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[Fwd: Conf.: Global Networks, Innovation and Regional Development]

by christopher chase-dunn

03 November 1999 14:55 UTC

GLOBAL NETWORKS, INNOVATION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE INFORMATIONAL REGION AS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY


November 11-13, 1999
University of California, Santa Cruz
College Eight, Red Room

A conference sponsored by the
Center for Global, Regional and International Studies, UC Santa Cruz
Institute for International Studies, UC Berkeley
UC Pacific Rim Research Program


   THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11th 1999

5:00-7:00
Reception for Participants, Merrill College Provost’s House
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12th 1999

9:00-10:30
Welcome and Keynote Address

Chancellor MRC Greenwood
“Welcome”

Allen Scott, Public Policy and Geography, University of California, Los Angeles
Keynote Address "Global City-Regions and the New World System"



10: 45- 12:45
Panel One:  SILICON VALLEY AS MODEL:  IS REPLICATION POSSIBLE?  Overview of the Model and Debates

Chair: Paul Lubeck, Director, CGIRS and Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Discussant: Marybeth Pudup, Community Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Tim Sturgeon, Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
“The Rise of the Global Supplier: Implications for Local Economic Development”

Connie Martinez, Silicon Valley Regional Center, UCSC
“ Public-Private Cooperation in the Informational Region: Joint Venture Silicon Valley”

Amy B. Dean, Executive Officer, South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council         
" Labor in the New Economy; Lessons from Labor Organizing in
Silicon Valley"

Ted Smith, Director, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Title:  “Community Responses to Environmental Issues in the Development of Silicon Valley’s Electronics Industry”

Chuck Darrah, Anthropology, San Jose State University
"Silicon Valley as Place:  Models and Uses”



12:30-2:00  
Lunch at College VIII Cafe



2:00-5:00 
Panel Two: Governance, State Policies and Regional Development Strategies

Chair: David Goodman, Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Discussant:  Sean O’Riain, University of California, Davis
Rajah Rasiah, Dean, Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia, Sarawak
"Malaysian Electronics: Regional Dynamics and Production Networks"
Henry Wai-Chung Yeung, Geography, National University of Singapore,
“Grounding Global Flows: Constructing an E-Commerce Hub in Singapore”
Anupap Tiralap, Information Technology, King Mongrut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
“The Myths of Sun Rise Industry in Developing Countries: The Case of the Electronics Industry in Thailand”
                      Mel Clark, KwaZulu-Natal Economic Council
"Social Partnerships and Regional Development in the Information Age: Views from South Africa"

Jorge Alonso, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
"Globalization at the Margin: Economic Governance and the Evolution of Transnational Production Networks in Northern Mexico"
7:00-10:00
Dinner for participants at the home of Paul Lubeck (for participants only)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13th 1999

8:30-10:30  
Panel Three: Networks and Regional Development

Chair: Michael Watts, Director, Institute of International Studies and Geography, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant: Kyle Eischen, Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Balaji Parthasarathy, University of California, Berkeley
“Institutional Embeddedness and Regional Industrialization: The State and the Indian Computer Software Industry”

Gerald Autler, Strategic Economics
“The Globalization of High-Tech: The Silicon Valley-Israel Connection”

Sean O’Riain, University of California, Davis
 "The Flexible Developmental State: Globalization, Information Technology and the ‘Celtic Tiger’"

Matt Zook, University of California, Berkeley
"Regional Systems of  Financing:  The Impact of Venture Capital on the Emerging Internet Content and Commerce Industry in the United States"
10:30-10:45 
Break



10:45-12:45
Panel Four: Strategies for Labor in the Informational Region

Chair: Manuel Pastor, Latin America & Latino Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz (tentative)
Discussant: Jennifer Chun, University of California, Berkeley (tentative)
Chris Benner, City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
"Building Community-Based Careers:  Labor Market Intermediaries and Flexible Employment in Silicon Valley"

Boy Leuthje, Institut fur Sozialforschung, Universitat Frankfurt
"New Labor Relations in the Information Technology Industry - where is the
model? Comparative Perspectives on Silicon Valley and Germany"

Arne Wangel, Technology and Social Sciences, Technical University of Denmark
“Technology Transfer, Labour and Local Learning Processes in Malaysian Industry”

James Cone, MD, MPH, Dept. of Health Services, State of California
“Occupational Health Challenges in Electronics Manufacturing in California and New Mexico:  Research Findings & Policy Alternatives”
                       
12:45-2:00 
Lunch
2:00-4:00
Panel Five: Environmental Challenges to the Informational Region

Chair: David Sonnenfeld, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant: Melanie Dupuis, Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan Mazurek, author and environmental policy consultant, Washington D.C.
“Environmental Restructuring in Semiconductor Manufacturing”

Leslie Byster, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
“The International Campaign for Responsible Technology/WTO Clean Technology Campaign”
                      Andrew Szasz, Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
“Environmental Inequalities in Silicon Valley: Lessons for Regional Development”

Lenny Siegel, Director, Campaign for Public Environmental Oversight
“A Co-mingling of Concerns: Electronics Industry and Military Pollution in Silicon Valley”









4:00-5:00 
Discussion: Future Directions For Research and Collaboration



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Conference Homepage:
http://www2.ucsc.edu/cgirs/globalnet


Information:

Center for Global, International, and Regional Studies
University of California
156 Merrill College
Santa Cruz, CA  95064
831.459.2833
831.459.3125 fax
e-mail:  global@cats.ucsc.edu

Conference_Program_ds07.doc



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David A. SONNENFELD, Ph.D.
Ciriacy-Wantrup Visiting Scholar
Institute of International Studies
University of California
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Berkeley, CA  94720-2308
U.S.A.

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