Invitation

We would like to invite you to participate in the conference summarizing the study's results entitled "Benchmarking of clusters in Poland - Edition 2022 Cooperation? Is it worth it?, which will be held in Warsaw on April 26th, 2023 (study commissioned by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development conducted by the consortium: Innoreg Sp. z o.o. and the Polish Clusters Employers' Association).

The event will be devoted to cooperation within clusters and clusters with the environment, i.e. in the region, the country or the European Common Market. Cooperation is still perceived as a challenge in clusters, both inside and outside. Just a few Polish clusters are building value chains internally or joining national or foreign value chains. Encouraging them to cooperate, showing good practices, and discussing the risks and ways of mitigating them seem still necessary, especially as the cluster environment in Poland is diverse.

The conference will commence with speeches by: Mr Marek Przeor (Team Leader, Department Networks & Governance, DG GROW EC) in connection with the 30th Anniversary of the Common Market, on the current role of clusters and their challenges in the Common Market, and Ms Agata Wancio (Deputy Director, Department of Innovation and Industrial Policy, Ministry of Development and Technology) on "Cluster policy in Poland".

The speeches will be followed by the presentation of the results of the cluster benchmarking study covering the years 2020-2021 (demonstrating how Polish clusters fared in the COVID-19 pandemic, in comparison with the results of the 2018-2019 study, i.e. pre-pandemic), along with good practices of selected clusters that will serve as a starting point for a discussion of Polish clusters' condition, their readiness to adapt to dynamic economic changes, collaboration beyond cluster structures, and using new trends to complement clusters.

The event will conclude with an expert presentation.

The event is hybrid. Both online and offline participation is free of charge.
Translation (Polish and English) will be provided by the organizers.
There are disabled-accessible facilities at the conference venue.

The cluster benchmarking study in Poland has been conducted every two years since 2010. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the current state of cluster development, analyse the evolution of clusters during the observation period, and recommend actions for the future. As the result, a report is prepared, which, each time, is available on the PARP website as a source of knowledge on the clusters' situation in Poland, as well as their best practices. In addition, each cluster coordinator receives an individual confidential in-depth report consisting of an analysis of indicators of a given cluster against the indicators of the surveyed group and recommendations for improvement that may impact further development. The current edition studied 41 cluster coordinators and 642 cluster members.

In case of any questions, please contact Anna Sokołowska, Office Director of the Polish Clusters Employers' Association (anna.sokolowska@klastrypolskie.pl ; + 48 511 830 188).

Agenda

Agenda of the conference summarizing the results of the cluster benchmarking study "Cooperation? Is it worth it?"

Cluster Benchmarking - Edition 2022 is co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

Conference venue: Radisson Collection Hotel, 24 Grzybowska St., Warsaw
Date: 26 April 2023

9.00 – 9.30

Registration
9.30

Opening of the conference

Paulina Zadura, Director of the Department of Analyses and Strategies, PARP
9.30 – 10.15

Welcome address:

Paweł Olejnik, Vice-President of PARP

Marek Przeor, Team Leader, Department Networks & Governance, DG GROW EC
30th Anniversary of the Single Market - the role of clusters and the challenges they face in the Single Market

Agata Wancio, Deputy Director, Department of Innovation and Industrial Policy, Ministry of Development and Technology
Cluster policy in Poland
10.15 – 10.45

Presentation of the results of benchmarking study

Dr Maciej Piotrowski – Innoreg Sp. z o.o.

Dr Michał Thlon, Innoreg Sp. z o.o., Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie
10.45 – 11.15

Prezentacja dwóch dobrych praktyk ujętych w Raporcie z benchmarkingu klastrów edycja 2022 – wybrane klastry

Katarzyna Błachowicz, Wiceprezes, Klaster Gospodarki Odpadowej i Recyklingu

Dr Magdalena Ławicka, dyrektorka operacyjna, Klaster ICT Pomorze Zachodnie
11.15 – 11.30

Coffee break/strong>

11.30 – 13.00

Discussion session with experts
Temat: Współpraca klastrów

Moderator: Krzysztof Krystowski, Prezes Związku Pracodawców Klastry Polskie, Prezes Śląski Klaster Lotniczy - KKK

Marek Przeor, Team Leader, Departament Networks & Governance, DG GROW KE

Agata Wancio, Zastępca Dyrektora, Departament Innowacji i Polityki Przemysłowej, Ministerstwo Rozwoju i Technologii

Aleksandra Szwed, Zastępca Dyrektora, Departament Rozwoju Regionalnego i Funduszy Europejskich, Mazowiecki Urząd Marszałkowski

Monika Antonowicz, Ekspert, Departament Analiz i Strategii, PARP

Anna Moskwa, Wiceprezes Polski Klaster Budowlany – KKK, Wiceprezes Związek Pracodawców Klastry Polskie

Adam Owczarek, Manager Klastra, Politechnika Łódzka, Łódzki Klaster ICT

- możliwość wypowiedzi publiczności

13.00 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.00

Presentation of two good practices from the benchmarking study

Pan Michał Hertel, Head of Communication and Marketing, Makolab S.A., Łódzki Klaster ICT

Jarosław Parzuchowski, Klaster INTERIZON

14.00 – 15.00

Presentation by a foreign expert
Innovation Superclusters Initiative – Danielle Arsenault
Manager, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Presentation: Superklastry kanadyjskie (45 minutes)

Q&A session with the expert (15 minutes)

15.00

Closing of the conference

Paulina Zadura, Dyrektor Departamentu Analiz i Strategii, PARP

Networking offline