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ECKM 2007: THE 8th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Barcelona, Spain
PRESENTATION CONTENT:
• The city of Barcelona
• Technical University of Catalonia
• ECKM 2007: main features
THE CITY OF BARCELONA
Barcelona, a knowledge city
Barcelona, the 6th metropolitan area in Europe
Barcelona’s metropolitan Region:4,6 million inhabitants in a 3,200 Sq. Km
The international position of Barcelona
• 6th best European City for Business (Healey & Baker)
• The only hot spot for the new economy in Southern Europe (Business Week)
• Barcelona and Dublin, the two most interesting investment destinations (Business Location of Financial Times)
• 3rd most improved city (Fortune)
• 1st city in quality of life (Healey & Baker)
Barcelona: an example of evolution from a industrial city
to a service based economy
78% of the Barcelona labour force in the services sector
The Knowledge City Strategy
Barcelona aims to become a Global City
The first tourist city of Europe
A city that focused on its human capital development
A city with high quality urban standards
A city with a mixture of science and art
An open and connected city
An international centre for training and research
THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF
CATALONIA
THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF
CATALONIA
• Created in 1971 by grouping a number of schools and research centers, located in various cities (Barcelona, Castelldefels, Manresa, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Terrassa and Vilanova i la Geltrú)
• 35.000 students • 60 official first and second cycle qualifications • more than 45 doctoral programmes, specialising
in technical, science, art and humanities
ECKM 2007: CONFERENCE VENUE
• The College of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (EUETIB) is a centennial innovating school, located right in the center of Barcelona city
ECKM 2007: INNOVATING FEATURES
ECKM 2007: INNOVATING
FEATURES
• Increasing focus on KM and IC macrodimension (knowledge cities, knowledge regions)
• A new mini-track, entitled Human Capital for Outstanding Results
WE WARMLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME AND JOIN US AT THE ECKM
2007, IN BARCELONA!
José M. Viedma