09:15 Registration

09:30 Welcome speech , Dimitri De Vita, Metropolitan City of Turin Councillor

09:50 Policies & Measures to Support Local & Regional Innovation Ecosystems

Claudia Fassero, Metropolitan City of Turin, European and international projects Unit

10:10 Innovation poles system in Piedmont Region , Vincenzo Zezza, Piedmont Region, University, Research and Innovation Sector

10:35 Innovation and cluster policies in Piedmont Region , Daniela Nepote, IRES Piemonte

11:00 The Cyber Ireland cluster experience and RIS3: connection of industry, academia and government ; John Hobbs, EcoRIS3 Co-ordinator in the Cork Institute of Technology / Background of Clustering in Ireland ; Eoin Byrne, Cluster Manager of Cyber Ireland / The Cyber Ireland Cluster Model ; Céline McHugh, Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation / Current Cluster Funding in Ireland

12:00 Q&A – Closure