Keynote presentations will focus on strategic issues related to Open Innovation, Collaborative Research and Commercialisation.

Plenary speakers confirmed to date include:

- H.E. Mr Frank Heemskerk, Minister of Foreign Trade, The Netherlands

- Wim Deetman, Mayor of The Hague

- Frits Huffnagel, Deputy Mayor of The Hague

- Mr Frans de Bruïne, Director of the European Commission

- Hans Daniels, Vice President & Managing Director, Hewlett-Packard Netherlands

- Ad Scheepbouwer, Chairman, KPN, Netherlands

- Roberto Cencioni, European Commission, Luxembourg

- Dr. Ronald de Bruin, ENISA, Greece

- Rosalie Zobel, Director of the European Commission

Plenary speakers for e-2006 included:

- Ernest Maragall, Secretary of the Government, Generalitat de Catalunya

- Maravillas Rojo Torrecilla, Councillor for Employment and Innovation, Ajuntament de Barcelona

- Joao Da Silva, Director of the European Commission

- Bernard Meric, Senior Vice President, External Affairs EMEA, Hewlett Packard Europe

- Matthias Kaiserswerth, VP Research, Director Zurich Research Laboratory, IBM

- H.E. Mr. Iuliu Winkler, Minister Delegate for Commerce, Romania

- Rosalie Zobel, Director of the European Commission