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.

A collection of papers, presentations and other files of the Ottawa 2004 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!

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The Historical Fairmont Chateau Laurier has been chosen as the venue for our conference.

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

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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.

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