Wednesday, 26 March 2025 | 09:25 - 11:15
1st Day Morning Plenary Sessions
09.25-09.30 Welcome by moderator, Simone van Trier
09:30-09.35 Introduction to Cluster Meet Regions, Teodora Jilkova, ECCP
09.35-10.00 Opening Session. Connection. Leading. Entrepreneurial. Scoring. Enjoying. Historical. That´s Brabant at its best.
Opening by Irena Banaszynska, Representative of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union responsible for the Council WP on Industry, Space, Technical Harmonisation
Opening interview with the CMRs organisers and the European Commission – “Welcome to Noord-Brabant”
Paul van Nunen, Managing Director, Brainport Development
Sander Groenen, Managing Director, AgriFood Capital
Jakub Boratynski, Director for Networks & Governance at Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Moderated by Simone van Trier
10.00-10.15 Presentation of the Input Paper, Jan-Philipp Kramer, Head of EU-Services at Prognos AG / TEAM ECCP
10.15-10.35 Keynote “Regional economic development and the role of clusters in regional innovation ecosystems”, Koenraad Debackere, Executive Director, KU Leuven Research & Development / Vice Chairman, Leuven Mindgate
10:35-10.55 Keynote “Operating in a regional innovation ecosystem”
Joost van Hees, Vice President Global Government Affairs, ASML
10.55-11.15 Keynote “Brabant, nursery of strong triple helix collaborations for competitiveness”, Martijn van Gruijthuijsen, Regional Minister in charge of Economy and Innovation, Province of Noord-Brabant
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