PLATO ACADEMY September 29th, 2010

PROGRAMME 09.00:  Welcome 09.15:  Introduction workshops ‘Current Economic Tendencies’ by Prof. Dr. Koen Schoors, Universiteit Gent 10.00:  Strategic Importance of current economic tendencies on SME Management  by biaan Van Vrekhem - Accord Group Belgium 10.30: Business cases on: Demography (Accord Group Belgium - Fabiaan Van Vrekhem), Green economy (CBR - Philippe Haegeman) BRIC & globalisation (Ahlers - Bart Gruyaert) Crisis in the financial system (Ghent University - Prof. Dr. Koen Schoors) ICT (Nascom, Jo Martens) Information & communication technology (Nascom - Jo Martens) 12.00: Lunch Welcome (welcome + practicalities). As the master of ceremony today. Tomorrow this will be my colleague Arne. Welcome to the first PLATO Academy session. Warm welcome to you coming from many places all over te world. We have PLATO guests from UK, Ireland, South-Africa, Egypt, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and Serbia. Many of you travelling a long time to come here. Our PLATO team appreciates and is very gratefull for that. Thank you! It is a first session, we’re dreaming to have this organised next year in another PLATO guest country. But this is something that the coordinators will discuss tomorrow. This brings me to the programme, that I would like to present to you as some changes occurred. First some practicalities: local transport/catering/company visits/hotel. Programme. So, let the ceremony begin and I would like to remind you of one PLATO ground rule: the more you offer, the more you get!

Programme 13.00 Workshops 15.00: Break 15.30: Conclusion Demography, yellow room BRIC & globalisation, blue room Crisis in the financial system, purple room Green economy, red room ICT, green room 15.00: Break   15.30: Conclusion                      16.15: Bus to Ghent 17.00: Guidance tour through Port of Ghent 20.00: Dinner at Castelnou 21.30: Transfer to Hotel

Programme 07.30 Pick-up at hotel and departure to to VIB 08.30 Presentation Flandersbio 08.50 Presentation VIB 09.10 Presentation Cropdesign 09.30 Departure Electrabel 10.15 Arrival Electrabel Herdersbrug 10.45 Presentation + Guided tour 12.00 Departure to Zebrastraat 12.45 Arrival at Zebrastraat / Lunch

Programme 13.00 B2B Meetings (there will a shuttle bus every hour to the hotel) 17.00 Departure to hotel 17.30 Arrival at hotel 18.30 Departure to ICC 19.00 Start PLATO 20 20.45 Networkreception + walking dinner 21.45 Departure to hotel 22.00 Arrival at hotel

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