Inspiring Clusters in the Beginning of the New Decade

TCI European regional conference in 2011 will focus on how to improve the Cluster policies both on European, national and regional level and how to achieve excellence in cluster management.

16. veebruaril toimus Tallinna vanalinnas TLÜ Ajaloo Instituudi majas lõimumisalane valimisdebatt, kus oma nägemusi Eesti lõimumise järgneva viie aasta suurimatest väljakutsest ja nende lahendustest ning sellest kuhu integratsiooniprotsess peaks välja viima, esitasid seitsme erakonna esindajad: Igor Gräzin (Reformierakond), Evelyn Sepp (Keskerakond), Indrek Raudne (Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit), Urve Palo (Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond), Marek Strandberg (Eestimaa Rohelised), Mati Väärtnõu (Rahvaliit), Dmitri Mihhailov (Vene Erakond Eestis). Debatti modereeris ajakirjanik Sven Paulus ja üritust korraldas Balti Uuringute Instituut koostöös TLÜ Rahvusvaheliste ja Sotsiaaluuringute Instituudiga.

30-31 March 2011, Tallinn

TCI European regional conference Inspiring Clusters in the Beginning of the New Decade will focus on how to improve the Cluster policies both on European, national and regional level and how to achieve excellence in cluster management.

Create your own Agenda!

In addition to the main programme of the conference, set up in classical conference setting, the conference will also provide opportunities to participants to define their own agenda of the conference based on so called Open Space Technology, which describes part of the conference without keynote speakers, no pre-announced schedules of workshops, no panel discussions, etc. Participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance.

The participants themselves organize each session, people may freely decide which session they want to attend, and may switch to another one at any time. Open Space is highly organized, but it is also chaotic, productive and fun. No one is in control. A whirlwind of activity is guided from within by a handful of simple Open Space principles.The most basic principle is that everyone who comes to an Open Space conference must be passionate about the topic and willing to take some responsibility for creating things out of that passion.