Luxembourg event

Luxembourg Event, 30 - 31 October 2003

Innovation Clusters: A Learning Process towards the Knowledge Society -
A Facilitated Cluster Establishment Process for Innovation Projects of the Action Line

" NEW APPROACHES TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER"

A 3-STEP START-UP PROCESS:

STEP 1 :
Change and Improvement Workshop (CIW) in Luxembourg, 30th and 31st of October, 2003
(Please register for Luxembourg at www.eucluster.net)

* Start-up - First gathering and exchange between new and running projects

* Opportunities to meet the Project Officers

* Practical and conceptual introduction to the collaborative process and tools

* The Innovation Community at www.eucluster.net

* Scenarios on opportunities for co-operation

* Key factors for successful clustering

The process is designed to give Innovation Projects the opportunity to explore, analyse and make choices on the possible modalities of cluster activities. This process is organised around two main events based on the CIW approach (Change and Improvement Workshops), connected through facilitated activities in the transition period.
The central objective is to support Innovation Projects (IPs) and their partnerships in establishing a collaboration cluster within the framework of the virtual innovation platform of the action line.
The role of the LIFESTYLE Accompanying Measure (AM) is to support and facilitate this participatory and collaborative process, introducing scenario-techniques and other valid methods, based on the experience and outcomes of work performed so far with the IPs.
The process is supported by the LIFESTYLE AM on-line clustering tool and Innovation Community on www.eucluster.net