13 July 2011
Location: Paris
Contact: info@cebr.net
This one day meeting will identify key opportunities for cluster partnerships in Europe.
It is focussed on three areas where significant benefit can be gained by proactive and formal partnership:
- Sharing facilities - access to expert facilities for maximum technology development in companies
- Maturing technologies - the key to successful business creation
- Engaging talent - ensuring that growing companies have access to the right talent to deliver a business
AGENDA
The meeting has three key plenary sessions - each with round table presentation and discussion.
0930: Meeting registration and coffee
1000: Welcome - Gabriel Mergui, Genopole International
1015: Keynote presentations
- The future for cluster partnerships in Europe - the need and the pathways: Marie-Hélène
Soto, National Contact Point (France), Regions of Knowledge
- Growing a cluster - story of en emerging region: Zlatuše
Novotná, South Moravian Innovation Centre
1045: Plenary discussion panel - Finding maximum points of benefit for cluster partnerships
Chair: Claire Skentelbery, Council of European BioRegions
Panellists:
- Graeme Boyle, Nexxus (Scotland)
- Emanuela Flora, Technapoli (Italy)
- Erica Monfardini, PwC (Luxembourg)
- Pep Lluis Pons, Bioibal (Spain)
1215: Lunch
1315: Plenary discussion session 1: Sharing facilities
Speakers:
- Fabrizio Conicella,
bioPmed (Italy)
- Naceur Tounekti, Genopole (France)
- Céline Quéron, CRITT Santé
Bretagne (France)
1430: Plenary discussion session 2: Maturing technologies
Chair: Emanuela Flora, Technapoli (Italy)
Speakers:
- Wolfgang Korek, BioTOP (Germany)
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Eric Lameignère,
Genopole (France)
Judit Balogh, University of Debrecen (Hungary)
1545: Plenary discussion session 3: Engaging talent
Chair: Françoise
Russo-Marie, Genopole (France)
Speakers:
- Tarquin Bennett Coles, Coulter Partners (UK)
- Stehanie Wehnelt, BioM and ABCEurope (Germany)
- Carlos Lurigados, Biocat (Spain)
1700: Meeting summary and close
MEETING OUTCOME
The meeting will generate a paper of recommendation from the Council of European BioRegions on cluster partnerships plus framework for building partnerships.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This meeting is free of charge and open to actors supporting cluster development and partnership - all attendees are expected to actively engage in discussion and bring cluster and companies examples to the table.
Please register below and we look forward to seeing you in Paris
Registration
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