ICSTI ’s (International Council for Scientific and Technical Information) Annual Conference will take place in Finland for the first time next June. Canada hosted the 2009 conference, Korea the 2008 conference, and the next host in 2011 will be China. ICSTI offers a unique forum for interaction between organizations that create, disseminate and use scientific and technical information. ICSTI's mission cuts across scientific and technical disciplines, as well as international borders, to give member organizations the benefit of a truly global community. The Society for Finnish Information Specialists, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland are the organizers of this year’s conference in Helsinki.

"From Information to Innovation" has been chosen as the main theme of the conference. It sheds light on the significance of information as the enabler and catalyst of scientific, technical and business developments and provides elements of success in building the future. From Information to Innovation” will focus on inspiring sub-themes:

* Information as the lifeblood of research and innovation – Finnish cases
* Intelligent information solutions and services
* Creating the future – towards the global innovation economy.

The programme features e.g. the following significant Finnish and international opinion leaders and experts as speakers: Mikko Kosonen from Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, Petri Peltonen from the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Lee-Ann Coleman from the British Library, Jay Katzen from Elsevier, Jussi Oijala from KONE Corporation, Adam Bly from Seed Media Group, Juan-Carlos Sobrino from Nature Publishing, Mika Waris from the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, Juha Korkeila from Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, and Erkki KM Leppävuori, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

The conference and exhibition will give you and your organization impulses and examples of a new mind-set and tools for future success in how to benefit more from existing information and innovative solutions. You’ll have an excellent chance to orient yourself to future innovation competencies and to experiment with innovative information tools.

Who should attend?

* information and knowledge professionals and chief information officers
* executives from private, academic and government sectors
* executives, research and innovation professionals
* information service providers
* publishers and providers of online information
* management and innovation consultants
* science researchers.

Please, register by May 31, 2010. Take advantage of the early bird registration date by April 14, 2010.

More information: http://www.vtt.fi/icsti2010