The full program from Monday the 27th of September until the 1st of October.

The Cluster Policies Whitebook has been produced by an international team from IKED (International Organization for the Knowledge Economy and Enterprise Development) under the leadership of the President of the University of Jonkoping in Sweden, Dr. Thomas Anderson and will be launched and presented during the first day of the main conference.


The Whitebook is based on the outcome of our last Annual Conference in Gothenburg and will allow us to start with an overview of the state of the art of cluster policies. Each participant will receive a free copy of the Whitebook in the conference kit and there will be rich opportunites to discuss the results during the first session of Miniforums covering different areas of the Whitebook. One of the main objectives is to establish the Whitebook as a living document that is continually updated by cluster practitioners worldwide.

The conference follows eight concurrent tracks aimed to lead the different interest groups among our participants through the conference program.

The Academic Summit will be co-chaired by TCI Board of Advisors President Dr. Antoní Subirà from IESE, Spain and Dr. Jerôme Doutriaux, from the University of Ottawa, Canada. Sixteen Academic Presentations in four sessions will be held on September 28 in the conference facilities under the theme of International and Canadian Research on Innovation, Clusters and Competitiveness by Universities, Scientific Research and Development Institutes, Economic Development Institutes and Agencies, Governments and other Institutions.