Gerd Meier zu Köcker

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Dr. Gerd Meier zu Köcker made his PhD in Material Science in 1995 and joined VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH in 1999. Since 2007 is acts as Director of the Agency Competence Networks Germany, on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), which supports the best German regional networks and clusters in Germany. In the same year he also became Director of the Institue for Innovation and Technology, Berlin.

Besides of his scientific work in technical and socio-economic areas, he is deeply involved in various projects dealing with clusters, competitiveness and innovation policy issues world-wide. Organisational cluster excellence based on cluster benchmarking, the management of clusters as well as international cluster policy matters are some of his main scopes of work since many years.

From 2007 – 2008 he was active Member of the High Level Advisory to the EC and contributed to the European Cluster Memorandum. In 2009 he joined European Cluster Policy Group. He is also member of various international Advisory Boards (European Cluster Obeservatory, TACTICS, REG X, PRO INNO PARTNERING Council or the French Network Euro-Mediterranean Innovation.