Representatives of companies, university researchers, the Public Administration and KTOs professionals deliberated on the basic principles that must govern the collaboration in R&D and KT activities between enterprises and the University.

The Conference was opened by the President of the University of the Balearic Islands, Ms. Montserrat Casas; the General Director of Knowledge Transfer Programs of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Ms. Otilia Mó; the President of the R&D Commission of the Conference of the Spanish University Presidents (CRUE), Mr. Francisco Tomás; the Executive Secretary of the R&D Committee of the CRUE, Mr. Francisco Quiles; the Manager of the Service of Investigation and Technological Development of the Council of Economy, Property and Innovation of the Regional Government of the Balearic Islands, Mrs. Bárbara Terrasa; the General Coordinator of RedOTRI, Ms. Ana Cortés; and the President of "Sa Nostra" Savings Bank, Mr. Fernando Alzamora.
In the inaugural presentation Mr. Andrew Dearing, General Secretary of the European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA), made a historical review of the collaborations between companies and other agents, and emphasized the benefits of the integration in greater structures of cooperation. Mr. Dearing also highlighted the enormous potential of the knowledge generated by public R&D, which is not always transferred into patents or licenses. Finally, he demonstrated the importance of the document "Responsible Partnering", a manual recommended and guaranteed by the EC on good practices in the cooperation university-enterprise. 
In the next place, Ms. Otilia Mó presented the programs included in the Spanish R&D National Plan whose main goals are to promote the public-private collaboration in the transfer of knowledge and innovation. 
The morning session was closed with a round table moderated by Ana Cortes, RedOTRI’s Coordinator, and with the presence of representatives from universities and enterprises, who deliberated on the key points on which a responsible collaboration should be based. On the enterprise side were present Mr. Antoni Carbona (GridSystems), Mr. Jorge Alemany (CELLERIX) and Mr. Juan Ignacio Burgaleta (Sener), whereas on the university side was present professor Antonio Delgado (University of Seville). All agreed on the necessity to establish guidelines to link interests and to conduct open and direct negotiations in order to achieve a successful relationship. The debate was complemented with the opinions of Mr. Fernando Conesa (Director of the KTO of the Polytechnic University of Valencia), who demanded to avoid generalizations, and suggested to approach each collaboration case individually, and with the ideas of Mr. José Enrique San José (Spanish Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology-CDTI), who demanded a more flexible criteria in the public subsidies that foster the collaboration between the University and the enterprises.
As in other conferences, the 2008 program included several technical workshops intensively attended. Their contents focused on the legal aspects of R&D collaborations, the new R&D&I organisational structures, and KT marketing and communication. 
After the presentation of the workshops’ conclusions, the program of day 13th was completed with a presentation by Mr. Pera Oliver, Director of Investigation, Technological Development and Innovation of the Balearic Government, who talked about the strategic R&D lines in the Balearic Islands.
Three network initiatives were communicated during the sessions of the last day: the results of the 2007 RedOTRI Educational Plan and the main lines of the 2008 edition, presented by Mr. Vicente Díez (OTRI-School Coordinator); the recently-published Technical Handbook on Total Costs Management in the Seventh Research Framework Programme, presented by Mr. Óscar Lopez (Coordinator of the European Projects Workgroup); and the activities of the G83 Contracts Workgroup, presented by its coordinator Ms. Dolores Blanco.
The RedOTRI 2008 Conference was closed by Ms. Ana Cortés, who presented a report of RedOTRI activities for the following year and the first indicators obtained by the RedOTRI 2008 KT Survey.

RedOTRI Publishes a Technical Handbook on Total Costs Management in the Seventh Research Framework Programme