Glasgow : Scotland : UK : 17-19 June 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS The Role of Triple Helix in the Global Agenda for Innovation, Competitiveness and Sustainability The Triple Helix network of University-Industry-Government (U-I-G) interactive relations is gaining increasing recognition in policy, academic and industrial circles as a dynamic institutional basis for wealth creation and sustainable development through the generation of knowledge and its effective application. Given that considerable knowledge and experience is being accumulated around the world on U-I-G interactions, Triple Helix VII will provide a platform for state-of-the-art presentations, knowledge exchange, and for discussion of the social, economic and environmental implications. KEY THEMES • Analytical models for Triple Helix • Innovation systems • Triple Helix as a basis for innovation capacity building • R&D priorities • IP rights, knowledge, and exchange system • Third mission of universities • Global agenda for sustainable development • Competitiveness and regional development PROGRAMME DEADLINES Opening Date for Abstract Submission 15 July 2008 Closing Date for Abstract Submission 14 November 2008 Notification of Acceptance 16 January 2009 Full Paper/Workshop Paper Due 17 April 2009 Poster Extended Abstracts Due 17 April 2009 FOR INFORMATION CONTACT Girma Zawdie [email protected] Sheila Forbes [email protected] CONFERENCE WEBSITE http://www.triple-helix-7.org The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263 . CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE Professor Tariq Durrani Conference Chairman (University of Strathclyde) Professor Henry Etzkowitz Chairman, International Scientific Committee (Business School, Newcastle University) Dr Girma Zawdie Chairman, Conference Organising Committee (University of Strathclyde) Sheila Forbes Conference Administrator (University of Strathclyde) INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE Chair : Tariq Durrani University of Strathclyde Glasgow Henry Etzkowitz Business School, Newcastle University, England, UK Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research, The Netherlands Jose Manoel Carvalho de Mello Federal Fluminese University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mohammed Saad University of West of England (UWE), England, UK Girma Zawdie University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Ricardo Vialle Fondazione Rosselli and Scoula Superiore Pubblica Administrazione de Roma, Italy Poh-Kam Wong National University of Singapore, Singapore BLUE RIBAND ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chair : Andrew Hamnett Principal, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Mark Beatson Department for Innovation, University and Skills (DIUS), London Tariq Durrani University of Strathclyde, Glasgow John Ireland Scottish Government, Glasgow John Kirkland Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), London Gordon Masterton JE Jacobs UK Limited, Glasgow Shonaig Macpherson Scottish Council for Development and Industry, Edinburgh Sam Thorburn University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Girma Zawdie University of Strathclyde, Glasgow INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Chair : Henry Etzkowitz Business School, Newcastle University, England Scientific Secretariat: Girma Zawdie University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Erik Baark HK University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Lepori Benedetto University of Lugano and Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques, Paris Peter Booth University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Zhuyan Chou Shenyang University, China Norman Clark African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Nairobi, Kenya Philip Cooke Cardiff University, Wales, UK Javier Revilla Diez University of Hannover, Germany Mark Dodgson University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia James Dzisah University of Saskatchewan, Canada Charles Edquist Lund University, Sweden Jelel Ezzine Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology; University of Tunis el Manar, Tunisia Devrim Goktepe-Hulten Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany Anthony Grimason University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK Denis Gray North Carolina State University, USA Calestous Juma Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA Patarapong Interekumnerd National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand Yuko Harayama Tohoku University, Japan Robert Kalin University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK Helen Keenan University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK Ursula Kelly University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK John Kirkland Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), London, UK Venni Krishna Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Xue Lan Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Rejean Landry University of Laval, Canada Cooper H Langford University of Calgary, Canada Jean Michel Larrasquet Mondragon University, Spain Peter McGregor University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Chandra Malairaja Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MoSTI), Malaysia David C Mowery University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Martin Meyer Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), University of Sussex John Mugabe NEPAD, Science and Technology Commission, Pretoria, South Africa Kitipong Promwong National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand Liana Marina Ranga Business School, Newcastle University, UK Lea Maria Leme Strini Velho University of Campinas, Brazil Weiping Wu Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA .