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Seminar at Open Days in Brussels on 9 October 2007

The workshop aims to present generic solutions to promoting innovativeness by engaging cities and decision-makers, as well as academic and business partners, into close cooperation. Partners from the Baltic Sea Region will share practical experiences and best practices concerning cooperation between the region’s engines of growth. Ultimately, the workshop should create awareness of the benefits of metropolitan partnership in promoting innovation environments for the success of the whole region and further contributing to the Lisbon goals. The workshop will thus contribute to a shared learning experience among triple-helix partners – metropolises, entrepreneurs, and universities. Particularly, knowledge exchange with other networks of cities and urban areas will be targeted.

Partners: Baltic Metropoles: Helsinki (lead), Berlin, Copenhagen, Malmö, Oslo, Riga, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vilnius, Warsaw

Date: Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 09:00 – 11:00
Venue: Office of the Land Berlin to the EU, Av. Michel-Ange 71, 1000 Brussels.

Programme:
08:30 Registration

09:00 Welcome and Introduction
Moderator: Mr. Gundars Reders, Correspondent of Latvian National Evening News in Brussels

09:10 Aligning Metropolitan Innovation Strategies for the Common Good of the Baltic Sea Region
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Jussi Pajunen, Lord Mayor of Helsinki

09:20 How to Develop Competitive Innovation Environments through Metropolitan Partnership
Keynote Speakers: Mr. Per Unckel, County Governor of Stockholm and Mrs. Kristina Axén-Ohlin, Mayor of Stockholm

09:40 Insights on Boosting the Development of Transnational Clusters through Metropolitan Partnership

BaltMet Inno Project – Common Ground Created for Transnational Cluster Co-operation in the Baltic Metropolises, Mr. Dr. Helge Neumann, Executive Manager International Cooperation, Wista-Management GmbH, Berlin Adlershof

Developing the Innovation Infrastructures in St. Petersburg
Mr. Mikhail Osejevskyi, Vice Governor of St. Petersburg (TBC)

Integrated Science, Studies and Business Center Development in Lithuania – Cloning the Silicon Valley in Baltic Way? Mr. Andrius Bagdonas, Director of the Science Park Sunrise Valley, Vilnius

10:10 Comments from Academia and Business:

Interregional Strategies to Help Choose a Winning Field of Competence – Developing Division of Work
Mr. Jan Erik Grindheim, Advisor, Oslo Teknopol

Overcoming Challenges in Joint Clustering
Mr Mats Hedenström, Marketing Director, Kista Science City, Stockholm

10:30 Discussion and Questions

10:55 Conclusions and Closing
Moderator: Mr. Gundars Reders, Correspondent of Latvian National Evening News in Brussels

11:00 End of Seminar

11:30 Lunch Reception,  Berlin-Branderburg Business Representation, Squere Ambiorix 13, 1000 Brussels

12:30 End of Event

ue Michel Ange 71

For further seminars arranged by the Baltic Sea Group at Open Days, please refer to Baltic Sea Group.
For more information about Open Days and registration for the seminar, please go to the Open Days website.

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