Legal Knowledge Transfer Accelerator for SME cluster and Digital Business Ecosystems

LEKTOR/LEXELERATOR Workshop, Brussels, 7th May 2008

Legal issues for e-Business www.lexelerator.eu - a Web 2.0 experience

Left: Gérald Santucci, Head of Unit, DG Information Society; right: Enrique de Aresti Gutiérrez, DG Enterprise. from left: Humberto Carrasco, Chile; Kim Fisher, USA; Thibault Verbiest, lawyer, Belgium. From right: Carmen Dos Santos, EMF; Christine Saegesser, SwissMedia; Barbara Gatti, CEN. MORE PHOTOS		The EMF together with the LEKTOR partners presented the LEXELERATOR at this workshop, on 7 May 2008 in Brussels. The event was organized in collaboration with ULYS, a Belgian-based lawfirm specialized in Internet and e-business law, and UEAPME, Umbrella association of European SME organizations. Speakers from legal professions, academia, European institutions, SME organizations and regional representatives gave a view on the usability of tools like the Lexelerator for the legal knowledge exchange in e-business. The event was enhanced by international participants of the LEKTOR team from Chile and the USA that presented case studies from their respective regions.   "The Lexelerator is an evolving and sustainable tool which matches current and future needs to help SMEs identifying legal information to participate in the e-economy. The international dimension adds to its usability and prepares SMEs for future challenges, such as the "Internet of Things". Gerald Santucci, head of Unit, DG Information Society, European Commission   "If you want to stand on this place you need to move a lot" E. de Aresti G. quoting Alice in Wonderland with regard to SMEs in e-business.   "Knoweldge society and collaborative intelligence create a new digital divide: Those who know where to access information and those who don't", A. Meiszner, SPI/Open University   "You can only trust – and create trust – if you know the rules of the game. The Lexelerator helps to convey the basic legal knowledge everybody active in anything 'e-' should know", Kim Fisher, Prologue International, Silicon Valley     All Speakers' presentations Speakers's profiles Photo Gallery