Press Release: Commission invited business leaders to Brussels to discuss the European Institute of Technology and the Role of the Business Sector in Education, Science and Innovation in Europe

A meeting of business leaders was held in Brussels on 7 September 2006 at the initiative of the President of the Commission José Manuel Barroso. Representatives from some of the most R&D-intensive European enterprises in key technology sectors, as well as major business organisations, agreed to take part in the meeting organised by the European Commission's Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA). Vice President Verheugen, Commissioners Figel' and Kroes also attended the meeting, which focused on the role of the business sector in education, science and innovation in Europe, linked to the Commission's flagship project, the European Institute of Technology.