"Competitiveness at the Edge" - The 14th TCI Annual Global Conference was held in Auckland during the week of 28th November.
"Competitiveness, innovation systems and clusters are continuously evolving concepts. To be at the cutting edge of it, Auckland was the place to be this year." Alberto Pezzi, President TCI
Kia Ora - click here for the conference magazine
Keynote presentations
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Dr Xianbin Yao, Director General Asian Development Bank
Download the presentation - PDF
Veiw Xianbin Yao's presentation here
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Video Highlights
A short summary clip of the conference - here. For more videos, click on keynote presentations and interviews with delegates.
Plenary Speakers
Plenary speaker powerpoint presentations are available here.
Workshops
Presentations from all 20 workshop sessions can be viewed on the Workshop page - click here.
Kia Ora newsletters
Each morning, delegates picked up Kia Ora, the daily newsletter which captured tha previous day in photos and previewed the day ahead:
Tues 29th November, Wed 30th November, Thurs 1st Dec, Fri 2nd December
Interviews with delegates
We interviewed some delegates and asked them why the conference and competitiveness is important. Here's what they had to say:
Patricia Valdenebro, TCI, Barcelona
Christian Ketels, Harvard Business School, Stockholm
Bob Breault, Arizona Optics Industry, USA
Aileen Edwards, Wellington City Council, New Zealand
Cecilia Johansson, VINNOVA, Sweden
Alberto Pezzi, Catalonia, Spain
Clyde Rogers, Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development, New Zealand
Pavla Bruskova, Czech National Cluster Association, Czech Republic
Michael Enright, Enright, Scott & Associates, Hong Kong
Linda Jamison, Invest Northern Ireland
Klaus Haasis, MFG, Germany
The TCI 2011 conference was organised by TCI and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED), Auckland's economic growth agency.
The conference steering group was chaired by Tony Caughey and organisations represented included New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Ministry of Economic Development, Auckland Council, University of Auckland Business School, Economic Development Agencies of New Zealand (EDANZ),and Committee for Auckland.
The conference was funded by ATEED and partner New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, sponsors Auckland Council, Ministry of Science and Innovation and KPMG.