Accelerate GDT WS Initiating Green Transformation for SMEs

Tuesday, 14^th November

08:45-9:00

Arrival to aws, Walcherstr. 11A, 1020 Vienna, 1^st Floor, Room IC

09:00-10:30

Steering Group Meeting – ACCELERATE GDT

SG meeting organisational, finance, project & policy reporting, communications updates and discussions on cluster ecosystem case study analysis and showcasing webinar.

Claudia Soncin, Project Manager Global, TCI Network; Dr John Hobbs, MTU

10:30-11:00

Initiating Green Transformation for SMEs. Cases and Challenges

Arrival, Networking

11:00-11:05

Welcome, Ute Stadlbauer, aws

11:05-11:30

Introduction to Austrian FTI Strategy

Ramona Auer, Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

11:30-12:00

Enhancing SME Competitiveness: Leveraging Cluster Policies for the Twin Transition in Austria  

Alessio Giustolisi, Katharina Warta, Technopolis

12:00-12:30

Introduction to “aws Sustainable Food Systems Initiative” with a focus on its approach: Services to foster an “enabling environment & manufactured matchmaking” as an essential pillar to leverage monetary funding

Sabine Pümpel, aws

&

Innovation by Cooperation – extending the regional strength

Heidrun Hochreiter, Food Cluster Upper Austria (FC)

12:30-13:00

Lunch Break

13:00-13:10

Good Practice Sharing of Project Partners (Online Streaming)

Austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws), Sabine Pümpel in Cooperation with

Food Cluster Upper Austria (FC), Heidrun Hochreiter:

Challenges in establishing a lively “collective action & cross collaboration space” (aws)

and the benefit that could arise for (regional) clusters (FC)

13:10-13:20

Munster Technological University (MTU), Ireland, John Hobbs:

Climate Toolkit 4 Business  

13:20-13:30

Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Hungary, Kinga Megyery:

Green Champions Project

13:30-13:40

Duisburg Innovation GmbH (DBI), Germany, Ricardo Reitz:

Circular Rhein.Ruhr

13:40-13:50

Città Metropolitan di Torino (CMT), Italy:

Alexia Boulanger, Senior Specialist Envipark

The Innovation Clusters’ Ecosystem of the Piedmont Region

13:50-14:00

CzechInvest (CI), Czech Republic:

Adam Priechodsky, Autocluster

RESIST Eurocluster Project

14:00-14:10

Catalan Agency for Competitiveness (ACCIÓ), Spain:

Ingrid Vives Rubio, General Director of Environmental Policies and Natural Heritage  

Implementation of the Circular Fashion Agreement in Catalonia

14:10-14:30

Networking Break

14:30-16:00

Interactive Workshop in Small Groups with Focus on

• Exchange of Experiences on Green and Digital Transformation
• Explore Success and Improvement Opportunities between Clusters and Stakeholders
• Develop Ideas to Improve Cluster Policy on National and International Level

16:00-16:30

Plenum - Workshop Results

16:30-17:30

Closing, Arrival to Christmas Market

17:30-18:30

Visit to Vienna’s Christmas Market, Am Hof, 1010 Vienna

https://www.weihnachtsmarkt-hof.at/

18:30-19:30

-Oldtimer Sightseeing Tour, Departure Am Hof 3, 1010 Vienna

https://www.wienmalanders.at/en/city-tour-vienna

19:30

Networking @ Labstelle, Lugeck 6, 1010 Vienna

Wednesday, 15^th November

08:45

Arrival to aws, Walcherstr. 11A, 1020 Vienna, 1^st Floor, Room IC

09:00

Introduction to Business Upper Austria Cluster Policy

Werner Pamminger, Business Upper Austria, CEO

Q & A

11:30

Coffee Break

11:45

Introduction to Ecoplus Innovation Ecosystem

Discovering Ecoplus Green Building Cluster (incl. Digital Twins for Buildings) and Platform for Bioeconomy and Green Transformation

Simone Hagenauer, Ecoplus

Open Discussion

14:00

Ends - Partners Transfer to the Airport / Travel Arrangements