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High-Level Roundtable on SMEs and Technology
READ MOREThe Single Market Entrepreneurs (SME) Centre, a new centre of excellence housed within the Lisbon Council, convened the first High-Level Roundtable on Growth and Innovation under the timely theme: How Digital Technologies are Reshaping Traditional Business Models and...
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NEW POLICY BRIEF: Wired for Growth and Innovation
READ MOREExecutive Director Ann Mettler and Senior Fellow Anthony D. Williams explain the potential of the Internet – and greater adoption of information and communication technology in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – to dramatically raise competitiveness, improve...
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Barroso Keynotes Europe 2020 Summit
READ MOREIn the week leading up to the Spring European Council, The Europe 2020 Summit convened under the timely theme of Unleashing Growth and Creating Jobs. Organised in collaboration with the Danish EU Presidency, the Summit animated an informed and solution-oriented debate about...
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Palmisano on 21st Century Innovation and Leadership
READ MORESamuel J. Palmisano, chairman of IBM, and one of the most iconic and visionary business leaders of our time, delivered The 2012 Guglielmo Marconi Lecture, the Lisbon Council’s flagship event on innovation. In his speech entitled Now It Gets Interesting: Global...
News & Events 
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President Herman Van Rompuy...
As the eurozone crisis intensifies and the European Council prepares to... Read more
Eco-Innovation Summit: Christiana...
The Eco-Innovation Summit convened under the timely theme The Road to... Read more
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Digital Agenda: New Sources of...
The 2011 Digital Agenda Summit convened under the timely theme of New... Read more
Jean-Claude Juncker Keynotes...
Convening under the timely theme Modernising the State for the Post-Crisis... Read more
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Europe Needs a Real Growth Agenda
As Europe embarks on a quest for a new “Growth Compact,” it is clear... Read more
New Drivers of Innovation
The 2011 Innovation Summit convened under the timely theme of New Drivers... Read more
Initiatives
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Innovation
Innovation is key to remaining at the forefront of global economic developments. Without innovation, we will not be able to sustain our...
Government of the Future
The 21st century is a time of unprecedented challenge – and great opportunity. The Government of the Future Centre strives to shape a high...
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Digital Economy
Europe is rapidly moving from the industrial age to a global, networked knowledge- and service-based economy. That inevitably necessitates...
Skills and Human Capital
Human capital and education are at the centre of a knowledge economy. More than ever, our level of education and skills will determine...
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Single Market Entrepreneurs
In times of the unprecedented economic crisis and sluggish growth prospects for the upcoming years, entrepreneurs and small- and medium-sized...
Europe 2020
Seeking to move beyond the current economic crisis and building the foundations for future prosperity and well-being, the Lisbon Council will...
