‘Collaborative networks’ are today recognised globally as an important instrument for promoting industrial development, innovation, competitiveness and growth’

The Department of Enterprise Trade & Investment (DETI), Economic Development Forum (EDF) and Invest NI (INI) in association with Cluster Facilitators Forum, held the International Collaborative Networks Conference, on Thursday 26th May 2005, in the Olympic Conference Suite of the Holiday Inn, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast.

Who attended ?
Business people
Policymakers
Consultants

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Speakers Presentations

The speakers' Powerpoint presentations are now available for download. Please note that copyright is retained by the respecitves owners and any reproduction or use without their permission is prohibited.

Competitiveness Through Clustering / Collaborative Networks (Adobe Acrobat format)	Prof. Michael J. Enright University of Hong Kong & Enright Scott & Associates
Business Competitiveness: The Seafood Industry, A Regional Example	Reza Zadeh Yorkshire Forward
Collaborative Networks From Concept to Implementation	Martin Cronin Forfás
N.I. Perspective on Cluster Development / Collaborative Networks	Victor Jordan Invest Northern Ireland
Profit Through Collaboration IT Quarter	Dermot McDermott & Niall O'Somachain IT Quarter
Virtual Entreprise Networks: A Practical Approach to Help Companies Collaborate	Ken Thompson Redburn Consulting
Environmental Cluster: Early Results and Lessons Learned	Des Durkan AllClear Environmental
New Emerging Technology Cluster: Early Results and Lessons Learned	Felix O'Callaghan OSS

 

For further information about the conference or collaborative networking contact:

Linda Jamison
Centre for Competitiveness
The Innovation Centre
Queen's Road
Belfast
BT3 9DT
T: +44 (0)28 9073 7952
F: +44 (0)28 9073 7951
E: linda.jamison@cforc.org
W: www.cforc.org