Global ICT Cluster Managers Group
One of the results of the 12th TCI Annual Global Conference in Jyväskylä, Finland, was the founding of the TCI Special Interest Group for ICT Cluster Managers. Its aim is to create a long term sustainable ICT Cluster-Manager Community for experience sharing and generating benefits for our cluster and their members.
The Group was founded by:
- Christoph Beer, tcbe.ch - ICT Cluster Bern, Switzerland
- Lars Horsholt Jensen, ICT North Denmark, Denmark
- Mikael Lundström, Compare, the IT cluster of Karlstad, Sweden
- Klaus Haasis, MFG Medienentwicklung Baden-Württemberg mbH, Germany
- Boris Krstanovic, The Association of Croatian ICT Clusters -cro.ict, Croatia
Why do we need this special interest group?
On behalf of the Cluster Café Internationalization, we discussed that we need "more" than one meeting per year. We need to
- keep in touch
- work on common projects
- generate business
- exchange experience
- network of ICT CM-Practitioners
Our Vision is to create a long term sustainable ICT Cluster-Manager Community for experience sharing and generating benefits for our cluster and their members.
Main targets for ICT Cluster Managers/facilitators are:
- Exchange experience, methodologies and learning
- Sustain and build a network of ICT CM-Practitioners
- Develop and work on intercluster projects
- Provide a forum for global ICT cluster policy issues
Main targets for ICT Cluster companies are:
- Generate B2B matchmaking
- Facilitate joint projects between cluster actors globally
The next steps and activities are:
- Build a learning platform
- Build the community
- Initiate first activities
For the first year, we aim to organize an ICT Match Making-event at the next TCI Annual Conference in 2010! First day: ICT Cluster tour and company visits. Second day: the Match-Making event with about 50 companies from around the world. Please contact us for active participation in this group!
Contact Point
tcbe.ch - ICT Cluster Bern, Switzerland, Christoph Beer
Phone +41 31 326 76 76
Mobile +41 79 608 18 13
E-Mail: christoph.beer@mundiconsulting.com
Conditions for membership
Everybody who is a member in TCI and an active manage in an ICT Cluster Initiative is welcome in this Group.
