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The topic for the 2005 EIB Annual Forum will be the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy in the enlarged European Union and the role that the European Investment Bank can play in offering continued support to the creation of an innovation and knowledge-based EU economy.
Lisbon Strategy - Closing the Innovation Gap will take place on 27 and 28 October 2005 in Helsinki, Finland, the country that the World Economic Forum (WEF) named the best performing in terms of global competitiveness in 2004. With high quality public institutions and an economy that places emphasis on the development of technology and enterprise, there are many lessons to be learned from Finland's implementation of this EU-wide policy.
With an average of only five researchers per 1000 in the working population, Europe lags behind the United States and Japan in terms of productivity and performance. The Forum will take a look at innovation activity across the EU, pinpointing the sectors that have seen significant advances and those which still need further development.
High-level speakers from government and the business and banking sectors will address the problems that companies face in translating research into innovative products in the marketplace, and also debate the regional implications of the Lisbon Strategy.
For further information please contact forum@eib.org.
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