This Symposium has become an international benchmark for debate on models for urban clusters and technology parks in the knowledge economy. This year it will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday 16 June at the Barcelona Fairgrounds Congress Hall, as part of HiT Barcelona.

Richard Florida, one of the most prestigious intellectuals in the world, best-selling author of “The Rise of Creative Class” and “Who’s Your City?” and director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, will give the inaugural conference, entitled “Cities for Excellence”.

Other participants in the symposium will include vice-president of the International Association of Science Parks, Joan Bellavista, and president of The Competitiveness Institute, Alberto Pezzi, who will each moderate a round table on how to achieve a better connection between urban clusters and science parks. To close the symposium, Dr. Tea Petrin, president of the European Cluster Policy Group and former minister of Economy for Slovenia, will give a conference entitled “Clusters and parks for excellence”.
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AGENDA:
15:30-16:30 h:  Inauguration by Richard Florida: “Cities for Excellence”.
17:00-17:45 h: Round table: Urban clusters for excellence “How can we achieve a better connection between urban clusters and science parks?”
     Moderator: Alberto Pezzi, president of The Competitiveness Institute (TCI)
     •    Klaus Haasis, CEO of MFG Baden Wüttenberg.
    •   Carlos Álvarez Voullieme, member of the TCI Board of Directors, former executive vice-president of CORFO.
    •    Amit Kapoor, honorary president of TCI (India) and professor of Industrial Strategy and Economy at the Gurgaon Management Development Institute (India).

18:00-18:45 h:  Round table: Science parks for excellence. “How can we achieve a better connection between urban clusters and science parks?”
    Moderator: Joan Bellavista, vice-president of the International Association of Science Parks.
    •    Lex de Lange, founder and CEO of the Zernike Group.
    •    Malcom Parry, CEO of the Surrey Research Park.
    •    Raivo Tamkivi, counselor of the Tallinn Technology Park TEHNOPOL (Estonia).

19:00-19:30 h: Closing: “Clusters and parks for excellence”, by Dr. Tea Petrin, president of the European Clusters Policy Group and former minister of Economy for Slovenia.

19:30-20:00 h: Networking cocktail


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4th Symposium on Urban Clusters and Parks Technical Secretariat - TMC:
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