IKED - Events 2008

Events 2008

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..:: Global Trust Center International Council Meeting
[November 19-20, 2008 - Malmö, Sweden]
IKED contributed to the preparations of the Global Trust Center's second International Council meeting, which took place in Malmö, November 2008. The Council members, representing some 30 countries, as well as the representatives of partner organizations and observers from international organizations, assessed the ongoing policy work to strengthen the standing of the individual human being in the digital world. Whereas the Global Trust Center's Global Policy has been refined at the overarching level, ongoing collaboration with governments and the private sector is in the process of working out its practical implementation. This combination of an independent and pragmatic process for policy advancement, on the one hand, and hands-on work to nail down the concrete issues and practical implications in policy implementation on the other hand, is a requirement for meeting with the increasingly challenging issues in ICT. The policy is poised to generate significant benefit to the public and business alike in the years to come.
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..:: Global Forum Meeting
[October 21-22, 2008 - Athens, Greece]
The annual Global Forum event represents a unique meeting place for practitioners and policymakers to get together for intensive brainstorming on how to shape improved strategies and conditions for rapidly evolving information society. Engaged in the Steering Committee since many years, IKED contributed to the planning of the 17th edition of the Global Forum which took place on the 21st and 22nd of October at the Zappeion Palace in Athens, Greece. The theme for 2008 was "Shaping the future - COLLABORATIVE CONVERGENCE - Users Empowerment in the Global Digital Economy". Of special interest were the sessions devoted to "Interoperability, Identity Management and Trust", "Data Governance, Security and Privacy" and that on "Health Care Challenges - E-health and New Service Models" which, among other things, featured presentations on the patient certification approach.
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..:: Islamic World Innovation Index project started up
[July 14-15, 2008 - Istanbul, Turkey]
A number of organizations have prepared for the development of an Islamic World Innovation Index project. A kick-off meeting for the project took place in Istanbul 14-15 July, 2008, with representation by Dr Sami Mahroum, IKED associate expert. At the present stage, the project is sponsored by the British Council and the Islamic Development Bank and led by the British think-tank Demos. Over a three years’ period, the project will map and measure the state of innovation in 57 Muslim countries.
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..:: INSME’s Annual Meeting held in Guangzhou, China
[July 2-3, 2008 - Guangzhou, China]
Following the initial meeting, organised by IKED in Malmö and Helsingborg (February 2004), and the subsequent Annual Meetings in Barcelona (April 13-14, 2005), Montevideo (April 24-26, 2006) and Rome (July 13, 2007), the INSME Association held its 4th Annual Meeting in Guangzhou, China, on July 2-4, 2008. The deliberations at the General Assembly on July 2 were followed by a one-day substantive conference, which focused on the issues and challenges encountered by SMEs in access to capital, featuring presentations by officials and experts from around the world. Among the speakers were the President of INSME, the Deputy Secretary General of the OECD, the Secretary General of the European Investment Fund and the President of IKED.

The presentation by IKED examined SME policies internationally and pointed to the need of more constructive stakeholder participation in the formulation and implementation of policies in this area, in order to raise the effectiveness of policies in targeting key issues. With the successful meeting in China - well organized and summoning public as well as private-sector participants from all parts of the world - the INSME association displayed continued expansion and advancement.
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..:: Intentac Annual Meeting
[May 5, 2008 - Jönköping, Sweden]
IKED participated as an observer at the second Annual Meeting of Intentac's senior fellows, organized in Jönköping, Sweden. Intentac cultivates international entrepreneurship through its strong network of senior fellows. The organisation is in the process of establishing an ecosystem fostering entrepreneurial values amongst students in academic nodes around the world. The participants - from eleven countries - discussed a number of topics. These included the introduction of experimental entrepreneurial laboratories in partnership with the business world.
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..:: World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (WSIE)
[April 1-3, 2008 - Dubai, UAE]
The annual World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, hosted by Dubai at the Jumeirah Beach hotel in April 2008, addressed a number of issues related to youth, peace, innovation and the information society. Participating in the organizing committee, IKED contributed with several speakers and experts. Special contributions were made to the plenary session on the "chief innovators’ hall of fame: visions for the future of information technology". Among the speakers were Michael Ahern, Minister of Innovation Policy of Ireland, and Jack Lord, Chief Innovation Officer, at Humana Inc. New ways of assessing information technology capacities in developing nations, and how to achieve collaborative innovation in its implementation, were presented.
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