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INFORMATION SOCIETY NEWSROOM UPDATE
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World Summit to set out a strategic vision for a global information society
(9/12/2003)
The United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will take
place in Geneva from the 10th to the 12th December 2003. This is the single
most important political event dedicated to the Information Society since
the European Commission coined the phrase in the mid-Nineties. Heads of
State and Government and senior ministers from around the world should agree
a Declaration of Principles governing the global information society and a
Plan of Action to guide countries in making it a reality. Erkki Liikanen,
Commissioner for the Information Society has been asked by President Prodi
to represent the European Commission throughout the Summit, while
Commissioner for development and humanitarian aid, Poul Nielson, will attend
the Summit on the 10th December to sign a joint position on information
society for development with the Union's African, Caribbean and Pacific
partners. A second session of the World Summit will take place in Tunis in
November 2005.
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-- 9 - 11 December 2003
Optical Technologies: A HighLight for European Research
Brussels, Belgium
Commissioner Liikanen will be attending the opening of the Optical
Technologies event where he will present the European Commission's point of
view on Optical Technologies. Optical Technologies is being organised by VDI
(Verein Deutscher Ingenieure) and supported by over 50 organisations from 15
European countries. It will focus on the growing importance of Optical
Technologies for Europe. The accompanying interactive exhibition "The
Fascination of Light" will be open from the 10th to 11th and promises to
take you on a journey through the world of Optical Technologies.
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-- 9 - 12 December 2003
EuroNanoForum 2003
Trieste, Italy
The investigation of matter and its control at the nano-scale present a huge
potential that can bring benefits to society as a whole and greatly increase
industrial competitiveness. The EuroNanoForum aims at examining the present
situation in the development of nanosciences and nanotechnologies in Europe.
This well take place within the context of the international state of the
art and in line with the objectives of the European Research Area (ERA), the
forthcoming enlargement of the European Union, the international dimension
and the integrating character of the 6th Framework Programme. The Forum will
address the main bottlenecks or barriers to the expansion and reinforcement
of nanosciences in general. Rosalie Zobel, Director of Components and
Subsystems - Applications at the Information Society Directorate-General of
the European Commission, will chair the conference session on "Research,
Industrial Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Financing Instruments".
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-- 10 - 12 December 2003
ECTA 4th Annual Regulatory Conference 2003
Conrad Hotel, Brussels
The European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA) 4th Annual
Regulatory Conference will bring together the European Commission, national
regulators and industry to discuss and debate current public policy issues
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