Largest TCI conference ever

The opening day of the conference was a huge success. Over 500 people attended the opening and open programs of the conference at the brand new Lyon Congress Hall. The Interclusters Forum attracted around 800 cluster practitioners, agencies, policy makers and industry leaders to network in their industry branches with their international counterparts in this sector.

In the opening session Elisabeth Waelbroek-Rocha Director of BIPE moderated a panel discussion on the role of public institutions in cluster initiative. The panel was Lars Eklund President of TCI, Luc Rousseau from the Ministry of Industry, Jean-Jack Queyranne President of Région Rhône-Alpes, Gerard Collomb President of Grand Lyon, and Jean-Paul Mauduy President of Chamber of Commerce of Lyon.

Also Xavier Pont Chief of Cabinet of the Secretary of Industry in Catalonya, Dr Peter Frankenberg Minister of Science and Research in Baden-Württemberg and Tim Hermans Chief of cabinet of the Vice-Minister President and Flemish Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade discussed competitiveness of different European regions.