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Prof. Dr. Philippe Gugler, Chair of Economic and Social Policy and Center for Competitiveness, Department of Economics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland  

Mr. Alain Riedo, Managing Director, Chamber of Commerce Fribourg, Switzerland

ACHIEVING COMPETITIVENESS - WHAT ROLE CAN CLUSTER INITIATIVES PLAY?
Prof. Dr. Christian Ketels, Principal Associate, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A.

Chaired by Prof. Dr. Peter Abplanalp, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Olten

THE FRENCH EXPERIENCE: LESSONS FROM THE "PÔLES DE COMPÉTITIVITÉ" POLICY

GOOD PRACTICE AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN CLUSTER POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM GERMAN REGIONS

FROM LOCAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TO NEW CLUSTERS: THE CASE OF THE NEW REGIONAL LAW IN VENETO REGION

THE UPPER AUSTRIAN PERSPECTIVE ON SUCCESSFUL CLUSTER INITIATIVES - INNOVATION THROUGH COOPERATION

INNOVATION AND CLUSTERS

Chaired by Dr. Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann, Vice-President, North of Portugal’s Regional Coordination and Development Commission; Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Porto

CLUSTER MANAGEMENT AT ICT CLUSTER BERN
Mr. Christoph Beer, Clustermanager, tcbe.ch - ICT Cluster Bern, Switzerland
CLUSTER MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE: THE IMPORTANCE OF ANCHOR INDIVIDUALS, INDUSTRY FOCUS AND BENCHMARKS

Dr. Christian Tidona, Managing Director, Biotech Cluster Rhine-Neckar (BioRN), Heidelberg, Germany

BEYOND SPITZENCLUSTER: MANAGING THE HAMBURG AVIATION CLUSTER IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT
Mr. Rüdiger Hintze-Schomburg, Clustermanager, Hamburg - The Place for Aviation, European Aerospace Cluster Partnership (EACP), Germany
THE DUTCH FLOWER CLUSTER: REGIONAL CHALLENGES OF A GLOBAL PLAYER

Prof. Dr. Pablo Collazzo, Nyenrode Business University, Breukelen, Netherlands

Ambassador Dr. Eric Scheidegger, Deputy Director, Head of the Promotion Activities Directorate, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, Bern, Switzerland 

Chaired by Prof. Dr. Matthias Kiese, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

THE ECONOMICS OF SMART SPECIALISATION

Prof. Dr. Dominique Foray, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 

FIRST ASSESSMENT OF NORTH OF PORTUGAL REGION CLUSTER POLICY

Dr. Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann, Vice-President, North of Portugal’s Regional Coordination and Development Commission; Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Porto

CLUSTER POLICY IN FRIBOURG: DEVELOPMENTS AND NEXT STEPS

Prof. Jacques P. Bersier, Associate Dean, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland // Fribourg – EIA-FR; Head of the Scientific and Technological Center of Fribourg, Switzerland /
Prof. Dr. Philippe Gugler, Chair of Economic and Social Policy and Center for Competitiveness, Department of Economics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Dr. Beat Vonlanthen, State Councillor, Minister of Economic Affairs of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland