At the start of this new millennium, knowledge creation, technical innovation and entrepreneurship are more than ever the basic ingredients for dynamic regional development. They ensure that prosperity and well-being are no empty words, but attainable goals. Leuven has understood that message perfectly well. The Leuven region is definitely ready to continue its growth to become one of the leading and trend-setting knowledge regions in the 21st-century Europe and has several assets to achieve this goal.