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*** LIBRARY ITEM

ICT and Social Capital in the Knowledge Society 



Digital divide and death of distance

	

	

									

										  

*** EVENT

 (2 March 2005 - 4 March 2005)

TED Conference on e-Government

Electronic democracy: The challenge ahead 

Bozen-Bolzano, Italy



The European Science Foundation (ESF) has established the program TOWARDS ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY (TED) with the overall objectives of discussing and evaluating how advances of interactive decision-analytic tools might help develop e-Democracy, and developing eGovernment systems which involve their citizens more fully in the public decision making process. As part of this program, a conference on interdisciplinary methods and techniques related to the TED program is being held in Bozen-Bolzano in Spring 2005. The conference aims at addressing a large spectrum of issues that are relevant and have to be investigated for a successful transition from the traditional form of government to a new form known as e-Government.

	

	

									

										  

*** EVENT

 (11 July 2005 - 15 July 2005)

The First International Conference on Open Source Systems

 

Genova, Italy



The goal of OSS2005 is be a holistic forum on OSS where to convey people interested in OSS and coming from a widely

diverse background. Therefore, OSS2005 will be a forum to discuss theories, practices, experiences, and tools on development and applications of OSS systems, with specific focus on two aspects: the development of open source systems and the underlying technical, social, and economics issue; and the adoption of OSS solutions and the implications of such adoption both in the public and in the private sector.

	

	

									

								

						

						

						

						

						

						

						







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*** 29 November 2004

Technology-enhanced learning information day

Luxembourg



The next call for proposals for research projects in technology-enhanced learning will be launched mid November 2004. The call will cover strategic ojectives defined in the up-dated version of the IST work programme for 2005-2006. In the field technology-enhanced learning, focus of research will be on exploring interactions between the learning of the individual and that of the organisation, and on contributing to new understandings of the learning processes by exploring links between human learning, cognition and technologies. Potential proposers can attend this information day. It aims at building consensus on trends and challenges in future research on technology-enhanced learning, at developing better understanding of the FP6 instruments, sharing ideas and experiences, and helping to find partners for project consortia. Registration is free of charge.





	



*** 30 November 2004 - 2 December 2004

Online Information 2004

London, United Kingdom



The Online Information 2004 conference programme will focus on key areas of information management strategy, including: information discovery, business information and competitive intelligence; next generation knowledge management; open access publishing; digital libraries; and intranets, blogs and portals. The conference runs alongside the Online Information and Content Management Exhibitions. Jakob Nielsen will be opening the programme, with a keynote session titled: "What’s new, what’s old in online usability"





	



*** 1 December 2004

Information on the allocation, availability and use of 

radio spectrum in the Community

Brussels - Belgium



The European Commission’s DG Information Society has appointed a consortium formed by Idate, Aegis and Bird & Bird to carry out a study on Information on the use of radio spectrum.



The aim is to provide the European Commission with comprehensive information and an analysis on this subject, so as to provide input for possible Commission policy action in the future.

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