Workshop: "Standards, Innovative Business and New Markets: Experiences from practice"
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May 14, 2008 at 09:18 AM
The INNOVAFUN network, one of the 6 pan-European Networks on standards and innovation established under the Europe INNOVA programme, will organise a workshop in Brussels on May 29th 2008 under the title "Standards, Innovative Business and New Markets: Experiences from practice".
The aim of the workshop is to show the experience inside INNOVAFUN as far as the use of standards is concerned, together with other experiences on the topic and also give the attendants the opportunity to offer their viewpoint on possible synergies and future collaboration with other experts, as well as share knowledge and ideas in the NETWORKING SESSION. The workshop, with an interesting agenda (attached), aims to be a forum for presentation, reflexion and discussion on the present and emerging European opportunities in support for innovation.
INNOVAFUN has the funStep Interest Group –FSIG-, with more than 700 members, as its basis. All funStep services are around the ISO 10303-236, an ISO standard for catalogue data exchanged in furniture sector. The interest group represents the support of hundreds of SMEs that will become part of a consolidated network that uses standards as a tool for innovative business solutions. INNOVAFUN leads SMEs to a better position in the competitive global market by promoting the use of existing standards, standard-based business practices and service solutions in the furniture industry sector.
For this workshop, both industry experts in standards as a way of communication and experts in product development are invited.
Place: DG REGIO, ROOM CSM2 09/146-60P Avenue de Tervuren, 41 - 1040 Brussels Metro stop: Mérode Date: 29 May 2008 Time: 10 – 16 hrs There will be no admission fee.
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for workshop attendance.
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