Clusters Meet Regions Heilbronn

9–10 Apr 2025 | Heilbronn, Germany

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Wednesday, 9 April 2025 | 09:30 - 11:00

1st Morning Plenary Session

Format:In-personLocation:Handwerkskammer Heibronn-Franken

09.30-10.00 Welcoming Remarks

Master of Ceremony: Teodora Jilkova, VERITAS Cluster,  ECCP team member

·       Welcome to Heilbronn, Dr.  Patrick Dufour, Managing Director of  Regional development agency Heilbronn

·       Welcome to Chamber of Crafts Heilbronn-Franconia, Ralf Schnörr, Managing Director of Chamber of Crafts Heilbronn-Franconia

·       Welcome statement from Carolina Pedrosa Ferreira, Policy Officer, DG Grow, European Commission

·       Welcome and Strategic keynote statement from the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, Dr. Patrick Rapp, State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of the State of Baden-Württemberg

10.00-10.20 “Heilbronn-Franconia: An Innovation Hotspot in the Heart of Baden-Württemberg", Bernhard Feßler, Managing Director of Wirtschaftsregion Heilbronn-Franken GmbH

10.20-10.40 Setting the scene

Introduction to the regional cluster ecosystem of Heilbronn – Presentation of the ECCP input paper on Heilbronn

Jan-Philipp Kramer, Head of EU Services, Prognos, ECCP Team Member

10.40-11.00 Tränsformation is our DNA - Leading the Chänce

Patrick Dufour,Managing Director of Regional development agency Heilbronn

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Session location Handwerkskammer Heibronn-Franken