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"CLUSTERS: Meeting the challenge of globalisation"
Cape Town, South Africa. 29-31 October 2008


We are very much looking forward to welcoming you to Cape Town. The local team leaded by TCI Director, Nigel Gwynne-Evans has a fabulous itinerary lined up: a one-week programme beginning with cluster tours, the best chance to learn from 4 succesful cluster initiatives in hig-tech, agri-processing, manufacturing & engineering and creative industries; the Clusters 101 course, a half-day introduction to clusters by cluster experts; the regional approach to competitiveness with regional sessions on India, Latin-America and PACF-Pan African Competitiveness Forum; and the Academic Summit that this year will run for two days alongside the main programme. We already have over 70 speakers from 23 countries participating including many well known and highly respected specialists involved in clusters and economic development. And of course, the social functions will be guaranteed to provide a wonderful African and Cape-Townian experience. Don't miss this great opportunity to join us at TCI 2008 to share ideas, build alliances and explore the latest trends and best-practices on competitiveness and innovation.
All the information on the conference website TCI 2008 Annual Conference

Developing Desert Directions: Rethinking the Future
Alice Springs-Australia, 3–6 November 2008

Deadline for submissions: 15 October 2008.
TCI is in the process of selecting candidate institutions or organizations to host the 4CLAC - 4th TCI Latin American Cluster Conference, the 2009 Regional Latin American Conference of TCI. The 4CLAC will support the reinforcement of TCI network in Latin America by promoting closer ties among cluster practitioners in the region as well as by facilitating an open exchange of experiences, results and methodologies.

20-21 October 2008, Leipzig, Central Germany
The German Cluster Conference on October 20-21 can be regarded as a nationwide introduction to the TCI Global Conference 2009, also taking place in Leipzig. The two-day gathering of expected 500 participants is the first German event under the patronage of The Competitiveness Institute (TCI) and is hosted by the Industrial Initiative for Central Germany (IICG). Examining various cluster processes in Germany, both, from a practitioner’s and scientist’s point of view, the program aims to portray the benefits of cluster processes. It goes without saying that, thereby, the host hopes to transfer knowledge, intensify social networks and push forward cluster excellence in Germany.

TCI Secretariat has moved from Technology Park Valles to 22@Innovation District in Barcelona. New address