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Information Society Newsroom Update Weekly - 03/12/2010

Weekly Issue - 3 December 2010

Latest News

PRESS RELEASE
Digital Agenda: Kroes to urge EU Telecoms Council to agree rapidly on harmonised use of radio spectrum

(2 December 2010) European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes will urge the EU's Council of Telecoms Ministers in Brussels on 3rd December (starting at 15.00) to boost Internet access in Europe by agreeing to the Commission's September proposal to make spectrum available for wireless broadband by 2013. Wireless broadband is essential to meet the commitments made in the Digital Agenda for Europe to give every European access to basic broadband by 2013 and fast and ultra-fast broadband by 2020. Vice-President Kroes will also brief Ministers on a forthcoming public consultation on the Roaming Regulation and encourage the rapid adoption of the Commission's proposal to expand and modernise the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). In addition she will underline the importance of implementing the Broadband Strategy presented by the Commission in September and urge Member States to support the first European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing.

PRESS RELEASE
Research: OpenAIRE opens access to EU scientific results

(2 December 2010) EU researchers, businesses and citizens can have free and open access to EU-funded research papers thanks to OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe), which the European Commission launched today, at the University of Ghent in Belgium. OpenAIRE will provide a network of open repositories providing free online access to knowledge produced by scientists receiving grants from the Seventh Framework programme (FP7) and European Research Council (ERC), especially in the fields of health, energy, environment, parts of Information & Communication Technology and research infrastructures, social sciences, humanities and science in society. This is an important step towards full and open access to scientific papers that could, for example, allow patients with rare illnesses to have access to the latest medical research results, or provide scientists with real-time updates about developments in their field. Developing research infrastructures and e-Infrastructures, including those for scientific research results, with a view to boosting Europe's competitiveness, is a priority of both the Digital Agenda for Europe and of the Innovation Union initiative.

PRESS RELEASE
European Commission wants broad-scale adoption of e-invoicing by 2020

(2 December 2010) The European Commission wants to see e-invoicing become the predominant method of invoicing in Europe. In its Communication 'Reaping the benefits of electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) for Europe', presented by Vice-President Tajani and Commissioner Barnier today, the European Commission identifies a set of tangible actions to make the uptake of e-invoices in Europe easier. Providing invoice data electronically and in a format could allow businesses to benefit from shorter payment delays, fewer errors, reduced printing and postage costs. Most importantly, structured e-invoices facilitate business process integration from purchase to payment, meaning that invoices could be sent, received and processed without manual intervention. Currently, exchanging e-invoices is often complex and costly, in particular across borders and for SMEs. The Communication by the Commission addresses these obstacles and is complemented by a Commission Decision to set-up a European multi-stakeholder forum on e-invoicing.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Ipv6 - The way forward

3 December 2010 Ghent, Belgium

The main goals of this conference are to evaluate the deployment of IPv6, both in Europe and globally, and to plan new actions needed for wider IPv6 adoption, such as encouraging public administration, users and industrial stakeholders to take decisive steps to accelerate the implementation of IPv6. The event, organised by the European Commission under the Belgian Presidency, will involve several key stakeholders including representatives from public authorities, telecom operators, Internet Service Providers, the ICT industry and policy makers. Participation is free of charge and includes a complementary working dinner on 14 December. This event is part of the "Future Internet Conference Week", offering a program of back-to-back conferences, meetings and workshops related to the different topics of interest to the organizations involved and their stakeholders.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
eFuture: Creating Solutions for the Individual, Organisations and Society

12 June 2011 - 15 June 2011 Bled, Slovenia

This year's conference theme focuses on the impacts of e-initiatives and how they serve to shape the New eWorld. The deadline for submission of Research Papers is February 1, 2011. Business Track Proposals (panels, workshops, meetings) can be submitted until March 15, 2011.

Reminders

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Information and Networking day: "SME initiative on Digital Content"

9 December 2010 Budapest, Hungary

In preparation of the upcoming FP7 Call on this objective, the European Commission is organising this Information and Networking day. The purpose of the event is to inform and assist prospective proposers, especially SME, preparing project proposals, to facilitate sharing of ideas and experiences. It will give participants the chance to network, to find partners for their projects and get feedback on proposed ideas from officials of the European Commission.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Future Network and Mobile Summit 2011

15 June 2011 - 17 June 2011 Warsaw, Poland

This conference will address all the challenges of building the Future Internet, which will be based on mobile, wireless and fixed broadband communications infrastructures. The Summit showcases European research in the field, in particular from the EU Future Networks projects, and positions it within the multiplicity of related initiatives supported in other regions of the world. The scientific programme is based on an open Call for Papers, with Research, Technical, Visionary or Techno-Economic Scenarios in focus (deadline : 10 December 2010)

Contact: Future Network and Mobile Summit Secretariat See also:
Download Call for Papers

New in the Library

SPEECH
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda
Unlocking the digital future through Open Innovation

4th pan-European Intellectual Property Summit, Brussels, 3 December 2010

SPEECH
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda
The Challenge of Open Access

Launch of OpenAIRE, the European infrastructure for open access publishing of research results, Ghent, 2 December 2010

SPEECH
Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda
Delivering investment and effective competition in broadband markets

ECTA Regulatory Conference, Brussels, 30 November 2010

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