

unctional Food and Food Innovation - the Finish case - Kaisa POUTANEN , VTT-the Technical Research Center of Finland

Opportunity to develop Chinese medicine as Nutraceuticals - Hong Kong case - Sherman FUNG , The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Magnus LAGNEVIK, Lund University, Sweden

Developing Countries Forum: Positioning Africa for Growth

Africa, Positioning for Growth - Burton MWAMILA, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

partnerships4competitiveness in Ghana and West Africa - Thomas WINTHER , partnerships4competitiveness, Ghana

Ifor FFOWCS-WILLIAMS, Cluster Navigators, New Zealand

Rethinking Competitiveness: Role of Governnment

Role of Government in supporting clusters in the Czech Republic - Lubos LUKASIK , CzechInvest, Czech Republic

Les LECKIE, Government of Victoria, Australia

Role of government, the Swedish case - Helene VOGELMAN and Maria LINDQUIST , NUTEK, Sweden

Bruce GADD, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, New Zealand

Evaluating Competitiveness Initiatives: Failures and How to Avoid Them

Failures and how to avoid them - Emiliano DUCH , Cluster Competitiveness, Spain

When failing isn't an option - Theodore LYMAN , Economic Competitiveness Group, USA

Competitiveness in Asia-Pacific: Developing Australia's Competitiveness

The Competitiveness of the Mining Technology Services in Australia - Christina MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ , University of Western Sydney, Australia

Connect, Integrate and Evaluate. Regional model for Economic Growth and Job Creation - Richard D. WALKER , Shire Consults, Australia

Regional clusters - industry, place and the clustering process. Australian perspective - Pamela McRAE-WILLIAMS , University of Ballarat, Australia

Competitiveness in China and Hong Kong: Finance, Governance, and the Hong Kong-China Interaction

FDI in East Asia and Latinamerica: ist there a People's Republic of China Effect? - Hitomi IIZAKA and Alan SIU , HIEBS, Hong Kong

Michael ENRIGHT, HIEBS, Hong Kong

Frank SONG, HIEBS, Hong Kong

Breakout Sessions IV

Competitiveness and Chanllenges in China

TAO Zhigang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

XIAO Geng, Institute for China and Global Development, Hong Kong

Competitiveness Challenges in Developing Nations

Challenges for developing nations - Hubert SCHMITZ , Institute for Development Studies, UK

Ifor FFOWCS-WILLIAMS, Cluster Navigators, New Zealand

Competitiveness Challenges in Europe

Gary MARSH, Yorkshire Forward, UK

Marco BELLANDI , University of Florence, Italy

Moderator: Emiliano DUCH, Cluster Competitiveness, Spain

Competitiveness Challenges in North America

China's impact on North American Logistics Clusters - Theodore LYMAN , Economic Competitiveness Group, USA

Moderator: Alec HANSEN, Economic Competitiveness Group, USA

Competitiveness Challenges in Asia-Pacific

K.C KWOK, HKSAR Government, Hong Kong

Michael ENRIGHT, HIEBS, Hong Kong

A Global Competitiveness Challenge: Clusters and Sustainable Development

Collective Learning in the Green-building Cluster and in Trans-regional Cluster Initiatives - Walter FREUDENTHALER , Ecoplus Austria

Mateja Dermastia, ANTEJA, Slovenia

Sustainable regional development - Bo LINDHOLM , Sustainable Sweden Southeast, Sweden

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