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Varese 1999 conference program

The Competitiveness Institute 2nd Annual Conference program: The Challenges of Mature and Emerging Clusters . Ville Ponti, Varese (Italy) 10-11-12 November 1999.

Wednesday, 10 November

9,00 Registration
10,00 Follow-up of cluster visits: update on Italian clusters economic situation (Andrea Balestri, Club dei Distretti, Luis Ramis, Cluster Competitivitŕ and Alberto Pezzi, The Competitiveness Institute)
11,00 Coffee break
11,30 Welcome sessions: introduction to the conference
Emiliano Duch - President The Competitiveness Institute, Barcelona
Paolo Sarti - President Club dei Distretti Industriali, Italy
Marino Vago - President Unione degli Industriale della Provincia di Varese, Italy
Jean-Louis Guigou - Délégué DATAR, France
Michael J. Enright - University of Hong Kong, PRC
12,45 Lunch
14,00 1st Parallel sessions:
16,00 Coffee break
16,30 Report back session and discussion moderated by Ifor Ffowcs-Williams - Cluster Navigators
17,30 Networking / open time
19,30 Dinner at Luvinate Golf Club

Thursday, 11 November

9,00 2nd Parallel sessions
10,30 Coffee break
11,00 3rd Parallel sessions
12,30 Lunch
14,00 4th Parallel sessions
16,00 Coffee break
16,30 Brainstorming on TCI initiatives
20,00 Conference Dinner at Ville Ponti sponsored by Standard & Poors, DRI

Friday, 12 November
9,00 The Competitiveness Institute 1999 General Assembly
10,00 Keynote speaker: Kurt König - European Commission DG XXIII (Enterprise Policy), Brussels
10,45 The Competitiveness Institute millenium conference presentation
11,15 Coffee break
11,45 Keynote speaker: Carl Guardino, President and CEO- Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, San José, USA
12,30 Closing session: Antoni Subirŕ i Claus, Ministry of Industry, Generalitat de Catalunya and President of the Board of Advisors of The Competitiveness Institute, Barcelona
13,00 Closing lunch and TCI Board of Advisors meeting