The World High-Tech Forum is a platform for innovation and emerging technologies. The pace of development, together with the ever-accelerating speed of communication of ideas and transport of goods and people brings new challenges to organisations. The Forum explores how one of the significant factors in success in the future will be a clear vision of the whole process from technology to market. Entrepreneurs must consider the global picture in all aspects of their planning, whether it is technology creation and development, production or marketing. Innovation is essential, whether it is in the form of new technology or in the approach to business development and partnering.”

A key consideration of the Forum is the rapidly changing balance of research, technology and manufacturing between developed and developing nations. It is no longer enough to develop a product and then look for ‘cheap manufacturing’ elsewhere. Developing nations have expertise in all stages of the process, and this must be harnessed efficiently.”