| Dear Erik Partners,
Dear Erik Associates,
as announced during the last
Erik Study Visit in Gothenburg we would like
to inform you that the ERIK Network is organizing
an international
conference on "The transition towards a knowledge
based economy" to be held
in Florence on the 25th and 26th of November,
2004. The conference will
reflect upon the territorial dimension of innovative
processes and the role
of regional policies in the developing economy.
The aim of the conference is
to analyze the new trends towards more
globalised markets and increasing links between
research, knowledge and
technology, learn from government policy experiences
and share best
practices. It will examine promising new policy
options to better link
knowledge and business communities and help turning
technologies into
market opportunities. A particular focus will
be put on policy initiatives
to stimulate interfirm cooperation through business
networks, on
science/industry partnerships, on evaluation and
benchmarking methods and
to an analysis on the local effect of globalisation.
Conference will bring
together for the first time innovation policy
officials and leading policy
analysts at national and regional level from Europe
as well as from America
and Asia.
The conference is co-financed
by Tuscany Region, ERIK Network and OECD, and
is organized in close coordination with the Regional
Policy DG.
The conference sessions will
see the comparison among experiences from all
levels, national and regional and a final Round
Table on the 26th focused
on the ""The transition towards a knowledge
based economy".
In the next days on the Erik
Network web-site you will find the
registration form and some logistical information
regarding the event and
the Erik study Visit that will precede the conference.
For ay other information regarding
the conference please don't hesitate to
contact the Erik Staff at info@eriknetwork.net
Best Regards
The Erik Staff
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