29.Sept.-1.Oct.2010
Brussels, Belgium
European Cluster Conference 2010
Due to the fact that the total amount of applications to participate in the ECC 2010 exceeds the capacity limits of the complex where the ECC 2010 will be held, the event organizers are obliged to restrict participations for the different dates and conference sessions.
This also implies that a number of persons will be allowed to participate on certain days and sessions, but not on others (due to the fact that the capacity of rooms for certain days and sessions is larger than the capacity for other days and sessions).
On Monday all applicants will receive, person-by-person, a complete overview of their acceptance of the application for the different days and sessions they applied or whether participation on certain days or sessions could not be honoured.
Take note that acceptance of applications is based on (a) the capacity limits of rooms to be used for the respective sessions and (b) the first come (“registered”)-first served (“accepted”) principle.
The ECC 2010 organization team.
European Cluster Conference 2010
World-Class Clusters Renewing European Industry
| 29/09/2010 |
Pre-conference parallel workshops: European Club of Cluster Managers & European Cluster Alliance workshop |
Centre Borschette |
| 30/09/2010 | World-class clusters renewing European industry | Centre Charlemagne |
| 01/10/2010 | Cluster policies of the Future | Centre Borschette |
» The high-level “European Cluster Conference 2010” will address the role of world-class clusters in renewing European industry in light of the Europe 2020 strategy. It will gather key policy-makers from the European Commission, European Parliament, Member States, regional authorities and high-level speakers from academia and industry to discuss how better policies can be formulated to make full use of the economic potential of excellent clusters. The event is organised under the chairmanship of the Belgian EU Presidency by the European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry.
The future competitiveness of the European Union depends on its ability to renew its industry base and build-up new competitive strengths. To achieve this, Europe needs more world-class clusters, which are hotbeds for turning innovative ideas into new products and services by providing a particular fertile environment for new business formation that creates innovation, growth and jobs. A more strategic approach is needed that applies the concept of world-class clusters also to emerging industries, thus aiming at creating more innovation champions in Europe in promising areas of new technologies and services.
During the conference, the high-level European Cluster Policy Group will present its final policy recommendations of how this can be achieved. Roundtables will give national and regional authorities the opportunity to discuss specific actions of cluster policies and cases of specific sectors. A special event will bring together cluster managers interested in the further professionalization of their cluster support activities and finding international partners during the first open meeting of the European Club of Cluster Managers. Moreover, participants will have the opportunity to test among the first the new Cluster Collaboration Platform and the new Knowledge Platform of the European Cluster Observatory.
The conference will, in particular, address the following questions:
- What new cluster policies (instruments and tools) are needed to foster modern industries in line with the new nature of innovation?
- What are the enabling framework conditions for the development of strong clusters in new innovative industries?
- What actions are needed to raise the excellence of cluster policies in order to facilitate more world-class clusters in Europe?
For more information please contact: ecc2010-contact@proinno-europe.eu
