The INSME Annual Meeting 2006 is dedicated to any stakeholder dealing with issues related to innovation, technology transfer, research, SME competitiveness and globalisation challenges in the knowledge economy.

Typologies of participants include:

• INSME Association Members;
  
  
• INSME non-Members from the public and private sectors, including individuals.

INSME Association Members
They are entitled to take part in all the meetings, networking events and social occasions foreseen for this 3-day event:

• INSME Board Meeting, INSME Association General Assembly and Welcome Cocktail (Monday, April 24, 2006);
  
  
• International Conference on “Boosting Innovation by Bridging the Knowledge Gap: a Developer-User Approach” and Networking Cocktail (Tuesday, April 25, 2006);
  
  
• Visits to technological and scientific centres in the Montevideo area (Wednesday, April 26, 2006).

INSME non-Members
This typology of organisations include:

• INSME Advisory Group Delegates;
  
  
• INSME Partners (organisations with whom INSME has made an agreement in order to develop synergies, exchange know how and cooperate with INSME and its Members to gain mutual benefits: view the list of INSME Partners);
  
  
• Bodies eligible for membership in the INSME Association:
  › Ministries and Governmental Bodies;
  › International Organisations and International Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs);
  › Networks and associations of Intermediaries/business support organisations;
  › Individual Intermediaries/business support organisations.
  
  
• Individual experts, professionals and practitioners;
  
  
• SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) and large companies;
  
• Media representatives.

• Welcome Cocktail (Monday, April 24, 2006);
  
  
• International Conference on “Boosting Innovation by Bridging the Knowledge Gap: a Developer-User Approach”;
  
  
• Networking Cocktail (Tuesday, April 25, 2006);
  
  
• Visits to technological and scientific centres in the Montevideo area (Wednesday, April 26, 2006).

• free for Uruguayan participants and for media representatives;
  
  
• 200 Euro for those delegates coming from OECD countries;
  
  
• 100 Euro for those delegates coming from non-OECD countries.