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Monday, 28 October 2001

Opening Ceremonies and Plenary Session, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Welcome & Introduction
Bob Breault
Chair, TCI Conference Organizing Comittee

Welcome & Announcement
Mayor Bob Walkup; Deputy Mayor Rick Chiarelli
City of Tucson- Ottawa, Canada

Welcome
Antoni Subira
Minister of Industry Catalonia, Chair, TCI Board of Advisors

Conference Objectives and Structure
Emiliano Duch
President, TCI; Competitiveness, Spain

Clusters and the New Economy
Michael J. Enright
TCI Executive Commitee, University of Hong Kong

 

Track#1 Short Course on Clusters, 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Session 1

Overview of Clusters
Michael J. Enright
TCI Executive Commitee, University of Hong Kong

Business Analysis for Clusters
Emiliano Duch
President, TCI; Competitiveness, Spain

Session 2

Faciliating the Development of Clusters
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams

UNIDO Learning Network of Regions and Clusters
Bob Breault for Frederic Richard (UNIDO)
Breault Research Organization, Tucson

Session 3

Role of Private Sector in Clustering GSPED
Bob Breault


Track#2 Service and Public Institutions, 10:30 AM - 12:00 AM

Session 1 Tri-National Clustering (Ottawa+Mexico+Tucson)
Moderator: Bob Breault

Mayor Bob Walkup, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Mayor Ricardo Bours, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico
Deputy Mayor Rick Chiarelli, Ottawa, Canada
Mayor Gustavo Guerrero, Culican, Sinaloa, Mexico
Mayor Francisco Burquez, Hermosillo, Mexico

Session 2 Current Cluster Issues
Moderator: Sally Fernandez, Southern Arizona Industry Aerospace Association, Tucson

The Role of the University in Economic Development
Dr. Peter Likins
President of University of Arizona, Tucson

Current Cluster Issues
John Dean
Cairns Region Economic Development Corporation, Australia

Catalonia: Ten years of Cluster Policies
Antoni Subirà
Minister of Industry, Catalonia, Spain

Session 3 Cluster Demographics
Moderator: Gary Marsh, Yorkshire Forward, England

The Global Demographics Transformation: Implications for Economic Development
Robert L.Gonzales
New Global Strategies

The Demography of Clusters - First Findings from the Cluster Meta-Study
Class van der Linde
University of St.Gallen, Switzerland

Mapping Arizona's Cluster Landscape
Brian Catts
University of Arizona


Track#3 Industry, 10:30 AM - 6.00 PM

Session 1 Cluster Start Up
Moderator: Valerie Vance-Goff, Arizona Optics Industry Association, Tucson

North Dakota's New Economy Initiative: State-of-the-Art Private Sector Driven Clustering Success
Roger Reierson
Flint Communications, North Dakota

Constructing Clusters in Minas Gerais: The Success of the Private Sector
Rodolfo Koeppel
President, Metas Institute, Brazil

Working with Government and Business to Accelerate the Economic Development of Small & Medium Business in Northern Ireland: A Report from the Field
Ken Thompson
VISION, Northern Ireland

Session 2 Cluster Networks and Initiatives
Moderator: Pat Patton, Tucson Electric Power Company

The Jordanian Cluster Strategy
Amjad Attar
The Jordan National Competitiveness Team

Innovative Clusters in Sweden: Practical Lessons from Regional Cluster-building
Daniel Hallencreutz and Staffan Larsson
INTERSECTA and Swedish Development Agency, NUTEK, Sweden

From the Ground Up: Clusters in Louisiana
David Dodd

Session 3 Accelerated and Sustainable Clustering Implementation - An Interactive Workshop for Business Leaders and Cluster Practitioners
Faciliators:
Alan Hald, Arizona Partnership on the New Economy and the Governor's Strategic Partnership for Economic Development, Phoenix
Eric Hansen, Economic Transformation Group, San Francisco

Key Implementation Topics- Role of Leadership in Cluster Implementation: How to crack to whip!; Fast-Track Clustering: Getting to action, Quickly!

Working group sessions

Report Backs

Synthesis, Output & Follow-up

 

 

 

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