European Union | European Regional Development Fund

MANUMIX INTERREG EUROPE

Agenda. 4th LEARNING JOURNEY

Cardiff (Wales) 10th-11th of July 2018

Tuesday, 10th 11th July 2018 The SSE SWALEC Cricket Stadium Cardiff Sophia Walk, Cardiff CF11 9XR – Access venue through Gate 2. Box 17 & 18

Learning journey - Day 1

Workshops - Exchange of learnings (08:30-12:00)

0830--09:00 The process to define a policy mix evaluation system. Innobasque & Basque Government

09:00-09:30 The rationale and logic of policy mix evalution. MOSTA

09:30-10:00 Integrating data gathering and analysing systems for policy mix evaluation framework. Finpiemonte

10:00-10:30 Integrating data gathering and analysing systems for policy mix evaluation framework. Welsh Government

10:30-11:00 Some insights about existing practices for evaluation in other regions/countries. Orkestra

11:00-12.00 Discussion. All partners

12:00 – 12::40 Lunch

Study visit (13:00 – 18:00)

1245 - Coach travel. Visit to key sites and centres in Advanced Manufactrung activities

13:00 Cardiff Medicentre – Host Justin John. Innovation in SMEs in life sciences sector

14.45 Compound Semi Conductor cluster – Newport Wafer Fab– Host Chris Meadows IQE and other stakeholders

Dinner (20.00)

Cardiff Castle – Cardiff

(Pre dinner: limited number of spaces available for a guided castle tour at 19.30)

Agenda of the 4th learning journey

Learning journey - Day 2

Project management (09:00-10:30)

09:00-09:30 Project situation: indicators, expenditure, progress report, etc. Innobasque

09:30-09:50 Action plans according to Interreg Europe + Q&A. CDI Consulting

09:50-10:15 Situation of the project in each region: Comments about the 3rd stakeholder goup meeting and the region’s action plan approach. All partners

10.15-10.30 Coffee Break

Agenda of the 4th learning journey

Accommodation and transport

Accommodation A number of reserved some rooms at the Hilton Hotel, Cardiff for the 9th & 10th July which is priced at £159 per night. Open email link. (Please note you may get a cheaper rate booking early on the internet but these reserved rooms will be held at this price and available until 4 weeks before.)

FW Your event at Hilton Cardiff is ready to book!.msg

http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/hilton-cardiff-CWLHITW/index.html

This is in a central location and you can walk to the SWALEC Stadium in around 15 minutes and Cardiff Castle in less than 5 minutes.

Alternatively if people would like to stay somewhere else here are a list of hotels which are located centrally and a similar standard:

Mid price hotels

Marriott Hotel https://www.marriott.co.uk/meetings/meeting-planning-uk.mi

Park Plaza www.parkplazacardiff.com

Jurys Inn Cardiff www.jurysinns.com/cardiff

Radisson Blu http://www.radissonblu.co.uk/hotel-cardiff/contact

Mecure Holland House https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-6622-mercure-cardiff-holland-house-hotel-spa/index.shtml

Holiday Inn https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/cardiff/cdfcy/hoteldetail

Lower price Hotels

Travelodge, the Friary off Queen Street https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/504/Cardiff-Central-Queen-Street- hotel?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=BHA_Organic&utm_campaign=BHA_Cardiff%20Central%20 Queen%20Street

Jolyons Cathedral Road https://www.jolyons10.co.uk

Ibis – Churchill Way http://www.ibis.com/gb/hotel-2936-ibis-cardiff/index.shtml#location

Premier Inn – Churchill Way https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/wales/glamorgan/cardiff/cardiff-city-centre.html

Agenda of the 4th learning journey

Transport:

Flight planning - https://www.skyscanner.net/

Cardiff Airport A bus service runs every 20 minutes or you can also get a taxi from the taxi rank which is located outside arrivals. https://www.cardiff-airport.com/to-and-from/

Bristol Airport National Express Airport transfers run to Cardiff and it takes approximately 1hour 25minutes https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/to-and-from-the-airport/bus-and-coach

London Airports: Trains run from London Paddington to Cardiff Central if anyone is flying in to Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stanstead, London City Coach.Rail transfers http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/PAD.aspx National Express transfers run from London Victoria https://www.nationalexpress.com/en

Agenda of the 4th learning journey

Venues:

SSE Swalec Stadium www.thesseswalec.com/

Cardiff Castle, Castle St, Cardiff CF10 3RB, www.cardiffcastle.com/

Agenda of the 4th learning journey

Agenda of the 4th learning journey