COMPETE final conference – London, 5 June 2007 05-06-2007 Introduction The final Compete event will be held in London at the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office from the 4th till the 5th June 2007. The event will draw
together the major findings generated by the network. The conference is titled
'Competitive European Cities: What Messages for the UK?'.
Description
Phil Woolas MP, Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion will
provide the keynote speech outlining the UK's policy for competitive cities.
Presentations from European partners will follow. The conference will be chaired
by Professor Michael Parkinson.
The COMPETE project is a dynamic European network of Cities and City-Regions
established in order to share experience and raise the profile of major regional
cities to enable them to fulfil their performance as drivers of urban
renaissance and economic competitiveness. The conference will offer delegates
the opportunity to hear final recommendations from this 2 year project, direct
from the key partners in the project, Barcelona, Dortmund, Helsinki, Munich,
Rotterdam, Lyon and Sheffield.
Phil Woolas, MP, Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion will
provide the keynote speech outlining the UK's policy for competitive Cities.
This will be followed by a series of presentations from our European Partners
who will present the key findings and policy recommendations across a range of
economic indicators including creative industries, human capital, innovation,
clusters, connectivity and networks of competitiveness. The conference will be
chaired by Professor Michael Parkinson CBE, Director of the European Institute
for Urban Affairs at Liverpool John Moores University.
The timing of this conference is critical in shaping future policies of
Cities and City Regions and provides the opportunity to debate the policy
implications with senior officials from local and central government, the EU
commission, universities, other European cities, the media, think tanks and
research institutions.
Programme Location
London, United Kingdom
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