The efficient and constant access to highly innovative knowledge for SMEs is one of the crucial issues for significant growth in our economies.
For around 500 years, particularly since the Enlightenment, Europe has had a well developed science-orientated infrastructure which contributes to the basis of a unique economic development. The process of globalization has significantly changed this landscape as well as the mindset with regard to possible threats from western societies. Because of this, economies may loose their competitive advantages. Therefore, we are looking for a better approach to bring innovative knowledge to the industry, in particular to SMEs, in order to develop attractive products and services for the global market.

The current situation regarding SMEs and their systematic access to new knowledge will be the focus of the 2008 conference on

Knowledge Economy – Chances and Challenges for SMEs

which will take place in October 9th-10th at Reutlingen University, Germany.

The aim of the conference is to develop and to introduce new ways of how to make the acquisition of knowledge by SMEs more effective and how to turn this knowledge into new products and services.
The perspectives of the various contributions are characterized by a mixture of theoretical and practical approaches to facilitate new insights for all participants.
This conference is designed for people from higher education and industry who have an interest not only in this topic but also in cooperating beyond the conference.

You find details under: www.knowledge-economy.de