| Data |
Location |
Activity |
| 2007 |
|
|
February
|
Tanzania
|
Refresher training workshop in Dar es Salaam
|
| March |
Uganda
|
Five day training workshop sponsored by Swedish Aid (Sida/SAREC) in Kampala
|
| March |
Denmark
|
Two cluster training workshops sponsored by Oxford Research, Copenhagen.
|
| March |
Finland |
Cluster training workshop in Jyväskylä and presentations in Lahti and Helsinki.
|
March
|
Switzerland
|
Cluster training workshop in Zurich sponsored by Zurich Canton & Baden-Wurttemberg.
|
| 2006 |
|
|
|
May
|
New Zealand
|
Annual cluster conference, Wellington. Conference theme:
‘Comparing and learning from the development of clusters in NZ and internationally’.
|
| May |
Pakistan
|
The Competitiveness Institute’s first regional conference in Asia, Islamabad.
Training workshop: ‘Practicalities of Cluster Development’.
Plenary speech: ‘Facilitating Dialogue and Harvesting Low Hanging Fruit’ |
|
April
|
Iceland |
Regional seminars, cluster training |
|
April
|
Czech Republic
|
Czech Annual Cluster Conference, Bruno. Plenary contributions to include sessions on ‘International experiences in supporting innovative clusters’ and ‘Responding to Asia’s increasing competitiveness: minimising threats & creating new opportunities’.
One day cluster training workshops for experienced facilitators (in Prague) and new facilitators (Bruno).
Regional seminars in Ostrava, Olomouc and Prague.
|
| |
Finland |
Cluster training workshop, Helsinki |
February
|
Australia
|
Desert Knowledge Australia, Alice Springs. Desert wide video conferences. Business seminar: ‘Teams without Borders’ |
| 2005 |
|
|
January
|
Cambodia
|
Silk cluster roundtable, Phnom Penh. Sponsor: New Zealand Aid
|
January
|
Iceland
|
Launching regional Growth Agendas; Akureyri and Westfjords,
Cluster training workshop at IceTec, Reykjavik
Sponsor: Ministry of Commerce |
April
|
New Zealand |
Annual cluster conference, Wellington
|
| April |
Australia |
Desert Knowledge Australia, Regional cluster workshops: Mount Isa, Kalgoorlie, Alice Springs
Marine cluster workshop, Victoria |
May
|
Bangladesh |
Review of the Bangladesh knitwear cluster. Initial assessment of competitiveness, identifying priorities for development, and outlining a cluster intervention.
Sponsor: IFC/SEDF.
Hot link to project |
|
Norway
|
Regional cluster workshops: Stavanger, Tromsø, Hamar, Lillehammer. Sponsored by Innovation Norway |
June
|
Czech republic
|
Annual cluster conference
Cluster training workshop
Sponsor: CzechInvest Hot link to project |
June
|
Italy
|
OECD, Trento, Italy conference ‘Local Development and Governance in Central, East and South-East Europe’; Chairperson, forum on ‘Financing Local Development’. |
June
|
Finland
|
Cluster training workshop, sponsored by Prodemic with Tekes support |
June
|
New Zealand |
Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology, Graduate Diploma in Economic Development |
June
|
Australia
|
New South Wales Department of State and Regional Development, Sydney : ‘Clusters & Networks: Best Practices’ |
|
June
|
Australia
|
Centre for Regional Innovation &
Competitiveness, University of Ballarat
Cluster Conference. Keynote speaker, Practitioners Panel |
July
|
New Zealand |
Regional workshops: Hamilton, Dunedin, Auckland, Christchurch for New Zealand Trade & Enterprise. |
| August |
Australia |
Desert Knowledge Australia workshops, Alice Springs |
| September |
Australia |
Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia conference: Cluster training workshop |
September
|
East Africa
|
Five day cluster training workshops in Bagamoyo, Tanzania and Jinja, Uganda
Sponsor: Sweden’s aid agency and VINNOVA
Hot link to project |
| September |
New Zealand |
Australia New Zealand Regional Science International Annual Conference, Lord of the Regions conference, Manukau City: ‘Cluster development:
Neither myth nor magic, but core to the regional economic development mix’ |
| October |
USA |
The Competitiveness Institute’s Washington DC Forum |
November
|
Finland
|
Cluster training workshop, sponsored by Prodemic with Tekes support.
Keynote presentation, Finnish Competitiveness Symposium
|
November
|
Hong Kong
|
The Competitiveness Institute’s annual conference.
Pre-conference training workshop |
| November |
Australia |
Desert Knowledge Australia workshops, Alice Springs |
| December |
Malaysia |
Cluster development workshop and briefings in Kuala Lumpur; focus on bumiputra companies. |
