25th May 2021
10:00 - 10:15 Welcome:
- Opening word (Izabela Banaś, Deputy Director, Department of Analyses and Strategies, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development)
10:15 - 11:00 Cluster Benchmarking 2020 Survey Results:
- Presentation of the report - key conclusions and recommendations by Maciej Piotrowski PhD (Innoreg) and Michał Thlon PhD (Cracow University of Economics)
11:00 - 11:30 Best practices #1:
- Innovation, Technology & Cooperation with expert commentary by Magdalena Marciniak-Piotrowska (Innoreg)
- 11:00 Functioning of ThinkTank groups by Witold Pycior (Eastern Automotive Alliance)
- 11:10 Systematic support for digital transformation processes by Łukasz Górecki (Silesia Automotive & Advanced Manufacturing)
11:30 - 13:00 Discussion panel:
- Perspectives for Polish and global clusters - trends, challenges, opportunities and threats according to the results of Cluster Benchmarking 2020 Survey with moderation by Maciej Piotrowski PhD (Innoreg)
- Panellists:
- Marta Mackiewicz PhD (Department of Innovation and Industrial Policy, Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology; Warsaw School of Economics)
- Monika Antonowicz (PARP)
- Arkadiusz Kowalski PhD (Professor at Warsaw School of Economics)
- Krzysztof Krystowski (President of the Management Board, Polish Cluster Employers' Association; President of the Management Board, Silesian Aviation Cluster)
- Przemysław Wojdyła (Vice-President of the Management Board, Association of the West Pomeranian Chemical Cluster "Green Chemistry"
- Marzena Strok-Sadło (Lublin Medicine (Member of the Management Board, Lublin Medicine Cluster; Head of the Department of Economic Ecosystems and Business Infrastructure, Lublin City Hall)
13:00 - 13:30 Best practices #2:
- Cooperation, Education & Science with expert commentary (by Magdalena Marciniak-Piotrowska (Innoreg)
- 13:00 Barometer of the business cycle indicators by Sebastian Rynkiewicz (Metal Processing Cluster) & Mariusz Citkowski (University of Białystok)
- 13:10 Sectoral Competence Council for Chemical Sector by Przemysław Wojdyła (Association West Pomeranian Chemical Cluster "Green Chemistry")
13:30 - 13:45 Wrap-up:
- Expert commentary, matchmaking invitation, 2nd-day program announcements.
13:45 - 14:15 Pitching session
14:15 - 17:00 Matchmaking
26th May 2021
09:30 - 10:00 Welcome and an Opening Word:
- Welcome by PARP (Michał Polański, PARP)
- Opening Word by Innovation Norway (Tore Lasse By, Innovation Norway)
10:00 - 12:20 Expert insights & best practices:
- 10:00 - 10:20 Expert insight #1: Norwegian Innovation Clusters (Espen Warland, Innovation Norway)
- 10:20 - 10:40 Expert insight #2: Clusters & decarbonisation of the industry: the Upper Austrian Way (Christoph Matthias Reiss-Schmidt, Business Upper Austria)
- 10:40 - 10:55 Best practice #1: Academy of Recycling (Katarzyna Błachowicz, Cluster of Waste Management and Recycling)
- 10:55 - 11:10 Best practice #2: Lublin Medicine Cluster StartUpLab (Marzena Strok-Sadło, Lublin Medicine – Medical & Wellness Cluster)
- 11:10 - 11:30 Expert insight #3: Horizon Europe - research and innovation funding program until 2027 (Magdalena Głogowska, The National Centre for Research and Development)
- 11:30 - 11:45 Best practice #3: The Life Science Cluster – from startups to export industry (Hanne Mette Dyrlie Kristensen, Life Science Cluster)
- 11:45 - 12:00 Best practice #4: Development of "Zero residues of pesticides" technology (Robert Sikora & Hanka Sobczyńska, Polish Nature Cluster)
- 12:00 - 12:10 Best practice #5: Potential for Polish-Norwegian Cooperation in Green Energies (Egil Aanestad, Norwegian Energy Solutions)
- 12:10 - 12:30 Expert insight #4: Cluster internationalisation: a cause to increase competitiveness? (Marian Gorynia, Poznan University of Economics and Business)
12:30 - 13:45 Keynote lecture:
- Clusters as an engine for post-pandemic growth: what can cluster organizations do? (Christian Ketels, Harvard Business School, Professor Michael E. Porter’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness).
14:00 - 17:00 Matchmaking
