HIGHER intermediate event "Regional/interregional public-private collaborations adding value to the local ecosystems" is open to the relevant stakeholders from European regions.
AGENDA
| 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:25 | Welcome Regional Development Fund of Central Macedonia |
| 09:30 | Opening speeches - Region of Central Macedonia - Managing Authority of the Regional Operational Programme of Central Macedonia |
| 1st Thematic Session: HIGHER project status, outputs and expected results | |
| 10:00 | Introduction – HIGHER project overview |
| 10:15 | Cross-analysis of Higher project instruments John Moodie, Nordregio (Sweden) |
| 10:30 | HIGHER Benchmarking analysis Maja Ferlinc, Senior Economic Advisor, Slovenian Business & Research Association (Slovenia) |
| 10:45 | Smart Map and learning tools in the Higher project: objectives, targets, methodology, and keywords Representative from Marche Region (Italy) |
| 11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 2nd Thematic Session: Interregional cooperation and good practices | |
| 11:30 | Innovation strategies and policies in the Region of Central Macedonia Constantinos Michailides, Head of Directorate of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support, Region of Central Macedonia (Greece) |
| 11:45 | Digital Innovation Hubs-The Agrofood case Jelina Makrantonaki, Member, Board of Directors, Alexander Innovation Zone S.A. (Greece) |
| 12:00 | Agrifood Public Private Partnerships and innovation: Opportunities and challenges for Tuscany. ‘High tech farming S3 Agrifood Thematic Platform’ Marco Remaschi, Minister for Agriculture, Tuscany Region (Italy) Fabio Boscaleri, Policy Officer, Brussels Office, Tuscany Region (Italy) |
| 12:15 | The importance of European Networking: the ERIAFF case. ‘High tech farming’ S3 Agrifood Thematic Platform Marco Remaschi, Minister for Agriculture, Tuscany Region (Italy) Fabio Boscaleri, Policy Officer, Brussels Office, Tuscany Region (Italy) |
| 12:30 | Building Partnerships for the development of agrifood sector at regional level – The case of Agronutritional Cooperation of the Region of Central Macedonia Konstantinos Kiltidis, former Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food, President of the Agronutritional Cooperation of the Region of Central Macedonia (Greece) |
| 12:45 | AgriFood Capital: showing innovation, harvesting the future in Northeast Brabant Simon Maas, AgriFood Capital – Northeast Brabant (Netherlands) |
| 13:00 | Lapland Food Club - a model for developing food industry at a sparsely populated area Johannes Vallivaara, Cluster Manager of Arctic Smart Rural Network cluster (Finland) |
| 13:15 | Promoting Digital Innovation. The S3P Agri-food on Traceability and Big Data Judit Anda, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Advisory Team. Andalusia Region (Spain) |
| 13:30 | Discussion - Final comments and closing |
| 14:30 | Light Lunch |