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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) |