Lyon 2006

In front of the Chamber of Commerce, Lyon

A very successful conference in Lyon is over. During one week over 400 cluster practitioners met in Lyon to discuss on Governance, Business Involvement, Evaluation methodologies and many other hot topics.

Faced with the globalization of markets, the economies of the most advanced countries must thoroughly reconsider their economic and industrial policies. The United States, Japan and Western Europe must face up to new challenges.

The cluster tours of this year's conference in Lyon have already taken shape. We have selected among the existing clusters and pole de competitivité some of the most interesting experiences for you. We hope you will be able to make your choice.

The hosting city is Lyon-France:
The second-largest city in France, Lyon is a major gateway between Northern and Southern Europe, close to the Alps yet in immediate contact via high speed train to Paris and Brussels. With a history dating back to the Roman era (43 B.C.) the city provides all the features of a modern capital with a human touch and quality of life.

Presentations of Stream F - Challenges for Competitiveness

We would like to ask for your help in evaluating the conference – it will only take you few moments and will provide us with important information to improve future conferences. Thank you!

Report from session H4: At the 9th Annual Conference of The Competitiveness Institute stakeholders involved in cluster-based competitiveness initiatives in Africa participated in a session to address the following questions:

"Nosce te ipsum", know yourself. This is one of the core messages contained in the interview with Prof. Becattini on clusters and regional development policies presented at TCI's last annual conference in Lyon 2006. In this occasion, in fact, the participants had the priviledge to see a video with the father of the "industrial districts" concept recorded just some weeks before in Florence, Italy, by Emiliano Duch, member of the Board of Advisors.