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Program

The Glasgow conference day to day program.

Wednesday 4th October

Registration
8.00 - 9.00

Welcome and Introduction
9.00 - 9.20 Welcome Mr Robert Crawford, CEO, Scottish Enterprise
9.20 - 9.40 Conference objectives and structure, Mr Emiliano Duch

Session 1 Drivers of Economic Change and Competitiveness Three Views of the Future
9.40 - 9.45 Chair sets the scene
9.45 - 10.15 Changing economies: Prof Jo Konvitz, OECD
10.15 - 10.45 Impact of E-commerce and Telecoms: Mr Bob Downes, British Telecom
10.45 - 11.15 Globalisation of Production Systems: Mr Luis Guia, Sony
11.15 - 11.45 Coffee Break
11.50 - 13.00 Workgroup Discussion with set questions
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

Session 2 Impact of Drivers of Change on Clusters: A New Paradigm-
14.00 - 14.05 Chair sets scene
14.05 - 14.35 Prof Charles Sabel, Columbia University
14.35 - 15.05 Mr Phil Cooke, University of Cardiff
15.05 - 15.35 Mr Ted Egan, ICF
15.35 - 16.20 Input from floor and Panel Discussion
16.20 - 16.35 Coffee
16.35 - 17.45 Workgroup Discussion with set questions
17.45 - 18.00 Summary of day
20.00 Dinner at Burrell Collection

Thursday 5th October

Session 3 Response of Private Sector: Technology and Corporate Strategies
9.00 - 9.05 Chair sets scene
9.05 - 9.35 Mr Steve Brady, British Telecom
9.35 - 10.05 Mr Chris van der Kuyl, Scottish Computer Games ntrepreneur
10.05 - 10.35 Mr John Mearns, Cisco Systems
10.35 - 11.00 Coffee
11.00 - 12.00 Workgroup Discussion with set questions
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 13.45 Video input from Mr Michael E. Porter and Prof Giacomo Becattini

Session 4 Response of Public Sector
13.45 - 14.00 Overview and Introduction Mr Frederic Richard, UNIDO
14.00 - 14.50 Case Studies :
Ms Heather Sim, Scottish Enterprise (25 minutes)
Mr Stefan Salej, Fiemg, Brazil (25 minutes)
14.50 - 15.20 Differing Public Sector Responses / Pointers for the Future Prof Michael Enright, University of Hong Kong
15.20 - 15.40 Coffee
15.40 - 16.10 Prof Stuart Rosenfeld, Role of Education and Training
15.10 - 16.40 Mr Brian Catts, University of Arizona, Role of Universities
16.40 - 17.10 Work Group Discussion with set questions
17.10 - 18.00 Debate on Findings of Conference for Cluster Policy
19.30 Dinner

Friday 6th October
9.30 TCI General Assembly
9.30 - 9.35 Chair sets scene
9.35 - 11.00 Report Back Session
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee
11.30 - 11.50 Prof Hubert Schmitz, Institute of Development Studies
11.50 - 12.10 Mr Emiliano Duch, The Competitiveness Institute
12.10 - 12.25 Next Year Conference Presentation, Mr Bob Breault
12.25 - 12.30 Minister Antoni Subira, President of TCI Board of Advisors welcomes and introduces Mr Nicol Stephen
12.30 - 12.45 Mr Nicol Stephen, Scottish Executive Minister
12.25 -13.00 Mr Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, Summary and Farewell on behalf of TCI
13.00 End