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- PRESS RELEASE
- Digital Agenda: Commission consults on re-use of public sector data
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(9 September 2010)The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the EU Directive on the re-use of public sector information (PSI). PSI covers all sorts of data generated by public sector bodies - e.g. maps, meteorological, legal, traffic, financial and economic information - that can be re-used by anyone else in innovative products such as car navigation systems, weather forecasts, and travel information applications ("apps") that can be downloaded on smart phones. Public data that is reused (for free or for a fee) generates an estimated market turnover of at least EUR 27 billion in the EU every year, according to a 2006 study. Contributions to this consultation will feed into the review of the PSI Directive, part of the Digital Agenda for Europe that aims to contribute to the EU goals of increasing competitiveness, innovation and job creation. The consultation will run until 30 November 2010.
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- ICT research: preserving Europe's digital data for future generations
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(7 September 2010)Tools developed using EU funds to ensure that digitally stored data can be preserved, accessed and understood for the indefinite future are now available in the form of open source software. The EU's CASPAR (Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval) research programme involved researchers from the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Israel, Italy and the UK. This work complements initiatives such as Europeana, the European digital library (see MEMO/10/166). The EU has contributed EUR 8.8 million of the EUR 15 million total cost of the project under the European Commission's research funding programme (Sixth Framework Programme 2001-2006). Until now large volumes of electronic data such as official records, museum archives and scientific results have been unreadable or at risk of loss because newer technologies could not read it or allow current users to understood it. Application of ICT research to benefit Europe's citizens and businesses is a key element of the Digital Agenda for Europe adopted by the Commission in May 2010.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Trends in Global Communications: Riding the next digital wave
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18 October 2010 - 19 October 2010 Barcelona, Spain
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Blair Levin, formerly Executive Director of the US Omnibus Broadband Initiative and Julio Linares Lopez (Chief Operating Officer, Telefonica) are amongst the announced speakers from business, the public policy and regulatory community and academia. They will share their insights into the implications of major current developments and the way forward for the telecommunications, internet and media sectors at the International Institute of Communications' 2010 Annual Conference.
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Electronic Commerce Ten Years after the Directive of 8 June 2000
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28 October 2010 Brussels, Belgium
Ten years after the adoption of the Directive of 8 June 2000 on electronic commerce, this international Law Congress aims at analyzing main rules or principles it settled, in order to determine if they are still adapted to current features of services provided by means of information and communication technologies (in particular, internet). Speeches will focus on consumer protection, legal barriers to electronic contracts and intermediaries' liability.
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- SEACOOP Cooperation Forum on eInfrastructures
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30 September 2010 Brussels, Belgium
This event is organised by the SEACOOP project, which aims to support and strenghten the dialogue on Information Society and ICT research cooperation between Europe and Southeast Asia. The aim of this forum is to evaluate the cooperation projects that could usefully be launched between the two regions, namely in the framework of the European Commission's FP7 research funding programme, based on eInfrastructures (aiming for instance at the development of virtual research communities). This event is free of charge but registration is compulsory.
Contact: info@eurosoutheastasia-ict.org
See also: Online registration - EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- EUBrasil Seminar in view of the Dialogue on Information Society and Media between Europe and Brazil
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22 September 2010 Brussels, Belgium
This event will provide a meeting and discussion platform for authorities and industry in Brazil and Europe with a view of strengthening cooperation in the areas of legislation, policy and research in this field. Among the topics to be discussed will be the Brazilian plan for broadband and the European Digital Agenda, as well as policies to reduce the "digital divide".
Contact: presidencia@eubrasil.eu
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- HEALTHINF 2011: International Conference on Health Informatics
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26 January 2011 - 29 January 2011 Rome, Italy
The purpose of the conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to healthcare medicine in general and to the specialized support for those with special needs in particular. Mobility and ubiquity in healthcare systems, standardization of technologies and procedures, certification, privacy are some of the issues that medical informatics professionals and the ICT industry in general need to address in order to further promote ICT in healthcare.
Reminders
- CALL FOR TENDERS
- Study SMART 2010/0030: Statistical methodologies on Internet as a source of data gathering
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(Deadline: 13/09/3010) Internet traffic flows (in a broad sense, involving all types of information exchanged through the internet) can provide a source of data on socio-economic phenomena complementary to the data usually collected by interviewing internet user. The traffic generated by the different activities over the internet can be analysed and processed to obtain statistics on the use of internet. The general objective of this study is the proposal of a methodological framework for new indicators and of a roadmap for implementing at a large scale the promising applications of the concept of internet as a data source in the domain of monitoring information society developments.
Contact: stefano.abruzzini@ec.europa.eu
- CALL FOR TENDERS
- Study SMART 2010/0038: Broadband Internet Access Cost
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(Deadline: 19/09/2010) This study is intended to provide price data on broadband Internet access costs. Its aim is to provide a comparison between and within member states and third countries and to monitor the development of prices. It covers the 27 Member States of the EU plus a number of third countries. Its results will be used for the benchmarking exercise of the Digital Agenda.
Contact: carlos.perez-maestro@ec.europa.eu
See also: Contract Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union - EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- eHealth Strategies in European Countries: Study validation workshop
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16 September 2010 Brussels, Belgium
On 16 September the European Commission and empirica, in cooperation with the Belgian Presidency of the EU, will present the final results of the eHealth Strategies study to a wider public. Commissioned by the EC in 2008, the eHealth Strategies study has surveyed the status-quo and assessed the progress made by EU Member States and EEA countries towards realising European eHealth Action Plan goals. The workshop will summarise key outcomes and feature presentations by representatives of national eHealth programmes on lessons learned from eHealth strategic planning and implementation. After a networking lunch and the presentation of good practice cases, policy recommendations for further eHealth diffusion will be discussed. The workshop is free of charge, but by invitation only.
Contact: If you are interested in participating, send an email to Ms Walossek stating your specific interest, full name and affiliation See also:
EC eHealth Studies - EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Final Conference "Healthy Regions: When Well-being Creates Economic Growth"
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23 September 2010 Brussels, Belgium
The Healthy Regions project has been running for three years and has had as overall objective to develop a toolbox with methods, tools, guidelines and recommendations that regional and local authorities can use to bring health and health promotion on the political agenda. The Healthy Regions project included a trial period, where the participating regions have tried out the toolbox. During this final conference each of them will show how they used the tools, what they got out of it and how the Healthy Regions project made a difference on a political and / or practical level.
Contact: Registration (before 10/09/2010)
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- VPH NoE: Strategic consensus meeting
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29 September 2010 Brussels, Belgium
The scope of the meeting is to inform the whole VPH research community of all the strategic activities that are being conducted by various members in relation to the VPH research in the domain of ICT for health, the VPH internationalisation projects, the VPH toolkit, the VPH infrastructures, the ARGOS international observatory, the VPH FET initiative, etc. The VPH Network of Excellence invites all those who are involved with the VPH initiative to an all-hands meeting, where VPH key figures will be invited to update the community on strategic activities, to present detailed information and to discuss openly the general strategic directions that the VPH initiative will take in the next few years. From this public discussion will emerge the 2010 update to the VPH Research Roadmap, that the VPH NoE will compile and publish before the end of the year. Participation is open and free to anyone, but pre-registration is required.
Contact: vphnews@yahoo.it See also:
Pre-registration - EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- Open Days 2010: Competitiveness, co-operation and cohesion for all regions - registration now open
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4 October 2010 - 7 October 2010 Brussels
The 8th Open Days will be held between 4 and 7 October 2010, a period during which the debate on the European Union's '2020' agenda, its policies and future budget, will be in full swing. Regions and cities will play a major role in the discussions on 'EU2020' agenda, on the budget review, and on the future of EU cohesion policy post-2013. The Open Days are an ideal framework for them to showcase good practice in the field of strengthening regional competitiveness, territorial co-operation and social and economic cohesion, to share experiences with others and to impact on the political debates among EU institutions and Member States. In 2010, the Open Days will concentrate on 'competitiveness, co-operation and cohesion'. Please note the session on "Ageing and persons with disabilities - turning the challenge into opportunities through regional innovation with ICT and accessibility measures" (session 07C26).
- EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
- ePractice workshop on Inclusive eGovernment
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13 October 2010 Brussels, Belgium
This workshop aims to encourage the sharing of good practice in the area of Inclusive eGovernment. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: eGovernment policies targeted at groups at risk of exclusion; User segmentation in eGovernment services; Inclusive eGovernment in healthcare; Multichannel delivery services; eGovernment services: the 'value chain' dimension; Design, production, delivery, access and use of inclusive eGovernment services; "Inclusive by design" versus specific assistance - tailored services; Marketing, targeting and promotion of eGovernment services for specific disadvantaged groups.
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- SPEECH
- Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for the Digital Agenda
- Europe 3.0
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6 September 2010
ICT 2010
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