Andrius Bagdonas, Director, Sunrise Valley, Lithuania
mailto:andrius @ sunrisevalley.lt

Kevin X. Murphy, President, J E Austin Associates, USA

Conclusions:

Key issues: The Sunrise Valley cluster project addresses to national economic and scientific growth needs and cross-sector (private/public) cooperation challenges. It takes advantage of currently existing resources and builds upon expansion potential vital to clusters, i.e.: academic presence and access to knowledge; currently functioning there laser technology companies and other businesses' interests and extension plans; both municipal and governmental endorsement; available general infrastructure. In Sunrise Valley area biggest Vilnius universities educate the main stream of student body in the city. Sunrise Valley area already is fully integrated into the city life and has a full potential to become the main base of business start-ups, which can further expand and continue activities in cooperation with other science and technology parks.
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