Taftie Expert Session on Cluster Policy and Management, March 2015
Expert Session I "State-of-the-art of Cluster Policy and Cluster Management".
3rd March 2015, Radisson Blu Hotel Berlin
Business clusters have proven to be one of the major structural elements of economic growth and stability. They stimulate innovation and help to reduce costs both at company level and of the innovation systems as a whole. During the session experts provided information on the typology of cluster policy concepts, presented examples of good practice and addressed the impact on technology development and economy as well as discussed these issues with the audience.
Programme
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14:00-14:10 |
Introduction |
Peter Dortans, Wolfgang Gessner VDI/VDE IT
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14:10-14:40 |
Academic insights into cluster development – the Nordic perspective
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Jukka Teräs
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14:40-15:00 |
Thomas Lämmer-Gamp
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15:00-15:20 |
Cluster Agency of Baden-Württemberg: technical assistance for cluster development |
Dr. Gerd Meier zu Köcker
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15:20-15:45 |
What kind of support do clusters need? |
Paul Butler |
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15:45-16:00 |
Coffee break
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16:00-17:30 |
Practical exercise - peer review of cluster policies and programmes
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