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Open Days 2009
-Global Challenges, European Responses-
In alliance with the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission, Open Days 2009 will take place in Brussels from the 5-8 October. For the fourth consecutive year, the East of England is joining forces with 8 other EU regions to present its expertise in addressing climate and demographic change.
Under the banner of 2020 Regions: Acting for the Future, the conglomerate will host an interactive workshop to highlight the long-term solutions necessary to meet the challenegs of these inextricabally linked phenomena. The latest details are below, however these will be updated regularly.
Partnership:
Lead Partner: Castilla y Leon
Deputy-Lead: East of England
England's Northwest Central Portugal West Norway Warmia and Mazury
Mid-Norway Cantabria Central Denmark
Workshop Details:
Title: Climate and Demographic Changes: Debating Solutions to Multiple Challenges
Date: Tuesday 6th October
Time: 09h30-12h00
Location: Norway House, rue Archimede, 1000 Brussels
In addition to regional contributors, the following experts will be addressing the workshop:
-Hans Martens, Director, European Policy Centre
-Peter Berkowitz, DG Regional Policy, European Commission
The Meeting Place
Formerly known as the Investors' Cafe, this enables leaders in the business world to forge links with innovators and key opinion formers via a series of seminars, workshops and frige meetings.
Again, the East of England will be represented here through a workshop (full details to follow).
Title: Mobility in Healthcare
Date: Wednesday
Time: Morning
Speakers:
Terry Mughan, Professor of International Management, Anglia Ruskin Business School
Professor Alan Barrell, Chairman, Health Enterprise, East of England
Marco Landi , Vice-President, Motorola Enterprise Mobility Business, EMEA
Open Days University
A new addition, this will comprise a series of workshops addressed by academics within the fields covered under the main themes for this year.
For further information on all events, please contact Philip Pike
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Open Days 2008
- Regions and Cities in a Challenging World-
Under the auspices of the Committee of the Regions, Open Days 2008 tookplace in Brussels from 6-9 October, with the East of England leading the Sustainable Energy Regions III conglomerate to two focused workshops at its Brussels premises. Click on the links below to view regional profiles of the 12 partners:
Carinthia Castilla y León Central Portugal
City of Olsztyn East of England England's Northwest
Mid-Norway Saxony South Bohemia
Warmia and Mazury West Finland West Norway
The full contact details for these regions can be found in this spreadsheet
WORKSHOPS
Thanks to a multitude of high-level thematic workshops and an abundance of prominent European academic, political and technological experts, events this year proved to be an exceptional blend of knowledge exchange and networking opportunities.
Workshops benefited from exceptional speakers and their moderator Mark Atherton of the North West of England Climate Change Partnership
   
Both events hosted by the conglomerate drew in audiences of over 100, with participants coming from a myriad of political, academic, financial and policy-making bodies and 30 EU and EEA countries.
- European Commission
- European Parliament
- Committee of the Regions
- European Court of Auditors
- European Environment Agency
- National/regional ministries and parliaments
- Chambers of Commerce
- Regional Development Agencies
- Local/municipal councillors
- Brussels-based lobby groups and NGOs
Workshop 1:
Will Our Generation Be Forgiven? Local Solutions To Global Climate Challenges (08B20)
Tuesday 7 October, 14h30 – 16h15
For the full description, click here
Contributions:
To view individual presentations, please click on the names below:
Mr. Tor-Geir Engebretsen, Nordic Power Systems (West Norway)
Dr Ulla Tapaninen, University of Turku Centre for Maritime Studies (West Finland)
Ms. Agnieska Pawlicka, Department of Environmenment Marshal Office of the Warminsko Mazurskie Voivodeship (Warmia and Mazury)
Prof. Dr Socher, Saxon State Ministry for Agriculture and Environment (Saxony)
Workshop 2:
Red Lights to Green Energy? Overcoming the Barriers to Renewables (07B07)
Wednesday 8 October, 09h00 – 12h00
For the full description click here
Contributions:
To view individual presentations, please click on the names below:
Ricardo Gonzalez Mantero, General Director for Energy & Mines and Regional Energy Agency Director (Castill y Leon)
Gerhard Rabensteiner, Chief Operating Officer, KIOTO Clear Energy AG (Carinthia)
Cristina Santos, Forest Resources Directorate General (Central Portugal)
Johan Hustad, Director of the Institute for Renewable Energy (Mid-Norway)
Steve Clarke, Development Director for Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewables East (East of England)
INVESTORS' CAFE
On behalf of the East of England region, Anglia Ruskin University led the "Broadband, SMEs and Regional Development workshop", as part of the Energy Village and a total of 40 thematically arranged sessions
 
Contributions:
-EU Commissioner for Multilingualism, Leonard Orban
-David Woolf, DG Research, European Commission
-Prof. Terry Mughan, Anglia Ruskin University
-Ward Vermoere, Motorola
-Michael Large, East of England Business Group
A wealth of organisations were present at the Investors' Cafe:
- Banks, financial institutions and chambers of commerce: BusinessEurope, EIB, Eurochambres, European Association of Public banks
- European institutions and bodies: European Commission DGs, European Parliament, European Ombudsman, Enterprise Europe Network, European Economic and Social Committee
- European associations: Airport Council International, EUREGHA, European Space Agency, European Citizens’ Action Service
- Private enterprise: CISCO, Ernst & Young, Veolia Environment, Philips, Siemens
- Universities: Anglia Ruskin, University of Surrey
For any information on the East of England's participation in the Investors Cafe, please contact our Business Advisor Alejandro Rodriguez Ramos
Local Events
To accompany the main workshops, each partner has hosted at least one event in the home region on a theme of their choice, as listed below:
- Carinthia - Renewable Energy Solutions for Carinthia: Maximising EU Partnerships
- Castilla y Leon - Expobioenergía
- Wind Power Day (Día Eólico)
- Central Portugal - Perspectives of the Regional Production of Renewable Energy
- East of England - East of England Coastal Initiative Conference 2008
- England's Northwest - England’s Northwest Annual Regional Conference on Climate Change
- Olsztyn - New Investments for Sustainable Development of Olsztyn Municipality
- Saxony - The Directive on the Assessment and Management of Flood Risks and its Implementation in the Free State of Saxony
- South Bohemia - The Regional Authority of South Bohemia - Office of the Governor
- Warmia and Mazury - A photography competition “Diverse Cultures – United Europe”
- West Finland - Europe of the Regions – Closer Than You Think
- West Norway - The Educational Programmes of the EU - a Tool for Regional Development
To see the event descriptions in full, click here
Should you have any further information requests, please contact our European Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Philip Pike on +32 289 1200
Partner Searches
Whilst the workshops are a defining feature of the conglomerate, Open Days week acts as a catalyst for for establishing sustainable partnerships on any desired policy area.
To facilitate this, a partner search forum consisting of a database of project ideas and areas of interests has been designed to allow partners to explore possibilities within specific funding programmes.
This is not only limited to the conglomerate, it can be used by any interested region for any policy area, not just those affiliated to our Open Days workshop themes.
To access this database, please click here. Should you wish to add details to it, please send them to Philip Pike
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