Stuttgart Workshop on Benchmarking Thursday, 6602, and Friday, 7602

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Stuttgart Workshop on Benchmarking (Thursday,
6/6/02, and Friday, 7/6/02)

• Peter S. Niess
• Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum

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Stuttgart Benchmarking-WorkshopDraft Programme -
Thursday Morning, 6/6/02

• 0830 Registration
• 0930 Opening Session (Vortragssaal)
• Welcome Address (Dr. Rogg, WRS Stuttgart/Dr.
  Schuster, Mayor of Stuttgart
• Prof. Dimitris Milossis, VERITE Network
• 1000 Innovating Regions Concepts, Projects and
  Results
• Dr. Busch, DG Enterprise, European Commission
  Paper 1
• 1030 Coffee Break
• 1100 Benchmarking Theory, State-of-the-Art,
  Impact on the Economy of the Regions - Paper 2,
  Key Note Speaker 1, Paper 3 and 4
• 1230 Lunch Break

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Stuttgart Benchmarking-WorkshopDraft Programme -
Thursday Afternoon, 6/6/02

• 1400 Afternoon Session (Vortragssal) Benchma
  rking Best Practices of the Regions
  (Vortragssaal)
• Paper 5 Prof. Milossis, Paper 6 and 7
• 1530 Coffee Break
• 1600 Workshop Sessions
• Workshop A (Vortragssaal) Internal Company
  Benchmarking
• Chairperson A - Paper 8 and 9
• Workshop B (Raum Karlsruhe) External Company
  Benchmarking
• Chairperson B - Paper 10 and 11
• Workshop C (Raum Mannheim) Benchmarking of
  Communities and Regions Chairperson C - Paper 12
  and 13
• 1800 End of Workshop Sessions
• (1900 Dinner Reception)

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Stuttgart Benchmarking WorkshopDraft Programm -
Friday Morning 7/6/02

• 0900 Morning Session (Vortragssaal) The
  Future of Benchmarking Trends and New Concepts
• Key Note Speaker 3 Paper 14
• 0945 Coffee Break
• 0930 Workshop Sessions
• Workshop D (Vortragssaal) One-to-one Company
  Benchmarking
• Chairperson D - Paper 15 and 16
• Workshop E (Raum Karlsruhe) IT Platform for
  Company Benchmarking Chairperson E - Paper 17
  and 18
• Workshop F (Raum Mannheim) Benchmarking of
  Administrations
• Chairperson F - Paper 19 and 20
• 1200 Lunch Break
• 1300 Feedback from the Workshops (Chairpersons
  A-F)
• 1400 End of Meeting

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Workshop Participants/ Target Groups

• VERITE Partners (20)
• Innovating Regions Network Network (30)
• Regional Administrations, Regional and Local
  Development Agencies, Technology Centers (30)
• External Speakers (10)
• Managers from Companies (?)

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Stuttgart Workshop on BenchmarkingDefinition of
Key Note Themes and Speakers

• Suggested Key Notes (Dr. Busch, Prof. Milossis -
  4 more Speakers requested)
• Innovating Regions Concepts, Projects and
  Results (Dr. Busch)
• Innovating Regions Concepts, Projects and
  Results (N.N.)
• Benchmarking Theory, State-of-the-Art, Impact on
  the Economy of the Regions (N.N.)
• Benchmarking Best Practices of the Regions
  (Prof. Milossis)
• The Future of Benchmarking Trends and New
  Concepts (N.N.)

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Stuttgart Workshop on BenchmarkingDefinition of
Workshop Themes, Chairpersons and Speakers

• Suggested Workshops (6 Chairpersons and 12
  speakers requested)
• A Internal Company Benchmarking (Chair 2
  Speakers)
• B External Company Benchmarking (Chair 2
  Speakers)
• C Benchmark. of Communities and Regions (Chair
  2 Speakers)
• D One-to-One Company Benchmarking (Chair 2
  Speakers)
• E IT Platform for Company Benchmarking (Chair
  2 Speakers)
• F Benchmarking of Administrations (Chair 2
  Speakers)

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Other decisions to be made

• Programme
• Final Title of the event
• Committee for the selection of papers
• Dinner party/come together (possible sponsors?)
• Marketing
• Flyers and posters requested by the partners
  (calculated 2,000/40)
• Deadline for flyers and posters
• Design of flyers and posters, use of logos...
• Marketing efforts by the partners (announcement
  of the event in newsletter, website,
  mailing/calling actions...)