30th September Thursday (Charlemagne)

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   30th September, Thursday

Centre Charlemagne

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08:00 - 09:00              Registration
Venue
Charlemagne Center
 
Moderator of the conference: Hans Martens, Chief Executive, European Policy Centre
 
 
Opening plenary session (09:00 - 10:30)
Towards more World-Class Clusters for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
This session will present policy addresses for an innovative, new European industry and the role of world-class clusters in its rejuvenation in light of the Europe 2020 strategy.
  • Jean-Claude Marcourt, Vice-President and Minister of Economy, Region of Wallonia, Belgium
  • Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission, Industry and Entrepreneurship
  • Patrizia Toia, Vice Chair of ITRE Committee, European Parliament
  • Christian Estrosi, Minister for Industry, France
  • Georg Schütte, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry for Education and Research
  • Zsolt Becsey, State Secretary, Hungarian Ministry for National Economy 
Session (11:15 - 12:45)
Policy recommendations for a new, innovative European industry and the role of world-class clusters
This session will present the policy recommendations of the European Cluster Policy Group and will discuss what new cluster policy instruments are necessary to foster new, innovative industries, how to better promote entrepreneurship and how to facilitate the internationalisation of businesses via clusters

 

  • Tea Petrin, Chair of the European Cluster Policy Group, University of Ljubljana, former Minister of Economy in Slovenia
  • Karen Maex, Member of the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology
  • Andrea Moltrasio, Vice-president, Confindustria
  • Christian Ketels, Senior Research Fellow at Stockholm School of Economics, Principal Associate at Harvard Business School
  • Arend Oetker, President, Stifterverband
  • Reinhard Büscher, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry
  
12:45 – 13:00              Launch of the New European Cluster Observatory website, Örjan Sölvell and Göran Lindqvist, Stockholm School of Economics
 
13:00 –  14:00                  Lunch
 
14:00 – 14:45              Keynote speech – “Metanational innovators and the role of clusters” – Jose Santos, Affiliated Professor of Practice in Global Management, INSEAD
 
Parallel sessions (14:45- 16:30)
Favourable framework conditions for new innovative industries

This session will discuss the variety of factors in the business environment, which underlies the competitiveness of firms and supports the development of strong clusters in new emerging industries

Cross-cutting themes

Chemicals and Environment

Life Sciences and Health

Creative Industries and the experience economy

Mobile and satellite-enabled services

Moderator: Hannu Vornamo, Helsinki Chemicals Forum Association

 Moderator: John Hodgson, Nature Biotechnology Moderator: Antonio Preto, Head of Cabinet, European Commission Moderator: Rene Tonnisson, Baltic Innovation Agency
Gerd Meier Zu Köcker, VDI/VDE-IT Andrea G. Rappagliosi, Chairman, EuropaBio Rahel Falk, WIFO Jan Annerstedt, Copenhagen Business School

Göran Lindqvist, Stockholm School of Economics

 Andreas Graversen, FORA

Lisa de Propris, Birmingham Business School

 George Giaglis, Athen University for Economics and Business
Denis Bortzmeyer, Axelera, France

Horst Domdey, Munich Biotech Cluster

Karin Jaanson, Deputy Mayor, City of Tartu

 Nathalie Stephenne, CEO Walphot, Skywin Belgium
Werner Pamminger, Plastics Cluster, Clusterland Upper Austria

Charlotte Ahlgren, Medicon Valley Alliance

 Alain Tubiana, Managing Director, iconoval Micael Gustafsson, Øresund IT

Thomas Wobben, European Chemical Regions Network

 Istvan Fabian, rector,University of Debrecen, Pharmapolis Klaus Haasis, MFG Baden-Württemberg  Thorsten Rudolph, Anwendungszentrum, Germany
Gernot Klotz, Executive Director, Cefic Frédéric Druck, BioWin, Belgium Allan Mayo, Head of Services Policy Unit, BIS, UK Cathy Johnson, SEEDA
 Patrick Vuillermoz, Plastipolis Maria-Chiara Cattaneo, CRANEC - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano Dominic Power, Uppsala University  
 
 
Closing Plenary Session (16:30- 17:45)
This session will summarise the outcomes of the parallel session debates in a format of an interactive voting session and cluster quiz.
  • Moderator: David White.
 
 
19:00                          Cocktail reception and walking dinner
Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée, Brussels