Conference in Glasgow: ISLAE: International Conference: Innovation Support in Latin America and Europe.

The 4th and 5th of December of 2009, at the Saltire Centre of the  Glasgow Caledonian University, the "International Conference: Innovation Support in Latin America and Europe", took place, organized by the partners of the KickStart Project.

The themes of the conferences included:

1- Innovation and systems of innovation

2- Innovation and competitivity in difficult times.

3- Interchange of knowledge, creativity and initiatives.

4- Comercialization of innovation

5- Interchange of knowledge and capacity of buidling of political dimensions

6- Innovation in Latinoamerica.

7- Learning the practical issues of innovation

During this conference Francesco Fedele and Rosemary Navarrete-poretti, of the Università degli Studi "Guglielmo Marconi" gave the presentation "Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building" presnting the EL-Gate Project, its characteristics and the first conclusions coming from the work being done.

During the meeting a number of contacts have been made with institutions which have shown to be interested in the objetctives of the EL-Gate project - these institutions have been invited to partecipate in the  activities of the project.

A few of the contacts established incude:

-Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú, thru its representative, Eduardo Ismodes;

-Universidad Central de Colombia, thru its representative, Julio María Rodríguez;

-University of Munster, of Germany, thru its Office for Innovation;

-RedCiencia, thru its representative, Filippo Pacciarini.