Competitive European Cities: What Messages for the UK?

London - 4th-5th June 2007

The final Compete event was held in London at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from the 4th till the 5th June 2007.

The conference's title was 'Competitive European Cities: What Messages for the UK?'. The event brought together the major findings generated by the network.

Phil Woolas MP, Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion provided the keynote speech outlining the UK's policy for competitive cities. The conference was chaired by Professor Michael Parkinson CBE.

For the conference programme please click on the following link:

Compete Final Conference Invitation and Programme

Presentations from the event are available below:

Professor Michael Parkinson - The Compete Network

Sir Robert Kerslake - Compete and Sheffield

Francesc Santacana - The Impact of Creativity on City-Region Competitiveness - The Case of Barcelona

Professor Dr. Jürgen Howaldt - Human Resources and Competitiveness - The Dortmund Experience

Eero Holstila - Innovation and Competitiveness - Lessons from Helsinki

Raymond Saller - How to Become a Competitive City? The Munich Experience

Jeannette Baljeu - Connectivity and Competitiveness - Lessons from Rotterdam

Jean-Louis Meynet - Competitive Clusters / Pôle de Compétitivité - Experiences from Lyon