The forum, which will co-host the WAITRO 20th Biennial Congress & General Assembly,will be held from October 11-14, 2010 in Dubai
TechnoPark, through its Science and Technology arm Dubai institute of Technology (DIT), is organising the DIT 4th Strategic Forum which will also host the WAITRO 20th Biennial Congress & General Assembly in Dubai, from October 11-14, 2010. Under the theme Leadership for Innovation, the forum will encompass various sessions, listed below:
- Leadership - 21st Century Innovation Leaders: Roles & Parameters
- Finance - R&D Financing: Innovative Mechanism
- IP & Management - IP & Portfolio Management
- Young Scientists - Young Scientists: Development Programs & Opportunities
- Knowledge Transfer - Knowledge Transfer: Challenges & Best Practices
- Policies & Procedures - Government Policies & Procedures: Enabling Innovation ecosystem
- Public Private Partnership - PPP towards sustainable industrial growth
- Science & Society - Science & Society: A platform for a value based economy
Participants including but not limited to WAITRO Members, Gov Representatives, UN Agencies, Funding Agencies, SME Agencies are welcome to join the event either through submission of papers or attendance. Participants wishing to present a paper at the conference are invited to write papers on the above eight subjects. Deadline for abstract submissions is April 30, 2010. Application should contain the following information:
- Title of paper and short summary of maximum 800 words, not more than 3 pages A4
- For every author first name and surname, address, telephone, fax and email should be provided. If there is more than one author, please indicate who will give the presentation.
- Please indicate the session name and preferential subject for the abstract
- Please send a separate application for each abstract
Authors will be notified of abstract acceptance not later than May 31, 2010.
Deadline for submission of full paper will be September 10, 2010
For more information, please email samira.manar@ezw.ae; Tel / fax: +9714 8814888 / +9714 8871626
