Final
Conference
Tate Modern, London
Monday 11th December 2006
Agenda and presentations:
Morning session
09.30 Registration and coffee
10.00 Why a European network?
Martin Large, Chief Executive, GLE
10.15 Question time
Tony Travers, Director, London Group, London School of Economics
Question time panel of city managers from
Amsterdam, Hamburg, London, Milan and Prague, and the European
Commission:
• Amsterdam: Daniël Roos, General Manager, Campus
Nieuw West
• Hamburg: Walter Leal, Tutech Innovation
• London: Tony Medawar, Interim Director of Strategy
& Corporate Planning, London Development Agency
• Milan: Fabio Terragni, President, Milano Metropoli
• Prague: Marek Gajdos, NROS (Civil Society Development
Foundation)
• European Commission: Wioletta Dunin-Majewska, Regional
Manager, European Commission Representation in the UK
11.45 Guided tours of Tate Modern Gallery
and lunch
Afternoon session
13.00 The UK Government response
John Healey MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury
13.30 Parallel working groups
Each working group featured presentations of three case studies,
followed by three mini-sessions to road-test the LNet manual
• Working
group 1: Promoting social entrepreneurship
Chair: Amanda Brandellero, GLE
Case studies presented:
• Greenwich Leisure Limited (London) - 
Mark
Sesnan (7MB)
• Hidden Arts (London) -
Dieneke
Ferguson (2.5MB)
• Resource Center for Social Enterprise “CRIS”
(Milan) - Fabio Terragni |
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• Working
group 2: Stimulating innovation in small businesses
located in deprived areas
Chair: Rupert Waters, GLE
Case studies presented:
• The Innovatory (London) -
Neil
Barklem (370KB)
• Channel Hamburg (Hamburg) - Walter Leal
• Kinetisch Noord (Amsterdam) -
Eva
de Klerk (19MB) |
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• Working
group 3: Promoting entrepreneurship among disadvantaged
groups and young people
Chair: Jennette Arnold, London Assembly Member and London
member of the Committee of the Regions
Case studies presented:
• The Urban Project (London) - Liam Hickey
• (V)MBO business school (Amsterdam) - Dick Middelhoek
• People in Need (Prague) -
Jan
Líska (840KB)
• Create your own job (Amsterdam) -
Frans
Heesels (1.5MB) |
16.00 Coffee
16.30 Wrap-up session
17.00 Close
Photos
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