Proposed timing a

nd draft programme

Indicative Timing: 16 to 20 February 2009

Place: Nice/Sophia-Antipolis/Aix-en-Provence region of France

Indicative timetable

Day 1_16 February 2009:

Travel from Ankara – Nice, France

Day 2 _ 17 February 2009

Meetings in Sophia-Antipolis with various organisations to be selected from the following list:

Existing R&D/Innovation Cluster, e.g. “Securing Communicating Solutions”; “Natural Risks”; or “PASS”;

Innovation and economic development stakeholders, e.g. “CASA” (Communaute of Agglomeration Sophia-Antipolis”; General Council of the Department (local authorities);

University and Research Centre supporting cluster activities, e.g. INRIA; Geosciences

;

Regional Agency for Investment Promotion (“Team cote d’Azur);

Companies involved in clustering activities including a visit to a cluster champion, e.g. “Orange Lab”; “Thales alenia space”; “Galderama”; “Acri”.

Day 3_18 February 2009

Meetin

gs in Sophia-Antipolis with various organisations to be selected from the following list:

Existing R&D/Innovation Cluster, e.g. “Securing Communicating Solutions”; “Natural Risks”; or “PASS”;

Innovation and economic development stakeholders, e.g. “CASA” (Communaute of Agglomeration Sophia-Antipolis”; General Council of the Department (local authorities);

University and Rese

arch Centre supporting cluster activities, e.g. INRIA; Geosciences;

Region

al Agency for Investment Promotion (“Team cote d’Azur);

Companies involved in clustering activities including a visit to a cluster champion, e.g. “Orange Lab”; “Thales alenia space”; “Galderama”; “Acri”.

Day 3 will involve meeting those companies/organisation that were not visited on Day 2.

Day 4_19 February 2009:

The Study Group will visit the Meyre

uil incubator and Marseille regional stakeholders will be invited to participate in discussions with the group. N.B The Meyreuil incubator was selected for the visit of the French Minister of Economy (Christine Lagarde) to innovation companies.

During the day, visits will be made to a number of organisations to be selected from the following list:

Existing R&D/Innova

tion clusters, e.g. “Photonics”; “Ca

p Energies”;

Innovation and economic development stakeholders, e.g. Regional Council; CA pays d’Aix; Marseille metropole; local authorities;

Universities and Research Centres supporting cluster activities, e.g. University Mediterranee; University Provence; “Ifremer”; “Critt chimie”; “Mediterranee Technologie”;

Incubator “Meyreuil”;

Companies involved in clustering activities including a visit to a cluster champion, e.g. “Comex”; “Eurocopter”; “ST Microelectronics”; “CEA cadarache”; “Gemalto”; “Immunogen”.

Day 5_20 February 2009:

Travel back from Nice, France to duty station in Ankara.

Expected Outcomes:

Second international study tour under TG13 completed.

1. Network relations established with relevant organisations

2. Know-how transfer on cluster management/cluster development provided.

3. Practical implementation cases are experienced.