This special issue of Industry and Higher Education is devoted to a selection of papers and reports from TTI 2000, an international conference on technology transfer and innovation held at the Commonwealth Institute, London in July 2000. In this introductory paper, the author provides the context of the conference, summarizes presentations given by invited speakers and offers personal reflections on the event.
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