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Ottawa 2004 - Breakout Sessions C

Thursday, 30 of September, 13:30 - 17.00
Mini-forums Session C


Track 1: Assessing National Policies and Frameworks
1-C: The Baltic Sea Region Initiative:
· Dr. Lars Eklund VINNOVA
· Dr. Christian Ketels (Harvard Business School) State of the Region Report
· Dr. Sylvia Schwaag Serger (IKED) Innovation in the Nordic-Baltic Sea Region
See also the separate article on The Baltic Sea initiative

Track 2: Assessing Regional Cluster Models and Dynamics
2-C: Regional Clusters Comparisons, Developed Nations:
· France's Rhône-Alpes Region Clusters - Yves Guyon (Lyon)
· Germany's Baden-Württemberg Regional Clusters - Klaus Haasis (MFG)
· Austria's Regional Cluster Framework and Related Sustainability Issues - Barbara Fuchs and Walter Freudenthaler (Ecoplus Network and Cluster Building)

Track 3: Business Leadership in Clusters
3-C: ICT Cluster Leadership:
· Building a National Photonics Cluster Network - Ruth Rayman (President, Canadian Photonics Consortium)
· NRC Cluster Model: The New Brunswick Experience - Guy-Andre Gelinas (Business Development Officer, New Brunswick ICT Cluster)
· Initiating Highly Successful Processes to Create and Sustain a Cluster - Dr. Bob Breault (CEO, Tuscon Photonics Cluster and President, Breault Research Org.)
· Ottawa ICT Cluster Leadership - Denis Colbourne (President, DC Technologies)
· Ottawa's Wireless Cluster Evolution - Kamal Krishnapillai (Director, Sales and Marketing, Interactive Circuits and Systems Ltd.; and Vice Chair, Ottawa Wireless Cluster)

Track 4: Innovation Systems for Commercialization and Growth
4-C: Advanced Manufacturing Systems & Advanced Materials in Clusters:
· Science of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (Applications in Boucherville and Saguenay Regions) - Dr. Blaise Champagne (Director General, Industrial Materials Institute, NRC)
· Bio-Manufacturing Training and Education Centre Part 1 & Part 2 - Dr. J. Ted Morris (Director, Economic Development and Partnership, North Carlolina State University)
· Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics - Charles M. Anderson (Program Director, Next Generation Manufacturing Systems, Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing International)

Track 5: Techniques for Technical Commercialization (Incubators, Networks, Skills, Competencies)
5-C: Emerging and Converging Science and Technology Cluster Leadership in Ocean Industries:
· Ocean Technology Clusters - Dennis Hogan (St. Johns, Newfoundland)
· Roadmaps and Clusters: An Example of How These Entities Relate (Marine and Ocean) - George Emery (Corporate Policy & Planning Analyst, Corporate Services, NRC)
· Horizons and Currents in a world of Synergy - Charles Langlois (Vice President, Technopole maritime du Quebec)
· Building a West Coast Ocean Science and Marine Technology Cluster - Dr. Tim Walzak (Executive Director, Ocean Sciences Management Board, University of Victoria)
· Theoretic Underpinning of Ocean Industry Clusters part 1 & part 2 - Peter Gunther (President, Smith Gunther Associates Limited)

Track 6: Techniques for Collaboration
6-C: Collaborative Strategy in Canada: Experience and Lessons Learned?
· Clusters 2.0: The Evolution of Cluster Strategy in Canada - James Gollub (Senior Vice President, ICF Consulting)
· Edmonton: Greater Edmonton Competitiveness Strategy - Darcy Wiltse (Manager, Edmonton Economic Development Corporation)
· Toronto: Metropolitan Cluster Analysis - Ian Bromley, Director, Office for Urban Economic Development, Ministry of Economic Development & Trade, Ontario
· Ottawa: Practical Methods for the Care and Feeding of Technology Clusters: The Ottawa Experience - Michael Darch (Vice President, Ottawa Global Marketing, OCRI)
· Southwest Ontario: Bioproducts Innovation Network - John Lawrence, Acting Chair, Southwest Ontario Bioproducts Innovation Network

(Note: Track 7 is missing)

Track 8: Models and Metrics to Assess and Evaluate Clusters
8-C: Foresight and Canadian Clusters: Challenges in Anticipating Future Social-Technological Horizons
· Clusters and Convergence: Thinking Ahead Through S&T Foresight - Jack Smith (Corporate Policy & Planning Analyst, Corporate Services, NRC)
· Foresight, Futures & Visions - Geoffrey Woodling (Managing Director, Business Futures Network, London)
· Michael Hollingshead (Facing the Future.com)
· Foresight and Canadian clusters: Challenges in Anticipating Future Social-Technological Horizons - Dr. Rejean Landry (Faculty of Management, Laval University, Canada)
· Professor J. Andre Potworowski (University of Ottawa)

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