The above conference, hosted by the DCMI Government Working Group and the
IDA programme (http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/ida/index.htm) will be
held in Brussels on the 21-22 June 2001.
Could all those who are interested in attending please contact me to
request a registration form. Places are limited, if necessary we will
operate on a first-com, first served basis. The conference is free,
refreshments and lunch will be provided on the 21st, refreshments only on
the 22nd, though access to the European Commission restaurant will be
available.
AGENDA
Thursday 21st June
MORNING SESSION
Chair : Makx Dekkers, Managing Director, DCMI
10.30 Introductions and Welcome - Michael Cashman, MEP
10.45 National/Institutional experiences and initiatives
Palle Aargard, Denmark
John Borras, United Kingdom
Zsolt Sikolya, Hungary
Eddie Byrne, Ireland
(11.45 – 12.00 Coffee)
Luc van den Berghe, CEN/ISSS
Nancy Brodie, Government of Canada
Dan Brickley, Semantic web (to be confirmed )
13.00 Review of morning session
13.30 Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Chair : Mme Manuela Finetti, Head of Unit, IDA
14.30 Application of Standards
Makx Dekkers, DCMI
Peter Pappamikail, European Parliament
Michael Kjeldgaard, Denmark
Paul Murphy, IDA Programme
(15.30 – 15.45 Tea)
Andrew Wilson, Australia
Frank Brady, European Commission
Tamás Prajczer, Hungary
Paul Miller, United Kingdom
Keitha Booth, New Zealand
17.00 Review of afternoon session
17.30 Close
Friday 22nd June
MORNING SESSION.
Chair: Reinhard Büscher, Head of e-business; ICT industries and services
Unit, European Commission
9:30 Thesaurus/Controlled Vocabulary
Gábor Uhrin, Hungary
Stella Dextre-Clarke, United Kingdom
Chris Stevenson, Canada
10.30 Discussion
(11.00 – 11.15 Coffee)
11.15 The Way Forward
12.30 Close
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