From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 16 November 2006 18:09 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Information Society Newsroom Update - 16/11/2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- Europe's Information Society Newsroom Update ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- - - - - [ Latest News ] - - - - http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/newsbytheme.cfm NEWS ARTICLE Commission gives green light to launch 30 new eTEN projects (16 November 2006)On 16 November the European Commission launched 30 new eTen projects which will run over the next 3 years. These will validate and deploy electronic services in the public interest serving European citizens and businesses in areas including eHealth, eGovernment, eLearning, eInclusion, SME support, and Trust and Security. - - - - [ Reminders ] - - - - EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT IST Event 2006 21 November 2006 - 23 November 2006 Helsinki, FinlandThe IST conference is the main networking event and showcase covering research and development in information society technologies (IST). The event is organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the Finnish Presidency of the European Union, and will coincide with the launch of the EU's Seventh Framework R&D Programme. EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 1st European Summit on Interoperability in the iGovernment 22 November 2006 - 24 November 2006 Valencia, SpainThe new i2010 eGovernment Action Plan launched earlier this year by the European Commission stresses that interoperability is a key enabler for the provision of modern public eServices. The plan underlines the need to ensure that eGovernment does not lead to new barriers in the single market due to fragmentation and lack of interoperability. The event will offer a platform to discuss these issues and to reach relevant conclusions on the priorities to achieve effective interoperability. - - - - [ New in the library ] - - - - http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/newsbytheme.cfm?dis playType=library SPEECH Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media: From Service Competition to Infrastructure Competition: the Policy Options Now on the Table ECTA Conference 2006, Brussels, 16 November 2006 SPEECH Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research: How research can help integration into the EU - an invitation to the European Research Area Institute for Seismological Research (IZIIS), Skopje, 16 November 2006 SPEECH Danuta Huebner, Member of the European Commission responsible for Regional Policy: Promoting innovation in the next generation of cohesion policy programmes New Horizons in Graz - Best Practice IV Conference, Graz, 15 November 2006 Subscription Information This is the Newsroom Update of Europe's Information Society: Thematic Portal (http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/menu.cfm) - a 'one stop shop' to all European Information Society policies, activities, news and more from across the European Commission. An archive of all Newsroom Updates (http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/newsletterarchive. cfm) is now available. You may unsubscribe or broaden your subscription by going to Your Profile (http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/userprofile.cfm). Please do not reply to this email address - contact details for all organisations behind the Portal can be found on the Portal Contacts (http://europa.eu.int/information_society/help/contact/index_en.htm) page. - - - - [ Links ] - - - - Your Profile http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/userprofile.cfm Information Society Newsroom http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom Information Society Portal http://europa.eu.int/information_society Portal Contacts http://europa.eu.int/information_society/help/contact ************************************************************************************ 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 *************************************************************************************