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TCI Newsletter February 2005

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Word of the President

We just spent a couple of days with the host of our next annual conference, the Institute of the University of Hong Kong. The conference is taking place in Hong Kong on November, 9-11, preceded by two days of cluster visits. We agreed on the further outline of the conference program - trying to present as much knowledge about the Chinese economy, combined with insights into other Asian countries, but without neglecting more traditional TCI topics.

A first flyer will be published soon and we plan to go on-line within the next month with more detailed information on the program, location and how to register.

Best regards,

Alec Hansen
Participate in the Global Cluster Initiative Survey 2005

The Global Cluster Initiative Survey 2005 will investigate the situation of cluster initiatives all over the world. Cluster initiatives are welcome to sign up for participation.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/408
Second year of Turin conference on developing clusters

UNIDO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are organizing a second course on SME cluster development from 18 to 29 April 2005. Like last year the course will take place at the ILO International Training Centre in Turin, Italy.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/409
Andean Competitiveness Program (PAC) launches new website

PAC, the Andean Competitiveness Program has launched its new website http://www.caf.com/pac. It contains some of the latest news, success stories and interviews on competitiveness issues of the five Andean countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/411
Agreement marks development of metal cluster Oman

On January 17th, Oman signed a long-term agreement with an United Arab Emirates based business group to set up the nation’s first iron and steel plant. The agreement marks a new era of industrial growth and the start of a metal cluster in Sohar, north west of Oman's capital Muscat. The UAE business group will set up one of the most modern iron and steel plants in a project totalling 750 million USD.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/412
TCI conference 2006

TCI has already received several inquiries regarding the annual conference in 2006, which by tradition will take place in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/396
The Second Innovation Journalism Conference

Following the success of last year's conference, Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL) in cooperation with VINNOVA, the Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems, is pleased to call for papers and invite participants to The Second Innovation Journalism Conference at Stanford University on April, 4 - 6 2005.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/414
OECD International Conference on City Competitiveness

An International Conference on City Competitiveness conference aimed at government leaders, policy makers and practitioners will take place on 3-4 March, Tenerife, Spain.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/415
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