PIN-SME

Brussels, 6. November, 2008 - PIN-SME, the association representing small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe’s ICT sector, is organising a Networking Session at the ICT-2008 event in Lyon. Entitled ICT-SMEs: Your Innovation Partners, the Session will focus on the role of small ICT-based businesses as agents of change in the innovation process.

Brussels, 5 November, 2008 - PIN-SME has elaborated a response to the European Commission’s consultation on “A Strategy for ICT R&D and Innovation in Europe”. PIN-SME considers that Europe’s ICT R&D and innovation agenda is skewed too heavily towards research. A rebalancing is needed. While Europe must continue to develop new technologies, it should devote greater efforts to innovation to ensure research results find a market.

Brussels, 10 October, 2008 - Johann Steszgall, PIN-SME President, will presented the ICT SMEs‘ perspectives at the European Conference on e-Skills in Thessaloniki on 9-10 October 2008.

Brussels, 9 October, 2008 – At the 11th Summit Economic Forum of Central European Initiative (CEI) hosted by Moldova, PIN-SME participated on a conference session together with the European Commission. The session is entitled “SMEs and ICT in the CEI Region: Entrepreneurial associations’ role in fostering growth and competitiveness” and PIN-SME was represented by the Secretary General Mr Sebastiano Toffaletti. Moreover, Martin Prager and George Brashnarov - Austrian and Bulgarian PIN-SME members - intervened on behalf of their national organizations.

Brussels, 23 September, 2008 - Prof. Alexander Wurzer, Director of the Institute for Intellectual Property Management at the Steinbeis University in Berlin, will presents the views of NORMAPME and PIN-SME at the Workshop of the European Commission on IPR and ICT Standardisation on 19 November in Brussels.