Thursday, 4 October 2007

EEI in Tauranga


Cambridge University, England

I am meeting Jan Andrews, Head of Asia Pacific, East of England Limited in Tauranga today. EEI are part of UK Trade & Investment.

Jan is visiting New Zealand this week and it is a good opportunity to talk about possible research initiatives in the Cambridge region of the UK. The region is very strong in ICT research and is known colloquially as 'Silicon Fen'.

Having spent some time with the University of Waikato in recent weeks, I am warming up to the need for closer links to the academic and research space. Today's meeting will demonstrate just how global collaboration might work from the Bay of Plenty.

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