This special issue of Industry and Higher Education is devoted to a selection of papers from the Second International Conference ‘New Horizons in Industry and Education’(NHIE 2001), held on the island of Milos, Greece, in September 2001. In this introductory article the author provides an overview of the conference, summarizes the most important presentations, and offers personal reflections on the conference outcomes.
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