International Forum of Clusters 2008 and Business Matchmaking

(Preliminar Program)

Thursday July 10, 2008

Suggested Clothing: Business Casual

 
8:00 - 9:30 hrs. Attendees Registration
   
9:30 - 11:00 hrs. Opening Ceremony
With the presence of Lic. José Natividad González Parás,
Governor of the State of de Nuevo León
   
11:00 -12:30 hrs. Discussion table about Clusters: 
  • Lic. Cesar Tulio Bustamante,  Multisectorial Specialist ,
    International Development Bank (Mexico)
  • Act. Gerardo San Roman Munoz, Director of the Center for Strategic Studies. ITESM Campus Toluca.
  • Marc Papell, Socio Consultor de Cluster Development (España)
   
12:30 - 13:30 hrs. Main Conference
Jon Azua Phd, Director of e-novating lab (Spain)
   
13:00 - 15:00 hrs. Lunch
   
15:00 - 17:20 hrs. Discussion table about Information Technologies Sector
  • Lic. Blanca Treviño, President of SOFTTEK and President of Software Concil of Nuevo Leon.
  • Jorge Zavala Phd. Director of Techba (California)
  • Randy Burge, Proactive Teams (Nuevo México)
  • Dr. Eduardo Ruiz Esparza, Presidente Nacional de Canieti
  • Ing. José Tam Malaga, Business Director, Neoris
  • Ing. Carlos Díaz, Director de Negocios, Neoris
Q&A Session
   
17:20 - 18:00 hrs IT Sector Main Conference
Dr. Lauro Cantú, Gartner, México
   
18:00 - 18:40 hrs. Presentation of the study "The Competitiveness of IT Clusters in Mexico."
Lic. Victor Hugo Estrada de la O
Director Digital Economy.
Ministry of Economy.