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Monday, October 8, 2007
8am - 4pm
Registration
9am - 5pm

Clusters Tours – Portland and Seattle, WA Seattle*
*Seattle cluster tours are available only to those traveling through Seattle on their way to the conference in Portland. Seattle tours are available on Monday only, after which attendees will continue to Portland. We've arranged free bus transportation from Seattle to Portland (arriving at approximately 10pm). Please contact us if you would like to take advantage of this opportunity. Otherwise, Seattle tour attendees are on their own getting to Portland.
6pm - 8pm
Networking Reception at Portland City Hall

 

Tuesday, October 9, 2007
8am - 4pm
Registration
9am - 5pm
Clusters Tours
Portland, OR
Portland Only
Academic Summit
at Portland State University
Clusters 101
Workshop
5pm - 7pm
Town Hall at Portland State University
 Portland State University

 

Wednesday, October 10, 2007
8am - 4pm
Registration
7:30am - 8Am
Continental Breakfast
8AM - 10:30AM
Opening Ceremonies—Keynote Address "Smart Cities"
Joe Cortright, Impressa Consulting; Carol Coletta, CEO's for Cities;
Riz Khaliq, IBM; Harry Feuerstein, Siemens One
10:45AM - 12PM
12PM - 1:30PM
Lunch—"From Closed to Open" Speaker Bob Sutor
1:30PM - 3PM
3PM - 3:30PM
Afternoon Break
3:30PM - 5PM

Salmonpeople Performance at
the Portland Center for the Performing Arts		 Sponsored by

 

Thursday, October 11, 2007
8am - 4pm
Registration
7:30am - 8Am
Continental Breakfast
8AM - 10:00AM
Keynote Address "Creating a talent-rich region"
AnnaLee Saxenian, University of California, Berkeley; Randall Kempner, Council on Competitiveness
10:15AM - 12PM
12PM - 1:30PM
Lunch—"Sustainability is only half the answer, we need regeneration" Speaker Carol Sanford
1:30PM - 3PM
3PM - 3:30PM
Afternoon Break
3:30PM - 5PM
6pm - 12Am
Gala Dinner at Portland Art Museum Ballroom

 

Friday, October 12, 2007
7:30am - 8AM
Continental Breakfast
9:30am - 10:20pm
Presentation of Green Book on Cluster Evaluation Methodology
10:20am - 11:10am
The Future of Competitiveness
Antoni Subira, University of Navarra; Stuart Rosenfeld, RTS, Inc.;
Michael Enright, University of Hong Kong
11:25am - 12:15pm
Closing Plenary Session "TCI at 10: Past, Present and Future"
Emiliano Duch, COMPETITIVENESS; Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, Cluster Navigators Ltd;
Dr. Alec Hansen, Economic Competitiveness Group, Inc.; Larks Eklund, VINNOVA