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Varese 1999 conference program

The Competitiveness Institute 2nd Annual Conference program: The Challenges of Mature and Emerging Clusters

Ville Ponti, Varese (Italy) 10-11-12 November 1999.

 

Wednesday, 10 November

9.00: Registration

10.00: Follow-up of cluster visits: update on Italian clusters economic situation (Andrea Balestri, Club dei Distretti, Luis Ramis, Cluster Competitività and Alberto Pezzi, The Competitiveness Institute)

11.00: Coffee break

11.30: Welcome sessions: introduction to the conference
Emiliano Duch - President The Competitiveness Institute, Barcelona
Paolo Sarti - President Club dei Distretti Industriali, Italy
Marino Vago - President Unione degli Industriale della Provincia di Varese, Italy
Jean-Louis Guigou - Délégué DATAR, France
Michael J. Enright - University of Hong Kong, PRC

12.45: Lunch

14.00: 1st Parallel sessions:

1a) Mature clusters: crisis and regeneration
Moderator: Emiliano Duch
Silvano Bertini
David Payeras
Georg Meyer-Stamer

1b) Emerging clusters: birth and generation
Moderator: Ifor Ffowcs-Williams
Roberta Rabellotti
Paul Frater
Martin Stuchtey

16.00: Coffee break

16.30: Report back session and discussion moderated by Ifor Ffowcs-Williams - Cluster Navigators

17.30: Networking / open time

19.30 Dinner at Luvinate Golf Club


Thursday, 11 November

9.00: 2nd Parallel sessions

2a) The role of Government in cluster initiatives
Moderator: Fredric Richard
Nora Elisa Ambriz
Theo Roelandt
Robert Pollock

2b) Cluster initiatives experiences - part A
Moderator: Michael J. Enright
Wolfgang Eder
Detlef Jumpertz
Luciano Consolati
Giancarlo Raffaldi and Josep Celaya

10.30: Coffee break

11.00: 3rd Parallel sessions

3a) The role of private sector in cluster initiatives
Moderator: Robert Breault
Emmanuel Seidner
Robert Gonzales
Bernd Thomas

3b) Cluster initiatives experiences - part B
Moderator: Hervey Gibson
Solange Machado
Jospe Maria Montagut
Elisabet Juan
Marco Baccanti
Iyer Venkatachalan

12.30: Lunch

14.00: 4th Parallel sessions

4a) Research on cluster initiatives
Co-ordinator: Michael J. Enright
Kinji Gonda
Luis Chambel

4b) Training on cluster development
Co-ordinator: Luis Ramis

4c) Process
Co-ordinator: Ifor Ffwocs-WIlliams

4d) Analysis
Co-ordinator: Elisabeth Waelbroeck-Rocha

16.00: Coffee break

16.30: Brainstorming on TCI initiatives

20.00: Conference Dinner at Ville Ponti sponsored by Standard & Poors, DRI

 

Friday, 12 November

9.00: The Competitiveness Institute 1999 General Assembly

10.00: Keynote speaker: Kurt König - European Commission DG XXIII (Enterprise Policy), Brussels

10.45: The Competitiveness Institute millenium conference presentation

11.15: Coffee break

11.45: Keynote speaker: Carl Guardino, President and CEO- Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, San José, USA

12.30: Closing session: Antoni Subirà i Claus, Ministry of Industry, Generalitat de Catalunya and President of the Board of Advisors of The
Competitiveness Institute, Barcelona

13.00: Closing lunch and TCI Board of Advisors meeting

 

 

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