-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] creativeSME, Portugal: EARLY REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE UNTIL APRIL 30th Datum: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:57:54 +0100 Von: Isabel Ramos iramos@dsi.uminho.pt Antwort an: Isabel Ramos iramos@dsi.uminho.pt An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org CC: isworld@lyris.isworld.org, ifipwg82 IFIPWG82@listserv.syr.edu, re-online@it.uts.edu.au
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IFIP WG 8.2 working conference on The role of IS in leveraging the intelligence and creativity of SME's (creativeSME) Guimarães, Portugal June 21th-24th, 2009 http://creativesme.dsi.uminho.pt
EARLY REGISTRATION until April 30 (http://creativesme.dsi.uminho.pt/Registration.htm)
The 2009 working conference focuses the importance of knowledge as a key economic resource for companies, and particularly, SMEs. Aware of the economic relevance of SMEs in Europe and elsewhere, the conference organization aims at fostering research addressing the KM and innovation processes in SMEs as well as innovative strategies, methods, information systems and technologies that can leverage SMEs ability to creatively solve their problems and take advantage of market opportunities, i.e., to leverage the intelligence and creativity of SMEs.
Keynote Speakers: - Michael Dowling, University of Regensburg - Carlos Zorrinho, Portuguese Coordinator of the Lisbon Strategy and the Technological Plan
Several high quality panels and workshops, providing excellent fora for the exchange of novel research ideas
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The hotel reservation can be made via the registration link (best prices) or using the links available at http://creativesme.dsi.uminho.pt/Location.htm.
Travelling details:
If you are traveling to Lisbon, then you'll have a train from there (Estação do Oriente) to Guimarães at 17:39 and arriving at Guimarães by 21:40, every day (30 Euros in executive class: http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=87cbd5abe2a74010VgnVCM1000007b0...).
If your flight goes to Porto, then there are several options:
1) Travelling by taxi to Guimaraes (about 50 Euros). 2) Going by metro to Estação de Campanhã, Porto (about 4 Euros), and taking the train to Guimarães (train ticket is about 3 Euros). 3) Going by taxi to Estação de Campanhã, Guimarães (about 25 Euros) and taking the train to Guimarães.
For further information and updates, please visit the general creativeSME website at http://creativeSME.dsi.uminho.pt
Isabel Ramos João Álvaro Carvalho creativeSME Organizing Chairs
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