Global markets for sustainable products, technologies and services are predicted to reach $700 billion by 2010.
To seize these market opportunities will require high quality R&D and commercialisation systems to have been implemented in the UK, if we are not to loose out to our competitors.
This means that inventors will need to be talking to researchers who in turn will need to networking with funders, entrepreneurs and others.
Emerging opportunities are on the horizon e.g. the recently published Sustainable Procurement Action Plan highlighted in chances for eco-innovative solutions.
However, is the UK eco-innovation system in place to respond and deliver?
There are still many challenges that need to be tackled before eco-innovation can be accelerated in the UK.
"Eco-Innovation Summit - South-East" will bring together a unique group of leading-edge speakers and thinkers with a variety of practical insights into the opportunities and challenges of implementing eco-innovation.
The event aims to take thinking and practice forward through addressing a number of key questions throughout the day: What are key obstacles to achieving higher levels of eco-innovation? How can public procurement drive eco-innovation? Are supply chains in place to deliver eco-innovation? What support is needed to build eco-innovation capacity? What
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