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Thematics

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own"

Benjamin Disraeli

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."

Anatole France

"Imagination is more important than knowledge"

Albert Einstein

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm"

Ralf Waldo Emerson

"Be the change You would see in the world"

Mahatma Gandhi

EPROCA workshop for members in IZMIR

22-24 June 2009

Just before the EPROCA-ESBAS Cluster Conference

 

Keeping up the promises and plans of the 2nd EPROCA General Assembly in Vuokatti meant a hectic spring 2009.

The increasing activities ever since have clearly illustrated how committed we all are to our shared goals, and how eager we EPROCA members are to participate even more in innovative joint activities.

To wrap up with the very many interesting actions that have been accelerated and to set up our minds towards the future, it was time to sit down together.

Monday June 22: 10.00 – 19.00

Get together - Cluster and Sightseeing Tours in Izmir

At the morning reception with Mayor Hakan Tartan

Tuesday June 23: 10.00 –

Future firm foundation for EPROCA - Hotel Inkim, Cesme

What, why and how we build the evolvement

  • Why Proclusters differ from other cluster facilitators / Leena Zittling
  • Sustainable social capital / Neil Reid
  • A dialogue approach to competitiveness/ Lars Eklund

Wednesday June 24: 09.00 – 16:00…

Inspiring instruments - Hotel Inkim, Cesme

Do we have enough innovative tools in order to break up the old patterns

  • The impact and strength of organizational symbolism / Sakri Viklund
  • EPROCA’s future projects:
    • CleanAir – SkyPro = Case Micropolis: Clean Air – healthy air / Jukka Teräs
    • Turkey = Cases: Food, Aviation, Yacht, Cyprus / Vedat Kunt

Closing lecture

Counterproductive stress ↔ Productive clusters / Ferhan G. Sağın (M.D., Ph.D.)

Professor of Biochemistry at Ege University Medical Faculty,and in a variety of Boards including International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), Ege University Faculty Association and Turkish Biochemistry Association, her main interest areas include oxidant stress and related diseases, biological psychiatry, mind-body medicine and medical education.

EPROCA workshop wrap up

Heikki Kotilainen and Lars Eklund

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This workshop was free of charge for all EPROCA members.