2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - DYNAMICS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICIES -

MAY, 25th and 26th 2007

Organizing Authority : Middle East Technical University, Science and Technology Policy Research Center (METU - STPS), University of Economics, IZMIR

Potential topics discussed at the conference might include, but are not limited to, issues like the following:

• Political Economy of Technological Change
• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
• Clustering of Innovative Activity
• Technology and Work Organization
• Innovation, Technology, and Economic Development
• Technology and Industrial Strategy
• Technology, Society, and Culture
• Intellectual Property Rights and Regulation
• Economics of Technology Policy
• Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer in Developing Countries
• Economic Liberalization and Innovation Activities in Developing Countries
• Impact of ICT Use on Economic Performance in Developing Countries
• New Technologies and Decent Work in Developing Countries
• Openness, Human Capital and Technological Change
• Advances in Designing New Science and Technology Indicators
• Globalization, New Technologies and Reform of Education Systems


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1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS -

OCTOBER, 1st and 2nd 2004

Organizing Authority : Middle East Technical University, Science and Technology Policy Research Center (METU - STPS)

The aim of the Conference is to give detailed information about;

• The international legislation and applications in the field of technological development and intellectual property (IP)
• The Turkish national legislation and applications in the field of technological development and IP,
• The real examples in the development of industrial companies (national and international) related to intellectual property rights,
• Giving different points of views for new policies to;
      - Companies having Research and Development (R & D) activities in Turkey in other countries,
      - The University Staff in Turkey and other countries,
      - Patent, trademark and design attorneys,
      - Government staff in Turkey, 
      - Attorneys at Law.

The Conference/Symposium served as;

• Exchange of information and experience between the international organizations, national and international industrial companies, university and government staff in the field of technological development and intellectual property rights,
• Creating an environment for discussion and development of new policies in the companies and also in the legislative bodies and Universities