Global Competitiveness Conference in Portland

Portland, Oregon is the site for the 2007 TCI Global Competitiveness Conference; jointly hosted by the states of Oregon and Washington, and the city of Portland. The theme for 2007 is "Collaboration, Innovation and Sustainability." The five-day event begins October 8 with cluster tours planned for both Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The Academic Summit and "Introduction to Clusters" program is October 9, with additional cluster tours in Portland, and the opening plenary session is Wednesday, October 10.

Five breakout tracks are scheduled:
• Innovation
• Rural Cluster Development
• Sustainability & Collaboration
• Global Promise
• Cluster Implementation

Egils Milbergs will facilitate a panel discussion Thursday, October 11 on “Competitiveness Indices.”

How can you measure your region's competitiveness? What should you measure? The results of several efforts to inventory the qualities of cities and states in the U.S. and regions in Russian will be presented. Includes a presentation of "City Vitals," "Russian Regional Competitiveness Survey and Index" and "State Innovation Index." Scheduled presenters are:

Facilitator: Egils Milbergs
Alexi Prazdnitchnykh
Vinod Jain
Joe Cortright
Dr. Amit Kapoor

Link to conference site: http://clusters2007.com/index.html