Conference on The Triple Helix Paradigm for Development: Strategies for Cooperation and Exchange of Good Practice
The conference is a response to the growing awareness about the need for policy shift from the traditional technology transfer practice to a policy position that is capable of providing a sustainable basis for innovation and technological progress in developing countries.
Location: University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
This two-day conference is an offshoot of the series of biennial international conferences on Triple Helix Innovation. It aims to focus on the issues and challenges associated with the “triple helix” strategy for promoting innovation and learning societies in developing countries through south-south cooperation and exchange of best practice.
The conference is a response to the growing awareness about the need for policy shift from the traditional technology transfer practice to a policy position that is capable of providing a sustainable basis for innovation and technological progress in developing countries.
This policy-oriented conference to be hosted by the University of the West of England in Bristol, England and sponsored by the University of the West of England in Bristol, the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, The Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Cambridge-MIT Institute and the International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development.
Topics to be addressed by the conference include
• The role of universities in developing, sharing and disseminating all forms of knowledge (explicit and tacit)
• The role of triple helix model in the development of regional innovation of systems
• Triple helix as a new paradigm to provide a sustainable basis for innovation and technological progress.
• The implications of the 'triple helix paradigm' for the organization and management of the university system, and also for the modalities of technology transfer practices in developing countries
• Foreign direct investment and transfer of knowledge
• The relevance of theories such as transaction cost, resources-based value, dynamic capabilities, social network and constraints, etc. to understanding the triple helix system
For more information please consult our website www.uwe.ac.uk/bbs/3helixconference or contact the Conference Secretary:
Conference on The Triple Helix Paradigm for Development: Strategies for Cooperation
and Exchange of Good Practice.
The contact person is:-
Rebecca England
Bristol Business School,
University of the West of England,
Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane,
Bristol BS16 1QY
Tel: 00 44 1173282293
Fax: 00 44 1173282289 E
E-mail: [email protected]
