Ottawa 2004

The 7th Annual Conference of TCI

Lifetime Achievement Awards for Becattini and Rosenfeld

Two special Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented in Ottawa to important personalities in the field of economic development for their contributions to the foundations of cluster based economic growth. Read more

Papers, Presentations and pictures A collection of papers, presentations and other files of the Ottawa 2004 conference. Read more

About the Conference Leading nations, regions and cities are increasingly focused on building innovative clusters for competitiveness, growth and prosperity. Join 400 global experts from business, government, research and academia to discuss leading-edge cluster theory, best practices and lessons learned! Find out more

Registration to the Conference Find all necessary information regarding the different conference options and how to register. Read more

Conference Venue The Historical Fairmont Chateau Laurier has been chosen as the venue for our conference. Read more

Ottawa, Canada's Innovation Capital The conference will take place in in Ottawa, widely lauded as Canada's focal point for advanced technology. Read more

Partners Our principal partners for this conference. Read more

Partnership Opportunities Take a look at these great Partnership opportunities! Learn how

The Baltic Sea Initiative The Baltic Sea Initiative scrutinized by 25 cluster practitioners in our conference in Ottawa! One of our breakoutsessions discussed this initiative in depth guided by Ifor Ffowcs Williams and Kevin Muphy as facilitators and the speakers Lars Eklund, Christian Ketels and Sylvia Schwaag-Serger. Read more

Conference Evaluation A first summary of Conference Evaluations is available and shows an overall very positive feedback. Read more

Key Conclusions from Ottawa Perhaps the conference consensus can distilled into 9 points suggested by Elisabeth Rocha and the expert panel. 1. We are using a common vocabulary thanks to the White Book 2. Clustering is ever more important for SME's 3. Clusters are not just about transferring knowledge 4. Cluster policies are a good framework to bring about change 5. Universities don't make clusters but can be a catalyst 6. Clusters and innovation systems are complementary 7. Cluster policies are best organised at local level 8. The focus of attention has to be context specific 9. Agreement on the success factors of cluster initiatives Details are available in Elisabeth's summary presentations of the white book and the conference. You can also find a selection of Photos taken during the conference on the conference website. Presentations are available for members only in the program part of the website. You will have to login on the main website to access them.