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Subject: Information Society Newsroom Update - 14/10/2004
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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
*** EVENT
(3 November 2004 - 5 November 2004)
RSA Conference Europe 2004
Barcelona, Spain
This major information security event brings together IT professionals, developers, policy makers, industry leaders and academics to share information and exchange ideas on technology trends and best practices in identity theft, hacking, cyber-terrorism, biometrics, network forensics, perimeter defense, secure web services, encryption and related topics. The European Information Security Awards 2004, recognising and rewarding significant achievements in the field of Information Security across Europe, will be presented at the opening of the conference.
*** EVENT
(18 April 2005 - 20 April 2005)
ISCRAM 2005 - 2nd International Conference on Information
Systems for Crisis Response and Management
Brussels, Belgium
The ISCRAM2005 conference will bring together designers, developers and users of Information Systems that support those involved in crisis-related activities such as : Planning for the response to a crisis situation ; Training for crisis, including organizing of crisis exercises ; Responding to a crisis situation ; Evaluating the performance during and after the crisis. The conference is aimed at a wide audience, ranging from academic and industry researchers to practitioners and public authority representatives. A Call for Papers and additional information can be found on the website.
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----------------------------> Economy & Work <-----------------------------
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/newsbytheme.cfm?tpa_id=2
*** NEWS ARTICLE
State aids: Commission approves Italian tax breaks to SMEs
investing in information technology projects (14 October 2004)
The European Commission authorised today under the EU state aid rules the so-called Tecno-Tremonti Law in favour of small and medium enterprises investing in projects in the field of information technology. The scheme will be in force until the end of the current year with an estimated budget of € 208 million.
*** EVENT
(9 December 2004 - 10 December 2004)
Chinese-European Networking Symposium.
Research Networks, Advanced Networks and Broadband
Solutions
Shanghai
The EC-Bridge conference on "Research Networks, Advanced Networks and Broadband Solutions", funded by the European Commission, is an international co-operation event addressing the European and Chinese visions on future eInfrastructures, Research Networks and Advanced Applications. The conference benefits from the active support of the European Commission and the Chinese Government. Participation is free. The conference programme provides a mix of plenary presentations and parallel sessions on the following themes: Network Infrastructures; Middleware; IPv6; Network Security; Broadband + Wireless Access; Grids and shared resources; Joint Collaborations; Participation in EC programmes. A recently conducted Trends Mapping Study will be presented. An exhibition area provides a platform for European and Chinese companies and organisations to showcase their research results and technological offerings.
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http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/cal.cfm
*** 18 - 22 October 2004
Cyprus Infosec 2004
Nicosia, Cyprus
Conference organised by the Cyprus Computer Society, adressing the following issues : planning and implementing an IS Strategy, considering the critical success factors, the business, legal and social issues ; dealing with everyday intruders, keeping the network safe and investigating e-crimes
*** 18 - 19 October 2004
International Workshop on Autonomic Communication
Berlin, Germany
The First International workshop on Autonomic Communication will have as its main theme Autonomic Communication Principles; the objective is to explore synergies between related research initiatives and recent achievements within many disciplines in an attempt to highlight insights from self-organisation, bio-inspired, non-Turing computing/communication paradigms, advances in control theory, complex systems research, non-linearity, etc. helping to enable the design creativity that will fuel the next round of the Internet evolution.
A call for proposals on Situated and Autonomic Communications is planned under the 4th IST call of the IST research programme, currently foreseen to be launched in November 2004.
*** 19 - 21 October 2004
International workshop on accessibility requirements for
public procurement in the ICT domain
Brussels, Belgium
Public procurement policy and practice for accessible ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) has the potential to play a vital role in removing barriers to participation in the Information Society by disabled or older people. This workshop will adress the harmonisation of eAccessibility requirements to be used in the public procurement of ICT products and services and the requirements for policy implementation in this field.
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