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Closing Conference held in Brussels - Downloads available
Conference "Rethinking Regions - Improving Regional Performance in the Knowledge Society", March 13, 2006 , Brussels
The closing conference of the SPIDER project was held in Brussels on March 13, 2006, under the heading "Rethinking Regions - Improving Regional Performance in the Knowledge Society". The conference was the main dissemination event of the project, as well as an opportunity for experts to discuss the challenges regions face today, and steps regions need to take accordingly.
The conference call is still available here.
A number of presentations from the conference is now available for download:
- Presentation of the project results by the SPIDER team
- The presentation of Dimitri Corpakis (Head of Sector, DG Research)
- The presentation of Patrick Crehan (Kusano&Associates)
- The presentation of Pasi Malinen (Turku School of Economics and Business Administration)
- The presentation of Riel Miller (perido Futures Consulting)
- The presentation of Marie-Anne Delahaut (Destree Institute)
- The presentation of Sabine von Löwis (to be supplied soon)
The SPIDER team would like to thank all speakers and participants of the conference. We hope attending the conference was a good and fruitful experience for you.
About the SPIDER-Project
The
SPIDER project is concerned with increasing regional competitiveness through
futures research methods. It is conducted by three project partners: Turku
School of Economics and Business Administration/Futures Research Centre
(project coordinator, Finland), The
Destree Institute (Wallonia, Belgium) and Z_punkt
GmbH The Foresight Company (Germany).
The SPIDER project is supported by the European Community, in the context of the "Regions of Knowledge" pilot action. The project has started on 1.2.2004 and will continue until 31.1.2006. The project focusses on exploring future potentials of emerging fields of economic activity in the three regions which participate in the project. The participating regions are:
- Etelä-Suomi, Finland,
- Wallonia, Belgium,
- Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Germany.