On 4th March 2010, a European Forum for competitiveness and growth in SMEs, notably through the integration of ICT technologies, will be organised, for the first time, jointly by DG ENTR - eBSN and CeBIT.

The objective of the Forum will be to launch a debate on SMEs as global business players, and examine which policy measures and activities lead to success, as well as which are the best real eBusiness practices among European SMEs.

Invited are SME federations, organizations, policy makers, chambers of trade and commerce, clusters, interested executive directors from SMEs, scientific institutions and press.

Please note that the European CeBIT Forum for Competitiveness and Growth in SMEs 2010 is part of the renowned CeBIT international ICT exposition - see the CeBIT website for more information.

There is no special registration for the CeBIT Forum for Competitiveness and Growth in SMEs 2010 (CeBIT Studio Mittelstand, hall 2). The people need only the entrance ticket to come in to the CeBIT fairground. Please find attached the draft programme.

The event will be web-casted live at http://www.cebit-studio-mittelstand.de  

Please note that you can order a free e-ticket to CeBIT, if you register via this link: http://www.cebit.de/aktion2010.html?dupgp using the Code: dupgp. The ticket will be sent to you by e-mail.

For the draft agenda kindly visit: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=4006&lang=en