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| 2009: European Year of Creativity and Innovation – The European Parliament |  |  |  
| CONFERENCE TOPICS |  |  |  
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Creativity, Complexity and Competitiveness Issues for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in SEE vs. other regions (EU and other)Leveraging e-skills for innovation in the knowledge societyManaging and Leveraging Complexity, Creativity and Innovation in SMEsTrust, Respect, Culture and Collaboration Issues for SMEs in SEE vs. other regions (EU and other)Leadership and Management practices that can be applied to SMEsSME Knowledge management and technology transferSME Business process modelingNew Technology Ventures FinancingBusiness incubation management and leadershipHuman Resources Practices for promoting innovation for SMEs 
South East European Entrepreneurial Innovation ClustersSMEs’ Entrepreneurship as an Innovation DriverOpportunities and barriers for closer cooperation between South East European SMEs in Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Strategic Integration vs. Flexibility and SME CompetitivenessInnovation Clusters, Technology Transfer and Social EntrepreneurshipSocial Networking as Driver of EICs formationScience & Technology Parks and EICsYoung and Women Entrepreneurs development via EICsBenchmarking of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Best Practices in the regionInnovation policy in SMEs 
Technology Innovation, Transfer and Commercialization across Governement, University, Industry domainsThe role of the State and Public Policy with regards to SME Innovation and EntrepreneurshipGovernmental and regional policies on entrepreneurship and innovationEntrepreneurial Universities and Entrepreneurial Innovation ClustersEntrepreneurship educationUniversity – Industry collaborationICT and SME Regional competitivenessSMEs and the role of the Innovation Zone (business centers and incubators)Intangibles Valuation and Intellectual Property RightsInnovative Supply Chain Management practices in SEEInnovative Supply ChainsInformation Technology proliferation in SEE SMEs |  |