Americas

May 27th is not far away. It is the day when the 3rd Latin American Cluster Conference (3CLAC) will start in Chihuahua, Mexico, a region with a long tradition in regional economic development.

"Clusters & Alliances for Development in the Latin-American Context"
Chihuahua, Mexico. 26-30 May 2008

El 3er Congreso Latinoamericano de Clusters tendra lugar del 26 al 30 de Mayo de 2008 en la ciudad de Chihuahua, Mexico. Seran cuatro dias de intercambio de experiencias y aprendizaje en una region que comparte muchos rasgos de su cultura y su historia. Alianzas entre actores del desarrollo economico, metodologias e instrumentos para la promocion de alianzas empresariales, politicas publicas para el impulso de clusters y estrategias en el sector privado para la integracion de clusters son algunos de los temas propuestos.
May 27th is not far away: The 3rd Latin American Cluster Conference (3CLAC) will start in Chihuahua, Mexico, a region with a long tradition in regional economic development.

Maestria en Economia y Desarrollo Industrial, orientación en Pymes
7a Edicion (2008-2009)
La maestria tiene por objetivo capacitar profesionales de excelencia en las areas de la economia y gestion del desarrollo competitivo.

32 TCI Latin American members met in Portland-Oregon on October 10, as they were in the city to participate in the 10th Annual Conference of TCI.
El pasado 10 de Octubre, 32 socios latinoamericanos de TCI se reunieron en Portland-Oregon aprovechando su presencia en la conferencia anual del TCI.

Invited by the Chamber of Commerce of Medellin for Antioquia, the only organizational member of TCI in Latin America, TCI participated in the Forum "Progress and Results of the Competitiveness Strategy for Medellin City, Aburra Valley and Antioquia Region".
Invitado por la Camara de Comercio de Medellin para Antioquia, unico socio organizacional de TCI en Latinoamerica, TCI participa en el Foro "Avances y Resultados de la Estrategia de Competitividad para Medellin, Valle del Aburra y Antioquia".

Within the framework of cooperation of TCI as international consultative institution in the Euro-Latin American Forum, some members of TCI had the opportunity to participate in the 2007 Forum Conference that took place on October 24-26 in Turin (Italy), where more than 250 participants from 14 countries gathered to share ideas and promote regional development in their regions.
En el marco de colaboracion de TCI como institucion consultiva internacional del Forum Euro-Latinoamericano, representantes de TCI tuvieron la oportunidad de participar en la Conferencia 2007 del Forum que tuvo lugar del 24 al 26 de Octubre en Torino-Italia y donde mas de 250 participantes de 14 paises se reunieron para compartir ideas innovadoras y fomentar el desarrollo regional en sus regiones.

As a precursor to TCI's Annual Global Competitiveness Conference in Portland (October 8-12, 2007), the world's first Symposium on Clusters and Sustainable Economic Development was hosted in Portland by TCI and the State of Oregon on May 3-4, 2007. The Symposium offered a unique chance to interact and network before the Annual Conference, and aimed to address important issues when it comes to linking clustering and sustainability.

A lunchtime seminar on "US Government Foundations: Making a Difference in Latin America and Africa", held by The SME Department and the Grassroots Business Initiative, will take place on March 27, 2007. The Seminar will provide further insight on the life-changing work of the Inter-American Foundation in frontier regions, programs delivered by the US African Development Foundation and why the IFC should partner with these.

Portland, Oregon has been selected as the host site for the 2007 TCI Global Conference. This year's conference is jointly hosted by the states of Oregon and Washington, and the City of Portland. The theme for 2007 is "Collaboration, Innovation, and Sustainability".

The third conference on Innovation Journalism is taking place at Stanford University (California) on April 5-7, 2006. The opening speaker is Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet and Chief Internet Evangelist of Google. The event is organized by David Nordfors, Innovation Journalism Program Leader at Stanford and also Commissioner of TCI for Innovation Journalism.