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“The Future - the way forward”
Meeting Minutes

Day One - Thursday, 24th November 2005
Chair — Councillor Richmond OBE, Darlington Borough Council
THEME 1 — Competitiveness, Reach & Climate Change

Presentations

Sport- Its findings, Conclusions and implications for the future (Doris Thiemann, European Commission, DG Enterprise REACH Office)

New competitivness post reach (Stephen Elliott, Director Business Environment, CIA)

REACH – Its impact on SMEs (Melvyn Whyte, BCDTA)

THEME 2 — Economic drivers to improve business performance

Presentations

European chemical regions network and economic driver (Alain Nijssen, Limburg Province, Netherlands)

UK Government Perspective (Richard Stead, DTI economist)

A private sector perspective (Jon Rokk, Assistant Vice President & General Manager  SembCorp Utilities (UK) Ltd)

Innovation, the Northern way (Peter Chandler, SME Business Manager, Centre for Process Innovation)

Next (Day Two)

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