A WORLD SME NETWORK: The FUTURALLIA business convention took place for the first time in 1990 on the initiative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of La Vienne (Poitiers, France). Since then, 13 FUTURALLIA events have been organized, in France (1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007), Quebec (2000, 2003, 2008), Belgium (2005), and Poland (2006).

The FUTURALLIA Association was created in 2000. It unites its partners (economic development organizations) from various regions around the world. Futurallia aims to develop and foster exchanges between members of its SME network. (www.futurallia.com)