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New Ways to Competitiveness 2010

Presentations of the conference New Ways to Competitiveness - from European Cooperation to Local Actions held on May 10-12 in Tartu, Estonia.

NB! All presentations are available under the link of the presentation name in .pdf.

May 11th

Plenary Session

Mr. Siim Valmar Kiisler, Estonian Minister of Regional Development - Welcome Speech
Mr. Erwin Siweris, Deputy Programme Director of Interreg IVC Joint Technical Secretariat - Interregional Cooperation Paves Way to Competitiveness
Mr. Margus Sarapuu, Chancellor of Estonian Ministry of Justice - Reducing Administrative Burden for Businesses
Mr. Toomas Noorem, Director of Tartu Science Park - European Co-operation for Regional Competitiveness – Experiences from Tartu Science Park
Mr. Pier Paolo Falco, Ancitel Sardegna, Italy - Developing One Stop Shops for Entrepreneurs. Conclusions from ICHNOS PLUS Project
Mrs. Mariona Sanz, ACC1Ó, Spain - Innovation for Welfare
Mr. Brian Callanan, Shannon Development, Ireland - New Ways of Competitiveness in Energy Sector

Parallel Sessions

Session 1: Innovation and Change: A Network of One-stop shops for Enterprises

The Toolkit for implementation of the Regional competence center in the regions prepared by ICHNOS Plus project.

Mr. Francesco Ventroni, Responsible for European Territorial Cooperation, Regional Programming Centre of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Italy - Support of the ERDF ROP to the ICHNOS Plus good practices
Mrs. Elisabetta Schirru, Director responsible for General Affairs and Promotion of Industrial Development, Industrial Authority, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Italy - Regional and national perspectives for the upgrading of the One-Stop-Shops
Mr. Petr Pavlinec, Head of ICT department, Regional Authority of the Vysocina Region, Czech Republic - A new eGovernment way of public services in the Czech Republic- How ICHNOS Plus involved ROP of the Vysocina Region
Mr. Carlos Silva Liste, Specialized Information Deputy Director, Galician Institute for Economic Promotion (IGAPE), on behalf of Directorate, General for Planning and Funds (Galician Managing Authority), Spain - Galician programs for supporting entrepreneurship & SME's. Integrated One Stop Shop services
Mr. Ramon Basanta, Supercomputing Center of Galicia, e-Business and Transfer Manager, Spain - Building on good practices to help entrepreneurs and SMEs. Transfer of knowledge and project results
Mrs. Merike Kompus, Vice-Chancellor of Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia - One-stop shop for enterprises - Opportunities of the Single Contact Point
Mr. Mihkel Tikk, Project Manager of Estonian Informatics Centre, Estonia - ICT solution of Point of Single Contact in Estonia
and facts about e-Estonia
Mrs. Beata Wanic, Deputy Director of the Silesian Centre of Information Society, Poland - ICT tools in administration in Silesia for supporting entrepreneurship & SME's
Mrs. Anna Slupina-Swiac, Ruda Slaska Business Incubator, Poland - Implementing good practices and policies in Silesia, Poland
Mr. Lampropoulos Panagiotis, Greece - The Case of One-Stop-Shops in Greece
Mr. Sven Illing, Director of Development, Tartu Science Park, Estonia - Implementing regional one stop shop for entrepreneurs

Session 2: Innovation in Welfare

Mrs. Silvia Corbetta, CESTEC, Italy - Introduction to Food

Mr. Fabrizio Ceciliani, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy - Sharing Molecular Techniques for Food-borne Pathogen Detection
Ms. Darja Matt, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia - Platform for International Collaborative Knowledge on Food Improvement, based on Ecological Resources

Mr. Jan Kubalic, Czech DEX, Czech Republic - Introduction to Work/Safety/Benchmarking

Mrs. Piia Tint, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia - Toolkits for Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Prevention of Work Related Muscoskeletal Disorders based on Collaborative Platform
Mr. Ondrej Leseticky, University of Economic Prague, Czech Republic - Benchmarking of Regional Health and Social Institutions Especially in Rural Areas

Mr. Dick de Jager, North-Brabant Development Agency, Netherlands - Introduction to Rehabilitation

Mr. N. Alberto Borghese, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy - Fitness and Physical Rehabilitation at Home under Expert Planning, Prescription and Control with Assessment to Overcome Barriers in the Deployment of Telemedicine Solutions
Mr. Johan Vlugter, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands - Mechatronics based Rehabilitation at Home

Mr. Herbert Reitmann, Technologie- und Marketinggesellschaft, Austria - Introduction to Telemedicine

Mr. Indrek Sooniste, Tartu City Government, Estonia - Teleassistance Services for Elderly Patients with Dementia Syndrome, Alzheimer, and their Families
Mr. Satish Srirama, Tartu University, Estonia - Home Care Robot for Monitoring and Detection of Critical Situations

Roundtable materials:

Session 3: Energy and Regional Competitiveness

Mr. Juha Kortelainen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland - Awareness Survey and Finnish Case Study
Mr. Pat Stephens, Limerick Clare Energy Agency, Ireland - Energy Consumption Calculation Tool and Shannon Case Study
Mr. Les Duckers, University of Coventry, United Kingdom - Renewable Energy and Coventry Case Study
Ms. Maša Habjan, Celje Regional Development Agency, Slovenia - Slovenian Case Study and Potential for the Cluster Approach
Mr. Lauri Hietaniemi, GreenNet Finland, Finland - Cooperation Between State and Region in Energy Management
Mr. Markku Paananen, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland - Cooperation in Energy Management
Mr. Marek Muiste, Tartu Regional Energy Agency, Estonia - Developing Regional Energy Agencies

Session 4: Knowledge Intensive Services

Programme and presenters of the session - Welcome to KIS session

Videos of the session are available on Europe Innova homepage.

May 12th

Workshop: European Cooperation for Regional Competitiveness, the Way Ahead

Ms. Liina Kirsipuu, Estonian Ministry of the Interior, Estonia - Experiences from Estonian participation in interregional cooperation and how to make it more effective during the next period
Mrs. Ülle Must, Archimedes Foundation, Estonia - Estonian participation in European RTD programmes - the currrent experiences and future challenges
Mr. Maciej Krużewski, Marshal's Office of Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, Poland - The role of Pre-competitive Procurement in raising competitiveness and the context of legal frameworks
Mrs. Agnese Griņeviča, Knowledge and Innovation Society Foundation, Latvia - Baltic IP: Improvement of Commercialization Activities in Research Organizations
Mr. Zach Sorrells, Eureka! Research International, United Kingdom - Your Link to Global Innovation Marketplace