At this conference, speakers from France, Australia, Israel and other countries will present their experiences of how to strengthen and support networks, clusters, consortia and value-chains in traditional and non-traditional sectors, with specific emphasis on climate innovation. Organisations and individuals from all sides of the Knowledge Triangle (business, education and research), as well as other interested stakeholders are invited to participate at the event and contribute to the discussions.

Agenda

14h00-14h15 Registration

14h15-14h30 Welcome

• Frances Lanitou, Head of the Economic Diplomacy Unit on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Niko Christodoulides

• Costas Hadjipanayiotou, Director of the Department of Environment on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Dr Costa Kadis

14h30-16h00 Speaker Presentations

• Kirsten Dunlop – Climate-KIC’s overall vision

• Meir Dardashti – Innovation Ecosystem Development; Lessons from Israel and New Zealand

• Christopher Lee – Setting up a cleantech ecosystem in Australia

• Anna Nagamine – How the Okinawa stakeholders came together to focus on innovation

• Kyriacos Kokkinos – Innovating Cyprus; the way forward

• Christina Karapataki – Cyprus – A Cleantech Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub

16h00-17h30 Round Table Discussion

During this section the audience will be given the opportunity to ask the speakers questions.

Moderator: Thanh-Tam Le, Climate-KIC SAS, Managing Director

17h30-19h00 Cocktail Reception