Copenhagen Conference
22 September
Many companies and entrepreneurs have produced
remarkable results over the last decade - particularly in the
fields of ICT and telecommunications. Just recently, a Danish
SME was among the three 2006 1ST Grand Prize winners of the
European Union. Yet it is still the case that the EU is not
doing enough to ensure new success stories; R&D spending
can still be increased substantially, and technological
innovation must be further encouraged so to build a strong
inroad into unemployment in Europe.
The Danish
Government has set an ambitious goal for developing the ICT
sector, which aims at putting in place improved framework
conditions for the industry. This event will focus on the
increasing pressure upon governments all over Europe to
deliver an enabling environment with optimal conditions for
high-tech innovations and, hence, increased employment in the
EU.
Intellectual property right (IPR) protection and
related framework conditions form an integral part of the
regulatory framework for promoting innovation. During the
event participants will be updated on the European
Commission's July hearing on EU patent policy as well as
legislative and policy developments, such as pre-competitive
innovative procurement.
Interoperability, public
procurement policy and open standards are key elements in the
European Innovation Policy debate. The Danish Parliament has
recently passed a resolution that mandates the government to
assure that all future public procurement should be based on
open standards. In this regard policies need to be adopted
that will advance the goal of interoperability through
tech-neutrality without interfering in the marketplace for
technology development.
This event - organised by
CompTIA in cooperation with ITB, the Danish IT Industry
Association (IT Branchen) - is the 2nd annual CompTIA
"Innovation Forum" meeting in Europe in 2006, following the
successful meeting in Warsaw on 21 June 2006 (See for CompTIA
and ITB in general: www.comptia.eu and www.ITB.dk).
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