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Academic Summit

The Academic Summit will be co-chaired by TCI Board of Advisors President Dr. Antoní Subirà from IESE, Spain and Dr. Jerôme Doutriaux, from the University of Ottawa, Canada. Sixteen Academic Presentations in four sessions will be held on September 28 in the conference facilities under the theme of International and Canadian Research on Innovation, Clusters and Competitiveness by Universities, Scientific Research and Development Institutes, Economic Development Institutes and Agencies, Governments and other Institutions.

Morning Breakout Session 1

• The Role of Industry and Place in Clustering: An Australian Study - Pamela McRae-Williams, University of Ballarat, Australia
• Synergies Between Educational Clusters and ICT Clusters - Dr. Trish Brimblecombe, Whitieira Polytechnic, NZ

Morning Breakout Session 2

• Path Dependence and Discontinuities in Cluster Development - Dr. David Wolfe, University of Toronto, Canada
• Using foresight analysis to avoid static clusters (french) - Dr. Elisabeth Waelbroeck-Rocha, CEO, BIPE, France
• Current Cluster Development Research in Quebec - Dr. Réjean Landry, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
• Cluster Models in Santa Catarina State, Brazil - Dr. Joao Zaleski, University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Afternoon Breakout Session 1

• How Benchmarking Can Lever Cluster Competitiveness - Dr. Philip Cooke, Cardiff University, UK
• International Best Practices for Creating and Growing Clusters, National Research Council of Canada - Dr. André Potworowski, Associate Director of R&D, Centre For Research in Biopharmaceuticals; Adjunct Professor, School of Management, University of Ottawa
• Leadership and clusters: The applicability of existing leadership theories to the concept of clusters - Anja Cotic-Svetina, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Afternoon Breakout Session 2

• Entrepreneurship and Cluster Development - Dr. Jerôme Doutriaux, University of Ottawa, Canada
• Attitudes, Culture and Cluster Development - Tyler Chamberlin, School of Management, University of Ottawa
• How Innovative is Switzerland? - Patrick Dümmler, ETH Zürich, Switzerland