1. FROM #TCI2012 TO #TCI2013 …
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TCI Network Annual Global Conference
Kolding, Denmark, 4th September 2013
… & BEYOND

2. #TCI2012 Context: Transformation
•Industrial
Restructuring
•Response to
economic
crisis
•Investment in
key STI
infrastructure
1980s
•Clusters
•Focus on
efficiency-driven
competitiveness
•Proactive policy
to improve
business
environment
1990s
•Innovation
•Evolution of
cluster policy
•Foundations
of smart
specialisation
strategy
2000s
What were the main
outcomes / messages?

3. 1. Place Matters
History & culture
Local demand
Cluster portfolio
All places are different:
approaches to cluster
development &
competitiveness must
be tailored
Policy competences & legacy

4. 2. People Matter
Cluster pioneers
Leadership
Talent attraction
Whether it be private-sector
leaders, skilled workers,
inspiring policy-makers or
cluster managers, the main
drivers of competitiveness
processes are always people
Civil entrepreneurs

5. 3. Constantly question
?
The world never stops moving and so
becoming and remaining competitive
requires continual transformation …
which in turn requires constant
questioning
… why and how we
are doing it …
Analyse what we do …
Evaluate, however
difficult it is …
… it is the route to learning,
improving & staying one step ahead

6. The #TCI effect: Legacy
In the Basque Country, since #TCI2012 transformation has continued
… and continues
Hosting the TCI conference was an important step for us and has
generated both learning and on-going desire to learn …
… within Orkestra and the Basque Government
… within and among Basque clusters
… within the academic and consulting communities
The ‘every encounter
equation’ makes for a great
conference, both now and
beyond #TCI2013

7. TCI Network Annual Global Conference
Kolding, Denmark, 5th September 2013
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