Some information about the city, host institute and conference.

3. THE CITY OF BARCELONA

5. Barcelona, a knowledge city

6. Barcelona, the 6th metropolitan area in Europe Barcelona’s metropolitan Region:4,6 million inhabitants in a 3,200 Sq. Km

8. Barcelona: an example of evolution from a industrial city to a service based economy 78% of the Barcelona labour force in the services sector

9. The Knowledge City Strategy Barcelona aims to become a Global City The first tourist city of Europe A city that focused on its human capital development A city with high quality urban standards A city with a mixture of science and art An open and connected city An international centre for training and research

21. THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA

32. ECKM 2007: INNOVATING FEATURES