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CRIC at the University of Ballarat hosted a Cluster Conference covering a range of critically important themes.
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CRIC Cluster Conference 2005
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Welcome Reception & Registration 29/6/05
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6:30 - 7.30 pm
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Registration (Portico Restaurant &Wine Bar)
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7:00 - 8.30 pm
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Welcome reception
Portico Restaurant &Wine Bar
203 Dana Street, Ballarat
Free transport to cocktail venue departs Ballarat Lodge at 6:30 pm with stops at other hotels listed on the registration form.
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Seminar Day 30/6/05
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8:30 am
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Registration (Ballarat Lodge)
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9:00 am
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Welcome by Julian Lowe, Director of CRIC
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Address by Prof. Wayne Robinson, University of Ballarat |
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9:30 am
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Keynote address - Dr Stuart Rosenfeld
“Clusters in the Creative Economy”
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10:30 am
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Morning Tea
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11:00 am
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Panel session 1 – Cluster Policy
Chair: Julian Lowe
Panel members:
Terry Dyson, IIRD
Richard Walker, Principal Shire Consults, NSW
Gerrie Carr-MacFie, CHACC
George Fong, cBallarat (City of Ballarat)
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12:00 noon
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Paper session 1 – Cluster Measurement Benchmarking
Chair: Pamela McRae-Williams
Erin Cassidy - Measuring the National Research Council’s Technology Cluster Initiatives
Patricia Rowe - Cluster Measurement and Benchmarking – A recent Welsh Approach
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1:00 pm
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Lunch
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2:00 pm
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Panel session 2 – Clustering Tools
Chair: Trish Brimblecombe
Panel members:
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams, Cluster Navigators Australia
Stan Jeffrey, Ballarat Technology Park
Tracy Scott-Rimington, CREDC
Tony O’Malley, Outlook Management
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3:00 pm
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Afternoon Tea
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3.30 pm
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Paper session 2 – Cluster Mapping Attraction
Chair: Jerry Courvisanos
Tim Mazzarol - Mapping Industry Clusters in the Digital Economy – Using Cluster Analysis to Identify Emerging Industries
Mark Frost - Preliminary analysis on the development of a cluster within the mining and engineering sector in the Orange, Cabonne, and Blayney region
Martin Perry - All that clusters is not gold: Evidence from the New Zealand Forest Products Industry
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5:00 pm
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Close
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Dinner 30/6/05
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7:00 pm
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Pre-dinner drinks
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7:30 pm
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Dinner - Ballarat Lodge
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Workshop (morning) & Colloquium (afternoon) Day
Workshop 1/7/05 – Dr Stuart Rosenfeld
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9:00 am
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Workshop
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This workshop ties into Dr Rosenfeld’s keynote speech, addressing strategic, economic, training, and creative cluster issues in the global economy.
1) How do you begin to analyse and understand clusters/clustering?
2) How do you know if you've got a cluster/if the participants are clustering?
3) How would you encourage/upgrade a cluster?
4) What are the strategies/actions required to support a cluster/clustering?
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10:30 am
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Morning tea
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11:00 am
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Workshop (continued)
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12:30 pm
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Workshop Close/ Lunch
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Colloquium 1/7/05
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1:30 pm
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Concurrent Paper sessions:
Paper session 3A – Clusters & Regional Development
Chair: Debora Campbell
Mark Wickham - Regional Economic Development: Exploring the ‘Role of Government’ in Porter’s Industrial Cluster Theory
Cecily Mason - Can Knowledge Management Save Regional Development?
Patrice Braun - Small Business Clustering: Accessing Knowledge through Local Networks
Anand Kulkarni - Clusters and Competitive Advantage – The Victorian Experience
Paper session 3B – Cluster Development/Facilitation
Chair: Helen Thompson
Trish Brimblecombe - Helping small companies with a light hand: Strategies for tertiary education institutions
Tracy Scott-Rimington - Far North Queensland - Managing a multi cluster portfolio to build regional competitiveness
Alice Langford - BrisIndustry Cluster Program
Kate Sutcliff - The Savannah Way. Visitor Information Centre Cluster
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3:00 pm
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Afternoon tea
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3:30 pm
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Concurrent Paper sessions:
Paper session 4A – SMEs & Clusters/Virtual Clustering
Chair: Patrice Braun
Robert MacGregor - The Role of Small Business Clusters in Prioritising Barriers to E-commerce Adoption: A Study of Swedish Regional SMEs
John van Beveren - ICT in Clusters can lead to participation and real returns – An anecdote
Michelle Rowe - Small and Medium Enterprises Clustering and Collaborative Commerce – a social issues perspective
Helen Thompson - Using cluster theory as the lens through which the results of government funded online service initiatives can be examined
Paper session 4B – Cluster Strategies/Beyond Clusters
Chair: Pamela McRae Williams
Patricia Rowe - Biotechnology Cluster Development Factors and Implications for Policy
Tony O’Malley - Collaboration and Clusters: Sustaining Efficiency and Effectiveness
Andrew McDougall - The Spatial Expression of Complex Linkages in the Machinery Equipment Manufacturing Cluster in Southeast Melbourne
Deidre Giblin - Measuring relationships within a fine art cluster under conditions of dislocation
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5:00 pm
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Close
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