Presentation of the clusters to be visited at Mercure Lourdes Hotel

Belo Horizonte and metropolitan area Cluster tours

• Fashion Industry
• Biotechnology
• Civil Construction
• Information Technology

More visits to companies of the clusters

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Presentation of the Tourism cluster in Ouro Preto - Convention Center of UFOP (Federal University of Ouro Preto)
Francisco de Assis Gonzaga da Silva - Secretary for Culture and Tourism of Ouro Preto

Visit to the Ouro Preto cluster - previously selected itineraries

Kick off session
Alberto Pezzi - President of TCI Network;
Carlos Alberto dos Santos - Technical Director of SEBRAE (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies);
Afonso Maria Rocha - Superintendent Director of SEBRAE-MG (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies division Minas Gerais);
Sérgio Augusto Lourenço - Superintendent of Business Development of FIEMG/IEL (Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais/Euvaldo Lodi Institute);
Marco Antônio Rodrigues da Cunha - Undersecretary for Industry, Commerce and Services of SEDE (Secretariat for Economic Development of the State of Minas Gerais);
Francisco de Assis Gonzaga da Silva - Secretary for Culture and Tourism of Ouro Preto

TCI - The Competitiveness Institute presentation
Patricia Valdenebro - General Manager of TCI Network - Spain

REDLAC (Latin American Cluster Network) presentation
Jaime Echeverri - Vice-president of Planning and Development of Medelin Chamber - Colombia and TCI Director

SEBRAE (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies)
About 6th CLAC - Lina Volpini - Manager of the Market Access and International Affairs Unit of SEBRAE-MG (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies division Minas Gerais)

Lecture: Clusters as engines to competitiveness - Clusters and companies origins and dynamics
Alberto Pezzi - President of TCI Network and Manager of Analysis and Planning of the Centre for Industrial Prospective of the Department of Industry and Employment of the Government of Catalonia - Spain

Lecture: The challenge of innovating in the Brazilian context
Carlos Arruda - Professor of Innovation and Competitiveness and Coordinator of the Innovation Center of the FDC (Fundação Dom Cabral) - Brazil

Concert of the Ouro Preto Orchestra at Saint Francis of Assisi Church

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Official opening
Heloísa Menezes – Secretary for Production Development of MDIC (Ministry for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade);
Luiz Barretto - President Director of SEBRAE (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies);
Roberto Simões - President of the Deliberative Council of SEBRAE (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies);
Lázaro Luiz Gonzaga - President of SEBRAE-MG (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies division Minas Gerais);
Olavo Machado Júnior - President of FIEMG (Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais);
Matheus Carvalho - President of BDMG (Development Bank of the State of Minas Gerais);
Antonio Anastasia – Governor of the State of Minas Gerais, herein represented by Dorothea Weneck – Secretary of State for Economic Development;
Manuel Pacheco - Representative of IDB (Inter-American Development Bank); Ângelo Oswaldo - Mayor of the City of Ouro Preto;
Alberto Pezzi - President of TCI Network

Panel: The role of clusters in regional development - Brazilian perspective
Heloísa Menezes – Secretary for Production Development of MDIC (Ministry for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade);
Carlos Alberto dos Santos - Technical Director of SEBRAE (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies);
Renato Caporali – Head of Office of the President of CNI (National Confederation of Industry)
Moderator: Matheus Carvalho - President of BDMG (Development Bank of the State of Minas Gerais) - Brazil

Panel: Clustering for Competing
Christian Ketels - Harvard Business School Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness - USA and TCI Director
Moderator: Carlos Arruda - Professor of Innovation and Competitiveness and Coordinator of the Innovation Center of the FDC (Fundação Dom Cabral) - Brazil

Matchmaking session – time for meetings between partipants of the event who have complementary cooperation interests

Panel: Knowledge management within clusters
Albert Solé and Lluís Ramis - Spain
Carla Batista - Brazil
Luis Gonzalo Moreno - Colombia
Moderator: Carlos Tarrasón - Spain

Simultaneous workshop sessions with the presentation of success cases on the following topics:
Sustainability and Social Responsibility
Miguel Castrejón - Mexico
Eric Font - Fundação Vale - Brazil
Marisa S. R. Resende and Breno A. de Paula - FIEMG (Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais) - Brazil
Luiz Márcio Haddad Pereira Santos - SEBRAE-MG (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies division Minas Gerais) - Brazil
Moderator: Amit Kapoor - Institute for Competitiveness - India and TCI Director
Professional management within clusters
Manuel Montoya Ortega - Mexico
Jaime Echeverri - Colombia
María Pierrestegui - Argentina
Moderator: Emiliano Duch - President of Competitiveness - Spain
Regional Development Policies
Alonso Ramos Vaca and Oliver Torres Garcia - Mexico
Claudia da Cunha Tcachman - Colombia
Alejandro Naclerio - Argentina
Nayara Montandon - Brazil
Moderator: Gabriel Casaburi - Private Sector Senior Specialist of the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) - USA

Panel: Public Policies to Support Cluster Initiatives
Cases:
Catalonia, Spain - Joan Miquel Hernández - Director of the Centre for Industrial Prospective of the Department of Industry and Employment of the Government of Catalonia - Spain;
Colombia - Marco Llínas Vargas - Vice-president of the Competitiveness Private Council;
France - Véronique Barry - Director of innovation and cluster policy - Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry;
Brazil - Afonso Maria Rocha - Superintendent Director of SEBRAE-MG (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies division Minas Gerais)
Moderator: Jaime Echeverri - Vice-president of Planning and Development of Medelin Chamber - Colombia and TCI Director

Wrap-up session
Alonso Ramos Vaca - Coordinator of REDLAC (Latin American Cluster Network) - Mexico;
Marcos Fava Neves - Professor of USP (São Paulo University) - Brazil

Panel: Clusters as innovation systems
Madeline Smith - Head of Innovation at EKOS - UK Moderator: Alberto Portugal - FDC (Fundação Dom Cabral) - Brazil

Panel: Generating Value along the Productive Chain
Cases:
Petrobras - José Airton de Lacerda Martins - General Manager of the Operational Unit at Campos Basin - Petrobras;
Renato Regazzi – Manager of the Industrial Development Area of SEBRAE-RJ (Brazilian Support Agency for Micro and Small Companies - division Rio de Janeiro)
Embraer - Anderson de Sá - Supervisor of Suppliers' Development and Projects of New Technologies, New Suppliers and Training of EMBRAER National Base; Marcelo Nunes - Coordinator of the PLA's Program of CECOMPI (Center for Competitiveness and Innovation in the São Paulo State East Cone Region)
Moderator: Christian Ketels - Harvard Business School Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness - USA and TCI Director

Panel: Cooperation Networks
Guillermo Salvatierra - Argentina
Juan Pablo Zanlungo - Chile
Vera Lopes - Brazil
Julián Casas - Spain
Moderator: Rosiléia Milagres - Professor and Researcher of Strategy and Innovation of the FDC (Fundação Dom Cabral) - Brazil

Forum for exchanging ideas
José Henrique Martins - Brazil
Edison Charavara - Brazil
Marcelo Dini Oliveira - Brazil
Omar Giacoman Alborta - Mexico
Moderator: Lluís Ramis - Founding partner of Cluster Development

Hot Topics
Interactive session on "hot topics" in Clustering. Identify your hot topic and discuss with other participants!
Moderator: Eric Hansen - President and Founder of the Economic Transformations Group - USA

Simultaneous workshop sessions with the presentation of success cases on the following topics:
Benchmarking
Helmut Kergel - Germany Ilsiane Peloso and Sonia de Almeida - Brazil
Carlos Brando - Brazil
Moderator: Alejandro Ferrari - Uruguay
Internationalization
Carlos Tarrasón - Spain
Claudio Wagner - Brazil
José Domingos Adriano - Brazil
Fernando Marquez - Argentina
Moderator: Carlo Pietrobelli - Economist of the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) - USA
Innovation
Núria Rodriguez - Spain
Encarnació Avilés - Spain
Claudia da Cunha Tcachman - Colombia
Verónica Montoya Blua - Peru
Moderator: Ênio Pinto - Manager of the Innovation and Technology Access Unit of SEBRAE (Brazilian Support Agency for Micro and Small Companies) - Brazil

Panel: Funding for Clusters and Productive Chain in Latin America and Brazil
Manuel Pacheco - Representative of IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) - USA
Marco Aurélio B. de Almada Abreu – CEO of BANCOOB (Brasil Cooperative Bank) - Brazil
Matheus Carvalho - President of BDMG (Development Bank of the State of Minas Gerais) - Brazil
Moira Paz-Estenssoro - Representative Director of CAF (Latin American Development Bank) in Brazil - Brazil
Octávio de Lazari Júnior - Director of the Department for Loans and Financing of Bradesco Bank (Financial Institution) - Brazil
Moderator: Carlos Alberto dos Santos - Technical Director of SEBRAE (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies) - Brazil

Wrap-up session
Marcos Fava Neves - Professor of USP (São Paulo University) - Brazil;
Alonso Ramos Vaca - Coordinator of REDLAC (Latin American Cluster Network) - Mexico

Panel: Trends for Clustering
Elisabeth Waelbroeck Rocha - Vice-president of BIPE - France and TCI Director

The Cluster Excellence Initiative of the European Competitiveness and Innovation Program
Emiliano Duch - President of Competitiveness - Spain

European Support for Industrial Innovation Through Clusters and Outlook for International Cluster Cooperation in the European Commission
José Elias de Freitas - Representative of the European Comission - Belgium

Panel: Main challenges and the solutions for competitiveness, innovation and the sustainable development of Latin America
Alonso Ramos Vaca - Coordinator of REDLAC (Latin American Cluster Network) - Mexico;
Marcos Fava Neves - Professor of USP (São Paulo University) - Brazil;
Manuel Pacheco - Representative of IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) - USA;
Carlos Alberto dos Santos - Technical Director of SEBRAE (Brazilian Support Agency to Micro and Small Companies) - Brazil;
José Elias de Freitas - Representative of the European Comission - Belgium

Signature of the Cluster Cooperation Agenda
Heloísa Menezes – Secretary for Production Development of MDIC (Ministry for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade);
Emiliano Duch - Coordinator of the Cluster Excellence European Initiative - Spain