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The Historical Fairmont Chateau Laurier has been chosen as the venue for our conference.

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The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has recently published "A practical guide for developing clusters". This guide provides a snapshot of existing clusters across the United Kingdom and informs about the development of clusters policy.

Under the programme 'Centres for innovation competence. Creating excellence - ensuring talent' the government of Germany will fund six centres of excellence. They are located in Dresden, Leipzig, Greifswald, Rostock, Jena and Ilmenau, all cities in the former DDR.

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Gandhinagar, the capital of the western Indian region of Gurajat, is initiating more cluster developments due to the impressive results from other such projects.

The Texas Energy Center (TEC www.txec.org)- a cluster working towards national and international leadership in energy-related innovation and commerce - has just recieved a $3.6 million grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund.

The conference will take place in in Ottawa, widely lauded as Canada's focal point for advanced technology.

Leading nations, regions and cities are increasingly focused on building innovative clusters for competitiveness, growth and prosperity.

Join 400 global experts from business, government, research and academia to discuss leading-edge cluster theory, best practices and lessons learned!

This Discussion paper is the outcome of several cluster workshops, seminars and interviews conducted by a cluster working group from the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development in Victoria, Australia. The aim was to contribute to the development of a cluster policy framework in Victoria and provides, not only a comprehensive overview of clusters and the economic situation of Victoria, but also proposals for a Cluster Facilitation Program.

On the 4th February, Chris Inglis, Executive Director of Forestry and Timber Association in Scotland spoke at a conference on Timber Markets and Marketing attended by 140 representatives of Scotland’s forestry community. He said that : “Cooperation, information, and commitment is what is required from Scotland’s forest owners if they want consolidation in the market and a future for their growing resource.”