The 5th International Conference on Innovation and Management (ICIM2008)

Maastricht, the Netherlands
December 10-11, 2008

Annually organised by UNU-MERIT (The Netherlands), Wuhan University of Technology (China) and Yamaguchi University (Japan), the International Conference on Innovation and Management has proven to be a high-profile event for leading international scholars in the area of management and innovation, practitioners and stakeholders.

Previously successfully held in China and Japan, now the Conference comes to The Netherlands. This 5th conference will be organized by UNU-MERIT and held in Maastricht, The Netherlands on December 10-11.

UNU-MERIT is pleased to offer a unique opportunity to join a conference with influential speakers from academia (Dr. Subhas Misra t.b.c., Harvard University; Professor Jo Ritzen, President University of Maastricht) and from the private sector (Dr. Emmo Meijer, R&D Director of Unilever).

ICIM2008 will highlight current thinking and future trends in management of innovation, knowledge economy and emerging business models. Representatives from a large number of countries will attend the event. The conference format includes plenary and parallel sessions with both academic and practitioner presentations. In addition, the conference will provide networking opportunities together with a taste of local culture.

Main Topics:

• Key (converging) technologies in the 21st century (nano-, bio-, ICT technology)
• Technological innovation, product innovation and industrial innovation
• Regional innovation systems, clusters and industrial networks
• Organizational innovation
• Managing collaborative innovation
• Financing and commercializing innovation
• Innovation in services, logistics and supply-chain management
• Intellectual property and knowledge management
• Human resource management issues in innovation
• Innovation and management issues within multinational corporations
• Innovation for low-income markets and social innovation
• Innovation for sustainable development
  

Organizers and Committees

Organizer: UNU-MERIT (The Netherlands)
Co-organizers: Wuhan University of Technology, China and Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Innovation & Technology Management, Japan

Organizing Committee

Chairman: Geert Duysters (UNU-MERIT, the Netherlands)
Co-Chairmen:
Ken KAMINISHI (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
ZHONGWEI Jiang (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
HU Shuhua (Wuhan University of Technology, China)