10/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Innovation Relay Centre (IRC) network will bring together some 400 experts in innovation and technology transfer from 27 to 29 June in Brussels on the occasion of its annual meeting organised by the European Commission's DG Enterprise and Industry and the Brussels Innovation Relay Centre (BIRC) and hosted by the Brussels Enterprise Agency. Under the banner “From regional innovation to international competitiveness”, this public meeting will concentrate its effort son the activities, projects and strategies of the IRC network and will also look at the new Competition and Innovation Programme (CIP) launched by the Commission on 7 April (EUROPE 8923). On this occasion, Commissioner Verheugen will give a prize for the best exploitation of research results.