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The Patriot News:
CSF to lead delegation to U.S global competitiveness
conference LAHORE: The Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF), a joint initiative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan, will lead a delegation to The Competitiveness Institute (TCI) Global Competitiveness Conference 2007 in Portland, Oregon (US) from October 8-12. According to the CSF, the five-day conference, co-chaired by the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department and the Portland Development Commission, will include an academic summit, industry cluster tours, keynote speakers and breakout sessions. Nearly 500 participants from more then 35 countries are expected at the conference that will mark TCI’s 10-year anniversary also. Comprising senior cluster experts from the public as well as private sector and leading academic institutions in Pakistan, the Pakistani delegation will be led by Arthur Bayhan, Chief Executive Officer of the Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF), who is also Vice President for TCI’s Asia-Pacific region. “Pakistan will showcase its achievements and strategy in terms of innovation and competitiveness,” said Bayhan. The Pakistani delegation will also visit the International Institute for Innovation Journalism (IIIJ) at Stanford University, where the delegation members will discuss opportunities and initiatives for improving the effectiveness of the programme for innovation and economic reporting in Pakistan. The delegation will debate on the notion of whether innovation leads journalism or journalism leads innovation. CSF will chair a conference session on “Competitiveness
in the Islamic World” that will include presentations
from Arthur Bayhan and other cluster experts from
around the world. The conference theme of “Collaboration,
Innovation, and Sustainability” will highlight
Pakistan’s recent initiatives on improving
its global competitiveness rankings-APP |
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