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PICMET'04 Symposium in Korea
co-hosted by STEPI
"Innovation Management in the Technology-Driven World"
 

T-Plan: Fast Start Technology Roadmapping
T-Plan was developed by Cambridge researchers after surveying the roadmapping practices at 2,000 UK manufacturing firms. More

Knowledge Diversity in the Nano-Era

 Over the past 40 years, humankind’s capacity to store, process and manage information has increased at a staggering, yet relatively predictable pace.  In one way or another, progress in the information age has been tied to “Moore’s Law”, which states that the number of devices on integrated circuits (or silicon chips) tends to quadruple about every three years.  More

Nanotechnology :  It is  small, but  will create next big industry
The U.S. government showed dedication to growth of the new nanotech industry. Nanotechnology is the manipulation of materials at the atomic scale. The National Science Foundation has estimated that nanotechnology applications may be more than $1 trillion in the global economy in little more than a decade. President Bush  signed legislation in December 3, 2003 to fund nanotechnology research and development for four years starting next Oct. 1. More

World Economic Forum Names Technology Pioneers for 2004

The World Economic Forum  announced the 30 companies selected worldwide as "Technology Pioneers" for 2004. Company nominations  are made by the international venture community and members, constituents and collaborators of the World Economic Forum. More
Growth of  Biotech Industry in Oregon
Bioscience industry in Oregon is still small and growing incrementally. Oregon's commercial bioscience sector includes 185 companies in the following industries: medical devices, chemicals and reagents, human therapeutics (drug discovery and development), life sciences-oriented information technology, in vitro diagnostics, agriculture and food, and environment and waste. More 
Three Main Reasons Why India is Leading the World Software Market

A country is a complex system consisting of a set of elements connected by multiple and non-linear relationships. Technology foresight, commonly defined as a systematic process to identify critical technologies [1] [2] that will allow countries to develop consistently and reach their goals, has been growing in importance during the last two decades. More

 Microsoft Fights in the MATRIX Movie : Linux Versus Microsoft

Brazil, China and India  go with Linux
The war of the operating systems between Microsoft Windows and Linux is a contest between proprietary software and free software. Actually Linux is spreading at the grass roots level. It’s interesting to note that both China and India and Brazil governments are  supporting Linux. I watched  Microsoft’s version of the Matrix parodgy at the 2003 Comdex as part of Bill Gate’s keynote.  It was really interesting. More   

Nanogen's New Patent Boosts the Competion in Biochip Industry                   
The new Nanogen patent describes a unique electric field 'pick and place' process that facilitates the bringing together or integration of diverse DNA nanocomponents, thereby helping solve difficult scaling issues. More
Petersburg Prized Offered  to ICT Innovators
The Petersberg Prize will recognize the most exemplary contribution in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for development during the last ten years. The awardee will receive the €100,000 Prize. Nominations are due by February 1, 2004.More
Linking strategy to project management through project manager assignments

Recent research in the project management discipline places emphasis on establishing a link between organizational strategy and project management.  For some organizations, projects are the vehicles to business success.  Managing a project to its success is therefore very important.  An organization has to be assured that its project management, starting from project selection to project dissemination, is in line with its organizational strategy. More

 Technology Foresight: An opportunity for developing countries

A country is a complex system constitutes by a set of elements connected by multiple and non-linear relationships. Technology foresight, commonly defined as a systematic process to identify critical technologies [UNIDO, 1999] [Foren, 2001] that will allow countries to growth consistently and reach the aims goals, has been growing in importance during the last two decades. More

 World Best Technologies -WBT- 2004

The World Best Technologies (WBT) is produced in cooperation with the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) and the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF). The FLC represents over 700 federally funded research centers and laboratories throughout the U.S. The NASVF is a national organization of public agencies, private investors, and public/private partnerships serving those who invest in America's entrepreneurs. More

 China Draws on Global Wisdom in Sci-tech Planning

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said  that China is open to the advice of overseas experts in the process of drafting a medium and long-term plan for the advancing of science and  technology. Wen said China adopts an open approach in drafting a plan that is oriented to the world and the future. Wen made the remarks in a meeting with overseas experts attending a forum on science and technology development planning for the coming two decades in Beijing. More  

 Taiwan Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park (HSIP)
Established in 1980, the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park has been at the center of Taiwan's high-tech industrial development in recent years. More
  Education Trends

Portland State University  Engineering and Technology Management Department is conducting a world wide research study on education and research in Engineering and Technology Management. More

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