How can cities and regions become both more enterprising and more creative? Will policies to foster thriving regional knowledge economies, built on science- and technology-based companies, conflict with the need to tackle poverty and social exclusion? Or can a truly inclusive society be built that embraces business entrepreneurs, cultural creatives and people in 'knowledge jobs' ranging from science to law?
How can cities and regions become both more enterprising and more creative? Will policies to foster thriving regional knowledge economies, built on science- and technology-based companies, conflict with the need to tackle poverty and social exclusion? Or can a truly inclusive society be built that embraces business entrepreneurs, cultural creatives and people in 'knowledge jobs' ranging from science to law?
These are some of the issues to be debated at CMI's annual Competitiveness Summit 2005 in Manchester today (Tuesday 25th October).
A live webcast will put US Policy Guru Richard Florida and Manchester Music Mogul Anthony Wilson head to head in the Keynote Speech and Response from 2.15pm (UK) / 9.15 (EST).
Join in on the debate on at http://cmi.streamuk.com/summit
Be sure to visit in advance to check you have the required plug-in.
The 2005 Summit is co-hosted by the Northwest Regional Development Agency.
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