| Innovation Track |
Day/Time |
Session |
Speaker |
Wednesday, Oct 10
10:45 am–12 pm |
Incubating Innovation
How can regional governments seed cluster development? Learn how the states of Oregon, Washington and Rhode Island each initiated very different programs to foster innovation for future economic growth. |
Marc Baldwin |
Wednesday, Oct 10
1:30–3 pm |
Culinary Tourism
Does your region attract visitors? Do they need to eat? This is the simple premise of an Oregon innovation that works nearly anywhere in the world—the Culinary Tourism Cluster—a method of developing and marketing a new kind of visitor attraction: unique and memorable food and drink experiences. The founder of the International Culinary Tourism Association, the organizer of the successful "Oregon Bounty" program and a cluster organizer from Napa Valley, California, will present.
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Facilitator: Yves Guyon
Eric Wolf
Ted Lyman
Holly Macfee |
Wednesday, Oct 10
3:30–5 pm |
Consumers, Culture and Clusters—The Role of Place
How do place, community and consumer tastes create the environment that stimulates the formation and growth of industry clusters? When does consumer demand trump other inputs in fostering clusters? |
Joe Cortright
Heike Mayer
Gordon Feller |
Thursday, Oct 11
10:15 am–12 pm |
User-driven Innovation
User-driven innovation methods can realize innovation potential by focussing on the true involvement of end-users, either as consumers/citizens or as business professionals or firms. New competencies—including creative, design, business and marketing skills—provide for a stronger match between output and consumers' needs. Small-to-medium enterprises might better be served by investing in user-dirven innovation, rather than high-risk R & D. |
Pernilla Rydmark
Emily Wise
Jorgen Rosted
Anika Sällström
Leo Frishberg |
Thursday, Oct 11
1:30–3 pm |
The Innovation Communication System
Clusters and innovation ecosystems are attention economies. There are a lot of ideas, but attention is scarce. Media and communicators are "attention workers," generating and trading public attention. They are key players in the "innovation communication system," a new central concept in clustering and competitiveness. |
David Nordfors
Melissa Harris-Thirsk
Jan Sandred
Amir Jahangir
Eric Eldon |
Thursday, Oct 11
3:30 pm–5 pm |
Bridging the Digital Divide
Information infrastructure—computers, high-speed and wireless internet access and the software to capture and use data—along with the skill needed to use technology is a critical factor in the economic potential of an individual, family, community, business, industry or cluster. How are governments, non-profits and technology companies engaged in the effort to bridge the "digital divide" between the technological haves and have-nots? What is working and what are the lessons learned? |
Tim Dubel |
