TTI'98 - Technology transfer and innovation in small firms

TTI'98, the Fourth Biennial International Conference on Technology Transfer and Innovation in Small Firms, will take place in London, UK, from 6 to 8 July 1998.

The conference is intended to encourage innovation in industry and commerce, in particular in small firms, by identifying good practice in innovation from around the world. Discussions will aim to identify factors of success in small firms, and to examine ways in which business support can be made more effective.

The conference programme is directed primarily at practitioners, decision makers and others involved in the exploitation of new ideas in industry, academia and government, including staff from small firms or from organizations representing the interests of small firms. It will include key note presentations, selected papers, workshops, posters and open debate.

Workshops will be organized on such themes as:

- The small firm experience of technology transfer within the supplier chain;
- Foresight and small firms;
- People and process: the lever and fulcrum for small firm advancement;
- Adding international dimensions to future industrial leaders;
- Financing innovation;
- Techniques for management of innovation in European small firms.
For further information, please contact:

TTI'98 Conference Secretariat
Ms. Sarah Goodyer
Teaching Company Directorate
Hillside House
79 London Street
Faringdon
Oxfordshire SN7 8AA
UK
Tel. +44-1367-242822/245200; Fax +44-1367-242831
E-mail: s.goodyer@tcd.co.uk
URL: http://www.tcd.co.uk/(opens in new window)