Dear GKD Colleagues: This dialogue just keeps getting better and better!
Let me share what our ENTOVATION professionals have been discovering, and especially within the last few months: (1) There is a prevailing interest in what started as 'Techno-Cities', evolved into 'Digital/Information' Cities and now has moved toward 'Knowledge/Intelligent' Cities, Regions and World - the theme of our recent Roundtable (14 November, 2003) in Monterrey, Mexico - <http://www.knowledgesystems.org/e100mty/index.html#monterrey> - that was hosted by Dr. Javier Carrillo, Director of the Center for Knowledge Systems. ITESM. You can get a sense of the agenda that was managed as a 'Knowledge Cafe' and the resource material provided for discussion. There is even testimony from participants and some detailed preliminary conclusions. The formal report is forthcoming. (2) Another current electronic discussion is underway on KnowledgeBoard - the EU Portal - hosted by Dr. Ron Dvir, Innovation Ecology, on KnowledgeBoard - <http://www.knowledgeboard.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=119941>. I urge you to scan his paper - 'Innovation Engines in Knowledge Cities' and consider haw swiftly these economic concepts are converting into local, national and regional initiatives - some without geographic boundaries. You can also see the paper on the 'Power of Innovation Capital.' Others may want to offer their insights. (3) This provides a solid foundation for the building of EN2Polis - <http://www.entovation.com/group-alliance/en2polis.htm>, and our plans to dovetail in Barcelona with Forum 2004 - <http://www.barcelona2004.org/eng/> - as the knowledge and innovation agenda moves toward providing a platform for world peace. For now, I would like to take this GKD opportunity to get YOUR own perspectives on the evolution and prospects for the future. Comment within GKD and/or directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Always in your Network, Debra *************** Debra M. Amidon Founder and CEO ENTOVATION International Ltd. 2 Reading Avenue, Suite 300 Wilmington, MA 01887 USA T: 978/988-7995 F: 978/863-0124 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.entovation.com "Innovating our future...together." *************** ------------ This DOT-COM Discussion is funded by the dot-ORG USAID Cooperative Agreement, and hosted by GKD. http://www.dot-com-alliance.org provides more information. To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd For the GKD database, with past messages: http://www.GKDknowledge.org
