The 18th World Conference of the International Association of Science Parks (IASP), organized by the Network of Technology Parks in the Basque Country (Bilbao, Álava, and San Sebastián), will be held under the tide "Science and Technology Parks in the Knowledge and Digital Economy". Bilbao, Álava and San Sebastián, three technology parks that are models of success, not only for the thrust they have imparted to the Basque Country in advanced technology, but also because together they make up a true continuum for the generation and transfer of knowledge in an arca of outstanding environmental quality that embraces companies, universities, and R&D centres.
     Bilbao, home of the Guggenheim Museum of Contemporary Art and model of a city in movement, will be an excellent site for the first IASP congress of the new millennium.
     The Conference will be held 10-13 june 2001, in the Congress Palace. One of the themes to treat will be the role of science and technology parks in relation to the challenges and opportunities fournished by the knowledge society and the digital economy. Those taking part will include experts of international renown.
     The visitor to Bilbao will have a chance to contemplate the interesting contrasts now to be found in the Basque Country. People with their own culture and identity, with an ancient language of origin as yet undetermined. Who love their traditions, but who at the same time are open to the world where business, technology, and solidarity are concerned. A country with a high quality of life, in which one may enjoy coast or mountain, esteemed cuisine, splendid golf courses, and much more.

     Bilbao 2001. See you there.