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TCI 2008 Cape Town, 11th TCI Annual Global Conference

"CLUSTERS: Meeting the challenge of globalisation" Cape Town, South Africa. 29-31 October 2008 Cape Town welcomed TCIs with open arms. The local team headed by TCI Director, Nigel Gwynne-Evans lined up a fabulous itinerary: a one-week programme beginning with cluster tours, the best chance to learn from 5 successful cluster initiatives in hig-tech, agri-processing, manufacturing, engineering, creative industries and services; 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 ran for two days alongside the main programme. 54 countries were represented and there were presentations from more than 70 speakers, including many well known and highly respected specialists involved in clusters and economic development. And of course, the social functions provided a wonderful African and Cape-Town experience that none of us will forget.

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