A regional perspective on innovation - from theory to strategy, Kevin Morgan and Claire Nauwelders; developing regional innovation strategies - the European Commission as animateur, Mikel Landabaso and Alasdair Reid; towards a knowledge-intensive economy - the RTP process in Limburg, Jan Cobbenhagen and Jean Severijns; regional innovation policy in Lorraine, Claire Nauwelders; learning through strategy-making - the RTP exercise in Wales, Dylan Henderson and Meirion Thomas; the "innovative region" strategy in Central Macedonia, Nicos Komninos and Grigoris Kafkalas; the birth of regional technology policy in Castile y Leon, Jaime Del Castillo; from planned economy to global markets - the RITTS experience in South Brandenburg; Patries Bockholt; prospects for regional technology policy in Central and Eastern Europe, Slavo Radosevic; regional technology and innovative strategies in Quebec - the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, M. Avery; the new wave of innovation-oriented regional policies - retrospect and prospects, Claire Nauwelders and Kevin Morgan.