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The Competitiveness Institute Newsletter, Oct 26, 2005
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Enter the Dragon: China's Emergence and Competitiveness
TCI's annual Conference in Hong Kong
See the conference website to find more information and to
register for the conference and the hotel.
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A word from the president
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We are fast approaching our 8th Annual Conference in Hong Kong on
November, 8-11! "Enter the Dragon: China's Emergence and
International Competitiveness." So make a quick decision and
register online at the conference website:
www.tciconference8.org. One of the Cluster Tours is already fully
booked, so make sure you get a place for the tour to Guangzhou or
to one of the Hong Kong Cluster Tours!

We strongly recommend you to also book your hotel as soon as
possible as this is a very busy time in Hong Kong and airlines
and hotels are already filling up. The conference host has
arranged special prices for you at the conference hotel
Shangri-La. For more information please see the website of the
conference.

This will also be my last newsletter, as the baton passes to Lars
Eklund at the conference. Serving as president has been a great
honor and privilege. In this position, I've been in a unique
position to learn more about clusters, but probably most about
the value of meaningful dialogue in a wider competitiveness
context. I think TCI is in a good position to serve as a platform
for such dialogues, and in my new capacity as VP for the
Americas, I will focus on enhancing TCI's role in that region.
Alec Hansen Top of page
EU conference on renewable energy research

The EU conference on renewable energy research aims to present
the important role that renewable energy research plays in Europe
and enhance awareness on the opportunities ahead among the
stakeholders. It is organised by the European Commission.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/693

World Bank report "Competitiveness Partnerships"
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Benjamin Herzberg and Andrew Wright recently published a report
for the World Bank on public-private dialogue. It is titled
"Competitiveness Partnerships: Building and Maintaining
Public-Private Dialogue to Improve the Investment Climate - A
Resource Drawn from the Review of 40 Countries' Experiences".
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/697

Mateja Dermastia from Slovenian Ministry to Private Sector
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TCI Executive Committee member Mateja Dermastia recently left the
Slovenian government to join the private sector. For the past
three years she held a position as State Secretary in the
Ministry of Industry and Economy.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/701

Annual Conference 2007 - Expression of Interest
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The Competitiveness Institute is issuing a "Call for Expression
of Interest" for the organization of its 10th Annual Conference
to be held in 2007. Proposals from within the Americas region
will be particularly welcome although outstanding applications
from other regions are invited.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/213

7th annual Baltic Development Forum Summit
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The Baltic Sea Initiative just finished it's 7th annual Baltic
Development Forum Summit in Stockholm on October 16-18. More than
500 prominent CEO's, prime ministers, mayors, and academic
experts met in Stockholm in order to discuss how innovation and
competitiveness can help secure future growth and prosperity in
the Baltic Sea Region. The summit was co-organised with VINNOVA
and hosted by the City of Stockholm and the Swedish government
with Nordea as official Summit Partner.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/705

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