[Apologies for cross-posting]
Dear colleagues and friends,
The European Technology Assessment Network (ETAN) has formed a WG to study
the potential of information and telecommunication technologies in
transforming European research, and to identify key issues which should be
taken into account in relevant European Commission research and development
funding policies. The report, which will be submitted to the EC in autumn
1999, will probably include sections on the technological and social
context of change introduced by ICT on the research environment,
organisational aspects of ICT in science such as e-publishing, archiving,
knowledge management etc., and the ensuing changing relations between
researchers and the outside world.
I was asked to participate in the Working Group, which is mostly composed
by experts from the sciences and technological disciplines, with a view to
introduce concerns specific to the arts and humanities. For this purpose, I
already presented a short draft paper in the WG's first meeting, and I will
present a revised version in the next meeting of 11-12 March 1999.
I have uploaded my draft contribution to the ETAN WG on the Entopia web
site, accessible at http://entopia.future.easyspace.com/ - there is a short
description and a link in the right column of the home page. I would be
grateful if you could read it and send me your comments and suggestions,
which I will take into account in the final text (please indicate if you
wish your comments to remain anonymous). I would, also, be grateful if you
could send me pointers to studies and resources which you consider useful
for the task at hand.
I hope I shall be able to benefit from your valuable comments, as they will
encourage the Working Group to allocate the importance due to the arts and
humanities in its final recommendation to the European Commission.
Best regards,
Costis Dallas
# Dr Constantinos Dallas, Special Advisor to the Foreign Minister Mr G.
Papandreou
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Athens, Greece
# Visiting Professor, School of Communication and Mass Media, Panteion
University
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