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Tuesday 29th, 2001

Track#1 Academia 9:00AM - 5:30PM


Session 4 Regional Cluster Growth
Moderator: Rod Brown, Cluster Asia Pacific

Identification and Management of Regional Clusters
Dr.Peter Vieregge
Dr. Vieregge GmbH, Germany

Pressures for membership Network in Early Stages of Clusters. Some New Zealand Experiences
Paul Frater
Industry New Zealand

Legal Aspects of the International Clustering of Business
Boris Kozolchyk
President, National Law Center for Inter-American Trade, Tucson


Session 5 Returns on Clustering Efforts
Moderator: Ifor Fowcs-Williams, ClusterNavigators, New Zealand

Local Economic Development: Locating Competitiveness and Clustering in the World Bank's Agenda (A personal View)
Kate Kuper
World Bank, Washington DC

A Review of Early Returns from Clustering Activity
Alison Munro
Scottish Enterprise, Scotland

Evaluating the Early Returns in Clustering Activities
Ray Lind
Wellington City Council, New Zealand


Session 6 Cluster Implementation and Development
Moderator: Gary Marsh, Yorkshire Forward, England

Cluster by Consensus
Jeff Blodgett
Conneticut Economic Resource Center

Passionate Development: Working for their Regions
Paquita Lamacraft
Louisiana Culture Club

Getting Dressed for Success: SME competitiveness in the Swedish Music Industry cluster
Daniel Hallencreutz and Per Lundeqvist
INTERSECTA and Uppsala University, Sweden


Session 7 New Ideas in the New Economy
Moderator: Bob Hagen, Southern Arizona Technology Council

Arizona Partnership for the New Economy
Kathleen Zeider
Arizona Department of Commerce

Natural Resource Based Clusters in the New Economy: Theory and Practice
Indira Singh
Ministry of Northern Development and MInes, Ontario, Canada

Developing a Cluster-based Regional Innovation Strategy
Arvind Chhatbar
National Research Council, Canada

 

Track#2 Service 9:00AM - 3:30PM


Session 4 Cluster Iniciatives
Moderator: Robert L. Gonzales, New Global Strategies, Tucson

Public and Private Sector Roles in Cluster Development in Developing Countries: Case Study from Africa
Alan J. Malter
University of Arizona, College of Business and Public Administration, Tucson

New Product Innovation in the Optics Industry
Aric Rindfleisch
University of Arizona, BPA

Private-Sector Led Clustering in Guatemala's Tourism and Coffee Clusters
Guillermo Monroy
National Competitiveness Program of Guatemala


Session 5 Role of Cluster Policies In Economic Development in Europe
Moderator: Emiliano Duch, Competitiveness, Spain

A Catalonian Perspective
Antoní Subirà
Minister of Industry, Catalonia, Spain

A French Perspective
Paulette Pommier
DATAR, France

A Danish Perspective
Soeren Hellener
Danish Industry Agency


Session 6 Issues for Mature Economies- Internet Portals for Clusters
Moderator: Elisabeth Waelbroeck-Rocha, BIPE, France

Cluster Purchasing Portals Experience: Ceramic Clusters in Italy
Lluis Ramis
Competitiveness, Spain

Using Technology to Accelerate Clustering
Randy Russel
121 Micro, Mississippi

Tourism Cluster Sustainability
Cam Carlton
Cairns Tourism Cluster, Australia

Transforming Mature Railway Manufacturing Clusters into High-Tech TGV Clusters
Antoní Gurgui
Industry Catalonia, Spain


Track#3 Industry 9:00AM - 5:30PM


Session 4 Marketing & Managing Multiple Clusters in a Region
Moderator: Alec Hansen, Economic Competitiveness Group, San Francisco

Marketing Clusters Locally and Globally
Kathleen Perkins
Arizona Optics Industry Association, Tucson

Southern Arizona Technology Council
Bob Hagen
Southern Arizona Technology Council

International Benchmarking-Photonics and Telecommunications Clusters
Hervey Gibson
Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland


Session 5 Building Cluster Agendas
Moderator: Polla Pratt, Economic Transformation Group, San Francisco

Cluster Competition: The Reality
Mike Darch
Ottawa Center for Research and Innovation, Canada

Conneticut's Multi-faceted Approach to Cluster Implementation
William J. Kaufmann
Conneticut Economic Ressource Center

The Business Climate and the Clusters in the Emerging Economies - The Central America Case
Ligia Chinchilla
Guatemala

 

Session 6 Linking Clusters Internationally
Moderator: Sally Fernandez, Southern Arizona Industry and Aerospace Association, Tucson

Clustering Clusters
Bob Breault
Arizona Optics Industry Association

Creating Satellite Clusters in Eastern Europe and North Africa
Emiliano Duch
Competitiveness, Spain

Taking Gipsyland to the World: Connecting Regions Through the International Cluster Fraternity
Rod Brown
Australian Project Developments

 

 

 

 

 

 

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