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Track 8: Models and Metrics to Assess and Evaluate Cluster

High Performing Clusters or Clumps:

Wednesday, 29th of September, 15:30 - 17:30
Mini-forums Session A

• Clusters and Competitiveness Foundation - Dr. Christian Ketels and Dr. Antoni Subirà (USA, Spain)
• Clumps or Clusters: Approaches to Building Social Capital - Ifor Ffowcs-Williams (Clusternavigators, New Zealand)
• Life Cylces of Clusters: Opportunity and Risk; Innovation and Knowledge Transfer Issues - Trefor Munn-Venn (Principal Associate, The Conference Board of Canada)

Benchmarking vs. Analytical Models:

Thursday, 30 of September, 9:00 -11:00
Mini-forums Session B

• Benchmarking International Best Practices in High Performing Clusters - Dr. Philip Cooke
• Analytical Models to Assess Clusters: Benchmarks and Spider Diagrams for Cluster Comparisons - Dr. Roger Voyer (Consultant), Graham Sibthorpe (Consultant)
• Analytical Measures to Assess and Evaluate Clusters - Dr. David Wolfe, Professor, University of Toronto, CEO ISRN

Foresighting and Trends in Clusters:

Thursday, 30 of September, 13:30 - 17.00
Mini-forums Session C

• Clusters and Convergence: Thinking Ahead Through S&T Foresight - Jack Smith (Corporate Policy & Planning Analyst, Corporate Services, NRC)
• Foresight, Futures & Visions - Geoffrey Woodling (Managing Director, Business Futures Network, London)
• Michael Hollingshead (Facing the Future.com)
• Dr. Rejean Landry (Faculty of Management, Laval University, Canada)
• Professor J. Andre Potworowski (University of Ottawa)