Welcome! Development and Usage of Innovative The Gothenburg Ministerial Conference: Towards a Knowledge Society – The Nordic Experience European Commission Parallel Session Three Development and Usage of Innovative Clusters in the Knowledge Society Introductory Part Chair: Colin WOLFE Welcome! DG Regional Policy ERDF
Development and Usage of Innovative Clusters in the Knowledge Society – Introductory Part European Commission 09:00 – 09:10 Chair: Colin WOLFE, European Commission, DG Regional Policy Introduction 09:10 – 09:30 Keynote Speaker: László GYUROVSZKY, Minister for Construction and Regional Development of Slovakia Innovative clusters in the development of the Information Society 09:30 – 09:50 Per ERIKSSON, Director General of Vinnova, Sweden Innovation and growth by partly public funded cooperative and Triple Helix based R&D 09:50 – 10:10 Helmut WIEDENHOFER, Head of the Department for Research Planning, Technology Consulting and Project Management, Joanneum Research, Austria NANONET – Styria – The Styrian Network on Nanotechnology 10:10 – 10:30 Teet JAGOMÄGI, Chairman, Regio Ltd, Member of Tartu City Council, Estonia Clustering companies in Old an New Europe: model to make Europe globally competitive? 10:30 – 10:50 COFFEE BREAK DG Regional Policy ERDF