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Europe's Information Society
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
New Generation Networks: The Next Telecoms Revolution
31 May 2005 Brussels, BelgiumThe European Telecommunications Network
Operators' Association (ETNO) annual conference is a forum for senior
figures from the e-communications industry, along with officials from the EU
institutions and member states, content providers, consumer groups and the
international press to discuss what challenges lie ahead, what are the
regulatory policy obstacles and what business models will emerge. Keynote
addresses will be given by Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information
Society and Media and CEOs of the e-communications industry.
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Information Day on "Collaborative Environments"
strategic objective
2 June 2005 Brussels, BelgiumThe Info Day on "Collaborative Environments"
will present this strategic objective to European constituencies in this
area and will offer an opportunity to present proposal ideas within the
"proposers forum". This strategic objective is included within call 5 of the
IST priority to be opened on 17th May 2005 and with a pre-allocated budget
of 40 million euros.
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Next Generation Networks
2 June 2005 Brussels, BelgiumThe concept of "Next Generation Networks"
(NGNs) is in permanent evolution, as new technologies keep being defined and
deployed at a sustained pace. This International Conference offers every
interested person a chance to understand the present evolution and the
future challenges and opportunities of NGNs, covering such areas as Grids,
IPv6, Mobility, Home Networking, Security and Quality of Service.
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
14th IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit
19 June 2005 - 23 June 2005 Dresden, GermanyThe 14th IST Summit will bring
together experts from the wireless industry and research communities. Recent
advances in all fields related to mobile and wireless communications will be
presented, facilitating the identification of future trends and business
opportunities. An exhibition is part of the Summit, featuring live demos
from companies and projects.
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
World IT Forum Botswana 2005
31 August 2005 - 2 September 2005 Gaborone, BotswanaThe World Information
Technology Forum (WITFOR) is a high-level international forum, aimed at ICT
policy-makers and practitioners. The purpose of the conference is to help
implement information development strategies and projects in developing
countries.
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
EWIMT 2005 - Call for Papers
30 November 2005 - 1 December 2005 London, United KingdomThe second
European Workshop on the Integration of Knowledge, Semantic and Digital
Media Technologies (EWIMT) focuses on the convergence of knowledge,
semantics and digital media technologies. The integration of these domains
is critical to development and enhancement of the European multimedia
content industry. The organisers welcome paper submissions on all aspects
of integration of multimedia processing and Semantic Web technologies to
enable automatic content sharing, processing and interpretation by machines.
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
EISCO 2005 - New horizons, news tasks for Local and
Regional Governments
2 June 2005 - 4 June 2005 Crakow, PolandThe 5th edition of the EISCO
conference (European Information Society Conferences) will discuss the role
of local and regional governments in the field of Information Society as a
contribution to the revised Lisbon agenda. Further it will address the
research and innovation on the regional level as part of ERA and the
challenges of regional development and co-operation after the recent
Enlargement.
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