Panel conversation – Building competitiveness – partnerships – Creating and energizing cross-sector coalitions to accelerate innovation and prosperity
Cross sector collaboration and partnerships are essential to knowledge translation into economic value, improvements in institutions and the business environment, economic development, creating a thriving innovation economy and anything else we can think about. Alliances across industry, government, civil society, and academia are an essential feature for all successful economic and social transformation cases worldwide. But such partnerships depend on various elements – leadership, the existence of legal frameworks that are conducive for cross-sector circulation of resources, investments to connect stakeholders and, ultimately, trust. Our panelists will discuss how to build successful and long-lasting alliances.
Dimitris Papastergiou, Mayor of Trikala, Greece
Christian Hadjiminas, President EFA Group, President Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE), Greece
Ioannis Smyrlis, President, Enterprise Greece
Peter Smith, Associate Vice-President International, University of Southampton, UK
Dimitris Lagoudas, Associate Vice Chancellor for Engineering Research, Texas A&M University, USA
Katerina Pramatari, Founder Uni.Fund, Greece
Moderator: Chad Evans, EVP, Council on Competitiveness; Treasurer, GFCC
Discussion questions:
- How to advance innovation and competitiveness through partnerships?
- What are the features of regulatory environments that conduce to cross-sector collaboration?
- What is the key to building a cross-sector shared vision?