http://egade.sistema.itesm.mx/monterrey2003

Dear Sirs,

It is a pleasure to inform you that the Seventh International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation (ICTPI) will be held in Monterrey, Mexico, on June 10-13, 2003, at the leading graduate business school in Latin America: EGADE, of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM-Monterrey).

This is the official announcement and the call for abstracts to all interested in submitting them to the paper selection committee. The deadline for abstract submission is November 15, 2002.

TITLE OF THE ICTPI- MONTERREY 2003: CONNECTING PEOPLE, IDEAS, AND RESOURCES ACROSS COMMUNITIES.

SPECIAL TOPICS FOR MONTERREY 2003:

1) Regulatory and Globalization Initiatives for Competitiveness in Developed and Developing Communities
2) Finance and Capital Innovations as Critical Factors in Technological Development
3) Connecting Communities via Education and Technology
4) Innovation, Productivity, and Sustainability in Developed and Developing Regions
5) Solving Problems across Borders via Technology
6) E-Economy and e-Government and their Implications for Social and Political Accountability
7) Sectors and Industrial Specialization that Connect People across Communities
8) Using Incubators, Technopoles, and Public-Private Partnership to Connect People, Ideas, and Resources

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

Abstracts in all areas of former ICTPI are welcome. Special emphasis will be given to abstracts in the above topics. Deliver a 2 (no longer than 5) page abstract, font 12, 1.5 spaces. In the first page include the title, your name and affiliation, and the Special Topic you consider that your abstract belongs to. Use pages 2 up to 5, to present introduction, objectives, methodology used, preliminary or final results in a summarized manner, and a short bibliography.

Deadline for abstract submission is November 15, 2002. Deliver your paper via email (attachment), to the following addresses: [log in to unmask], or to [log in to unmask], or to any of the members of the paper selection committee. See the Monterrey 2003 guidelines and all information at http://egade.sistema.itesm.mx/monterrey2003.

Final accepted papers will be due by end-April, 2003.

WELCOME TO THE INDUSTRIOUS MONTERREY AND TO THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.

For further questions, you can contact me:

Dr. Alejandro Ibarra-Yunez
Chair, Local Organizing Committee, Monterrey 2003
Professor of Economics and Public Policy
EGADE ITESM-Monterrey
Ave. Fundadores y Rufino Tamayo, Col. Valle Oriente
Garza Garcia, NL 66269, Mexico
Tel. +1 (5281)-8625-6075
Fax. +1 (5281)-8625-6098
Email: [log in to unmask]


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