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Subject: Information Society Newsroom Update - 07/09/2004
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INFORMATION SOCIETY NEWSROOM UPDATE
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---------------------------> Culture & Society <---------------------------
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/newsbytheme.cfm?tpa_id=1
*** NEWS ARTICLE
Commission launches new portal giving all citizens of the
enlarged EU access to better information on their rights
(6 September 2004)
The European Commission has launched a new “Dialogue with Citizens” portal providing clear information on how citizens can use their rights in the EU Internal Market and navigable in all 20 official languages.
*** EVENT
(14 October 2004 - 15 October 2004)
Workshop on Ethics and ICTs (Information and Communication
Technologies)
Centre Albert Borschette, 36 rue Froissart, Brussels
This multidisciplinary workshop will explore a number of topics relevant to the research and development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and associated ethical issues. The workshop will balance between discussing topics of a general interest, identifying underlying issues, as well as suggesting practical ways of proceeding.
This workshop follows a request by the IST Advisory Group (ISTAG) that the topic of Ethics and ICTs should be investigated further.
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http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/newsbytheme.cfm?tpa_id=3
*** NEWS ARTICLE
Commission grants Euro 93 million to upgrade European
Research and Education Internet (GEANT) (3 September 2004)
A contract to upgrade Europe’s world-leading GÉANT communications network for research and education has been signed by the European Commission in Brussels. Upgrades will include high-performance services for the most demanding network users, giving researchers their own “wavelengths” across the continent; end-to-end connectivity, which will give scientists direct access to the advanced communication capabilities of GÉANT and Europe’s national research networks; and a mobility and roaming service that will enable scientists to stay connected to GÉANT wherever they are doing their research.
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------------------------------> IS Research <------------------------------
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/newsbytheme.cfm?tpa_id=7
*** NEWS ARTICLE
Call for Tender: Study on Economic and Productivity Impact
of eHealth (2 September 2004)
The subject of the Contract is to provide the Commission with a study emphasizing the productivity and economic impact of eHealth services. This involves the following issues: 1) To contribute to the actions of the eHealth Communication action plan that deal with collection and dissemination of best practices. The specific objectives under this point are to identify best practices in the eHealth area in the Member states, in particular those that contribute to improved efficiency and cost benefits and to identify best practices related to conformance testing and accreditation or certification of eHealth products and services.
2) To describe the state of the art in assessment of eHealth systems and services by examining existing methodologies and approaches;
3) To propose a common approach assessment and evaluation, including specific quantitative indicators, for categories of eHealth products and services, focusing on efficiency and economic benefits;
4) Apply the chosen methods to a limited number of sites – hospitals or regional networks - (approximately 10 sites) and present the findings.
*** NEWS ARTICLE
Commission grants 52 million euro to boost use of GRID –
tomorrow’s Internet (7 September 2004)
A Euro 52 million package of twelve EU-funded research projects, that together aim to bring “Grid” networked computing out of research labs and into industry, has just been launched by the European Commission. By giving everyone access to the immense computing power and knowledge hitherto available only to the biggest corporations and laboratories, Grid tools will boost business competitiveness and help create new markets and services. Users of Grids are able to monitor and model everything from climate change to how cars behave in collisions. An improved understanding of such behaviours ultimately helps those responsible to take the necessary steps to improve people’s quality of life.
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http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/cal.cfm
*** 15 - 17 September 2004
3rd Quality Conference for Public Administrations in de EU
(3QC)
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
In cooperation with the Dutch Presidency, the Directors General of Public Administrations in the EU and the Innovative Public Service Group bring together the most successful best practices in public service from all EU member states. Target audiences are policymakers and practitioners.
*** 15 - 16 September 2004
4th Open Workshop MusicNetwork
Barcelona, Spain
The theme of this workshop is the Integration of Music in Multimedia applications. Currently many new music-related applications are strongly impacting and attracting the market. Most of them will become more and more widespread in a short time, driven by users’ demand. The organisers are launching a Call for Proposals and Papers.
*** 15 - 17 September 2004
European Grid Technology Days 2004 - IST FP6 Grid projects
Launch Event and Concertation Meeting
Brussels, Belgium
This inaugural event, which is organised by the European Commission in close collaboration with the GRIDSTART and NEXTGRID projects, will consist of a public launch on September 15 of all Grid projects supported by the Information Society Technologies (IST) programme under the 6th Framework Programme (FP6). The new EU Grid Technology research initiative will be exhaustively presented and debated at strategic level and will be officially launched. This will be followed by a two day internal concertation meeting with closed technical workshops led by project participants. Registration is open to all interested parties for the first day only and to FP6 and national Grid related projects for the full three days.
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