European Cluster Conference 2016

Submitted by Alberto Bichi on 07 December 2016

EU4Sport Cluster Alliance participated in the 5th edition of the European Cluster Conference 2016, which took place from the 30th of November till the 2nd of December in Brussels. The focus of the 3-day event was on the theme “Clusters 4.0 - Shaping Smart Industries” in which the European Commission encourages the development of European Strategic Cluster Partnerships and joined efforts under the thematic Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation. Herein it strives to support entrepreneurship and growth acceleration of SMEs in order to convert more start-ups to scale-ups across Europe and benefit from the “fourth industry revolution” – referred to as 'Industry 4.0' trends towards mass customization and servitization.

The objective of the Conference organised by the European Commission - DG Growth aimed at sharing experiences on how cluster initiatives and organisations can foster the internalisation of firms by supporting industrial modernisation and shaping smart industries. It also provided the required know how on finding partners in international markets beyond Europe and presented lessons learned from “European Strategic Cluster Partnerships – Going International”.

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