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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 05 February 2003 12:40 Subject: Information Society Newsroom Update 05-02-2003 INFORMATION SOCIETY NEWSROOM UPDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------- Education and Training http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/library/theme/edutra/index _en.htm -- PRESS RELEASE eLearning: Commission launches website for information and exchange (04/02/03) "Learntec 2003", the international trade fair in Karlsruhe opened today by Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Education and Culture, provided an opportunity for the European Commission to launch its website on <a href="http://www.elearningeuropa.info/">eLearning</a>: This portal will provide not only information on Community initiatives in this field, such as the eLearning programme (2004-2006) which is currently being adopted, but also links with national initiatives, both public and private, and contributions from experts on subjects ranging from "eLiteracy" to the situation in the candidate countries. --------------------------------------- IS Industry http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/library/theme/isind/index_ en.htm -- EVENT 17 - 19 September 2003 International Congress on Trustmarks in e-Commerce Foires Internationales de Luxembourg Email: [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------- Quality of Life http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/library/theme/qualif/index _en.htm -- EVENT 28 February 2003 SIFKAL Workshop 'legal and pedagogical aspects of a Safer Internet' Wagner Building, Kirchberg, Luxembourg This workshop intends to support the safer Internet activities at this crucial time of action, and to feed concrete results from the action plan into the new generation projects. There is a lot of new research available - surveys results coming out of the final deliverables, which need to be discussed and circulated among all stakeholders in the safer Internet framework. -- EVENT 28 February 2003 Workshop 'Quality labels for Websites' Wagner Building, Kirchberg, Luxembourg The agenda of the workshop will include a discussion of existing quality labels and trustmarks in the field of e-commerce. Commission initiatives such as the Communication on Quality Criteria for Health related Websites will be presented. Comparisons will be drawn with ways of indicating content suitable for children, including self-rating, third-party rating and use of domain names for child-friendly content such as the new .kids.us domain. ---------------------------------------- NEXT I.S. EVENTS -------------- -- 5 - 7 February 2003 IT4ALL Congress Euskalduna Congress Centre, Bilbao, Spain "On Opportunities and Challenges for the Regions in the New Information Society" Email: [log in to unmask] -- 13 - 14 February 2003 'Across Grids' Conference Santiago de Compostela, Spain Email: [log in to unmask] -- 17 February 2003 Workshop - IST and NMP Joint Call on Manufacturing, Products and Services Engineering in 2010 European Commission, Charlemagne Building, Brussels, Belgium Workshop targeted to a wide spectrum of industrial, academic and institutional actors active in the area of manufacturing, products and services engineering. The main objectives of this workshop are to inform about the content and focus of the call, and especially to offer a forum to the constituency for consolidating and structuring emerging ideas in line with the set of objectives for this open call line. Email: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------- IS NEWSROOM UPDATE ------------ Profile http://europa.eu.int/information_society/services/subscribe/index_en.htm Information Society Newsroom http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom Information Society Website http://europa.eu.int/information_society Contact us mailto:[log in to unmask] ************************************************************************************ Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html *************************************************************************************