EEDA - Where will the region be in 25 years?

Where will the region be in 25 years?

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Where will the region be in 25 years?

In early 2007, the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) commissioned the following essays designed to promote debate around the challenges and opportunities facing the East of England's economic development.

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Urban promise: cities and the economic future of the East of England
The economic roles if cities in the East of England
Dermot Finch and Adam Marshall, Centre for Cities
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Technology and innovation:maintaining a competitive edge
The future role of technology in the East of England
Gordon Frazer, managing director, Microsoft Limited UK
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Providing the climate for change
The low carbon challenge for the East of England
Tony Juniper, executive director, Friends of the Earth
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Technology in the East of England: use it or lose it
The future role of technology in the East of England
Ian Pearson, BT's futurologist
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A carbon-neutral East of England
The climate change challenge for the East of England
Professor Tim O'Riordan, University of East Anglia
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Gateway as a haven: from monoculture to biodiversity in a single generation
The future of conservation in the East of England
Germaine Greer, Journalist
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Globalisation and the East of England
The future has arrived, it's just not evenly distributed
Doug Richard, Chief Executive of Library House
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The East of England in the knowledge economy: collaboration to compete?
Given the importance of the knowledge economy, how is the East of England faring?
Will Hutton, chief executive and Laura Williams, senior researcher, The Work Foundation
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