Ifor Ffowcs-Williams
The President of The Competitiveness Institute

09.10-09.30

POINTS OF DEPARTURE AND CHALLENGES

Keynote: Properties of innovative clusters
Stuart Rosenfeld, President, Regional Technology Strategies

Keynote: Innovative clusters - the role of local frameworks and supporting infrastructures
Lynn Mytelka, Director, United Nations University

Keynote dialogue: Reflections from science based innovation points of view
Hans Wigzell, President, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Per Olof Berg, President, Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship

Keynote: Competitiveness, innovative clusters and positive externalities
Michael Enright, Professor, University of Hong Kong

Refreshments

Miniforums I
Lectures and discussions held with qualified experts focusing on areas of special importance

Luncheon

Miniforums II
Expert lectures and discussions continue

Poster presentations of conclusions from the miniforums
Refreshments

Roundtable: Regional innovation systems and clusters in Canada and Sweden - similar objectives, different approaches
Chair: Michael Enright, Professor, University of Hong Kong
Rapporteur: Thomas Liljemark, Programme Director, VINNOVA
Participants:
Kevin Fitzgibbons, Group Leader, National Research Council, Canada
Lois Stevenson, Deputy Executive Director, Industry Canada
Alf Chaiton, Senior fellow, University of Ottawa, Advisor to the Mayor of Ottawa
Magnus Lagnevik, Professor, University of Lund, Sweden
Per Eriksson, Director General, VINNOVA
Kaj Klarin, Vice Director of Division, VINNOVA

Cocktail and dinner at Eriksbergshallen
Anders Källström, Managing Director, Western Sweden Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Reservation required

Thursday, Sept 18 | MEETING THE CHALLENGES

Keynote Address by Professor Antoni Subirá , IESE Business School in Barcelona
Chair: Emiliano Duch, President, Competitiveness

Presentation of the Greenbook based on a global survey of cluster initiatives
Örjan Sölvell, Professor, CIND - Centre for Research on Innovation and Industrial Dynamics, Uppsala University
Göran Lindqvist, CIND - Centre for Research on Innovation and Industrial, Uppsala University
Chair: Lars Eklund, Director of Division, VINNOVA

Introduction to the learning workshops
Emiliano Duch, President, Competitiveness

Refreshments

Learning workshops: Lessons from mature clusters and programmes with more than five years' experience

Luncheon during boat transport to the IT University

Keynote Address by Tea Petrin, Slovenian Minister of the Economy
Chair: Michael Best, Professor, University Massachusetts Lowell

Introduction to the Action Workshops
Per Eriksson, Director General, VINNOVA
Thomas Andersson, President, IKED - International Organization for Knowledge Economy and Enterprise Development
Chair: Frédéric Richard, Strategic Research and Economics Branch, UNIDO

Action workshops: Meeting the challenges of emerging clusters and programmes with less than five years' experience
Refreshments during sessions

Transport to the Church of Örgryte

Presentation of the North German Organ Church Cluster followed by an organ concert

Cocktail and buffet dinner at the Parish House

Friday, Sept 19 | TOWARDS ACTION

TCI General Assembly

Roundtable: Experiences of Multilateral Agencies from Supporting Innovative Clusters
Chair: Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, President, TCI
Participants:
Arthur Bayhan, Special Advisor, VINNOVA
Frederic Richard, Director, Strategic Research and Economics Branch of UNIDO
Grant Morrill, Private Enterprise Officer, Office of Emerging Markets, USAID
Tomas Kjellqvist, Head of Division, Department for Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development Agency
Alfred Watkins, The World Bank
Representative from the European Union (to be confirmed)

The TCI 7th Global Conference 2004
Mike Darch, Co-chair, Host Committee, Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation

Refreshments

Synthesis and Whitebook

Keynote Address by Professor Michael E. Porter
Harvard Business School
Chair: Antoni Subirà, Professor, IESE Business School in Barcelona

Luncheon

End of Conference

Annual TCI Board of Advisors' meeting