European Week of Regions and Cities

Cluster building: the importance of regional networks

  • 09.10.2007 0:00 am / 23:59 pm
  • JDE 52, European Committee of the Regions / BE

Programme:

11.30-11.40       Welcome by: Mr Isidoro Gottardo, President of the EPP Group in the CoR (IT)     Introduction to the topic   11.40-12.00       Mr Peter Jungen, President of the European Enterprise Institute, Köln (DE)                         "Cluster building – The importance of regional networks/Innovation and Entrepreneurship"     Examples of cluster good practices Moderator: Mr. Peter Jungen   12.00-12.10       Mrs Kristina Axén Olin, Mayor of Stockholm (SE) "Cluster development in the Stockholm region"   12.10-12.20       Mr Robert Redhammer, Vice-Rector, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (SK) "Autocluster West Slovakia – How to avoid social risks gaining from monosectoral industry"   12.20-12.30       Mr Manuel Irun, Head of Sustainable Development and European Projects, Delegation of the                       Valencian Region to the EU (ES) "Cluster building in Valencian region, Spain: The case of ceramic industry"   12.30-12.40       Mr Paul Ryan, Lecturer in the Department of Management, National University of Ireland,                 Galway (IE) "Local clusters in a global network: The case of Galway"   12.40-12.50       Mrs Małgorzata Brzezińska, President of the Institute of New Technologies, Łódź (PL) "Clusters and the regional innovative systems – Example of Lodzkie region"   12.50-13.30       Debate with participants

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