Tallinn Technology Park Tehnopol is glad to invite you to the annual IASP European Division workshop that is held on the 29th to 31st of March 2010 in Tallinn. The workshop is meant to analyze and summarise the European cooperation experience and cases, to exchange and develop practical methods, to meet and discuss with colleagues.

Program:

March 29^th
20:00 - 23:00. Get together in Tallinn, Restaurant Vertigo (www.vertigo.ee)

March 30^th
Workshop is held in Radisson SAS Hotel conference centre (www.radissonblu.com/hotel-tallinn)
9:30. Registration and coffee
10:00. Opening and Plenary Lecture:
Linnar Viik (Member of the Board, European Institute of Innovation and Technology)
Importance of Cross-Border Collaboration and Actual Availability of Co-Location Instruments for Modern Innovation Trends.
11:00. Introductory remarks of the three workgroup moderators:
Luis Sanz (IASP):  how IASP could better improve cooperation between its members: methods, projects, tools, events, etc?
Lex de Lange (Zernike Group): practical management of cooperation between parks: cultural and business matching, methods, company service schemes, follow-up, etc.
Sten Gunnar Johansson (Mjärdevi Science Park, IASP): organisational, management etc. changes in the parks needed to improve the cooperation between their client companies.
11:30. Group work and group discussions in three parallel sessions
12:30-14:00. Lunch hosted by the President of the Republic of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves.
14:00. Group work and group discussions in three parallel sessions
15:30. Coffee break
16:00. Wrap up and final remarks
20:00. Reception at Tallinn Town Hall. (http://veeb.tallinn.ee/raekoda/).

March 31^st
10:00 - ca 15:00. Visit to TEHNOPOL Tallinn Technology Park: excursion, TEHNOPOL anniversary event and lunch reception.

Participation fees

Full members of IASP                          170 €
Affiliate/Associate members of IASP  190 €
Non-members                                      210 €

Information and registration

Online registration form is opened at https://secure.estravel.ee/iasp2010/  

For further information please contact:

Mr. Raivo Tamkivi
Phone: +372 5 6800 202, E-mail: raivo.tamkivi@tehnopol.ee