Johan Carlsten, Vice President, Chalmers University of Technology
Roland Andersson, Chairman of the Board, Region Västra Götaland
Lars Nordström, President, Cultural Affairs Committee, Region Västra Götaland
Rolf Wolff, Dean, School of Economics and Commercial Law, Gothenburg University
Emiliano Duch, President, Competitiveness, Barcelona
Antoni Subirà, Professor, IESE Business School in Barcelona
Anders Källström, CEO, Western Sweden Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Josep M. Montagut, Coordinator Cluster Policy, Government of Catalonia
Joakim Anjeby, General Manager, Electronics Production Division, Saab Ericsson Space
Lena Holmberg, Senior Researcher, Victoria Institute

Facilitator:

Conclusions:

Michael Enright, Professor, University of Hong Kong
(to be confirmed)

Key Issue: Regions as an arenas for connecting innovative clusters. Chalmers, Ericsson and the political leadership as key actors in Västra Götaland. The Catalonian example. A purpose of the workshop is to identify and connect elements of a common strategy within and between the regions. Part of this purpose is to investigate traditional and new means to bring together regional innovation systems.

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