.:: EBN - XVI Annual Congress 2007 ::.

The 2007 EBN Congress

"Global Innovation Bridges :

A new Generation of Business and Innovation Centres"

will take place from 20^th to 22^nd of June, in Canterbury – Kent (UK), in partnership with the Kent County Council (KCC) and Technology Enterprise Kent (BIC Kent TEK).

The EBN Kent Congress "Global Innovation Bridges" will be the platform to discuss the role that Europe can play today as a global actor, and as an accelerator in innovation and small business development.

For UK based delegates there is a special day delegate rate. Please contact shirley.smith@kent.gov.uk for more details

Click here to download the Congress Booklet

High level speakers will cover the following issues:

Rethinking SMEs business model within the global arena
Bench-marking outside Europe – from the US, the Americas and from the rest of the world
Teaming up public policies and private sector
Partnering with large corporations for an acceleration of the Lisbon Strategy
The Road Map for the future generation of BICs, Incubators and Innovation Centres
Transatlantic Cooperation betweens SMEs in innovation and technology