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Information Society Newsroom Update Weekly - 12/08/2011

Weekly Issue - 12 August 2011

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Regional governments against the digital divide

29 September 2011 Brussels, Belgium

The seminar will focus on the regional and local aspects of the new "Digital Agenda for Europe" and the implementation of the "European eGovernment Plan 2011-2015", in particular looking at the challenges and opportunities for Public Administrations to deliver its services to their citizens in a more innovative, inclusive and accessible way. The possibility to combine the resources of EU Programs and Structural Funds, as well as the option to collaborate with SMEs through a Public Private Partnership, will also be discussed.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Online Educa Berlin

30 November 2011 - 2 December 2011 Berlin, Germany

This event offers a forum for e-learning experts and users from all over the world. Participants are high-level decision makers from education, business and government sectors, the three areas driving e-learning adoption and innovation. The accompanying exhibition gives international providers the opportunity to demonstrate their products, tools and services.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
ECSS 2011 - 7th European Computer Science Summit

7 November 2011 - 9 November 2011 Milan, Italy

This event is the meeting place for anyone interested in issues of research, education and policy in Informatics. It will provide a unique opportunity to meet some of the leading decision makers in informatics research and education, and discuss current critical issues.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Effective & Efficient eGovernment Services

15 September 2011 Brussels, Belgium

This event aims to showcase examples of how enabling organisational changes have led to better, less intrusive and more sustainable delivery of public services. These changes are meant to focus on reducing the administrative burden, improving organisational processes and promoting a sustainable low-carbon economy.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
"Innovation for Digital Inclusion" conference

5 October 2011 - 7 October 2011 Gdansk, Poland

The conference, organised under the Polish Presidency of the EU, is devoted to the innovative usage of ICT solutions in addressing societal challenges. The main themes of the conference are: new developments of ICT in inclusive public services; benefits from becoming digitally included and effective models for doing it, ICT and independent living for the elderly; overview of the most innovative national and regional e-Inclusion programmes and initiatives; importance of the e-Inclusion policy to the delivery of the Digital Agenda for Europe.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
ICT Call 8 Information- and Networking Day - Intelligent Information Management

26 September 2011 Luxembourg

This event will focus on the ICT Call 8 Objective "Intelligent Information Management (Objective ICT-2011.4.4)", aiming to "...scaling up data analysis to keep pace with the rate of growth of data streams and collections and enable novel forms of real time intelligence that only become possible on extremely large data volumes". The purpose of the event is to inform about the scope of the call and to assist prospective proposers, 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 proposal ideas from officials of the European Commission. Participation is free of charge but subject to prior registration and confirmation.

See also: Website : Technologies for Information Management

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Collaborative production of eGovernment services

27 October 2011 Brussels, Belgium

The notion of collaborative production of eGovernment services refers to the modernisation of the way governments engage and work together with their citizens in developing policies and how these citizens are empowered to harness the opportunities that new technologies have to offer. During the workshop, the achieved benefits and public value created through the joint production of services by public administrations and citizens will be discussed through the presentation of case studies. The interim findings of a study on collaborative e-Government will also be presented and discussed.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
FUTURAGE Road Map Launch Conference: Meeting the Grand Challenge of Ageing: the New European Research Agenda

4 August 2011 Brussels

This conference will launch the FUTURAGE Road Map, which will provide a European research agenda for ageing research for the next 10 years. The Road Map will be presented in the European Parliament at this conference hosted by the STOA Panel of MEPs. Drawing on two years of work, eight stages of consultation with over 700 contributors the Road Map will shape the ageing research agenda in Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The Road Map is one of the major strategic European initiatives addressing the grand challenge of the ageing population. Parallel initiatives including the Active and Healthy Ageing Innovation Partnership, European Research Area in Ageing, Joint Programme Initiative and the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012 will also be participating. The event is aimed at European, Member State and regional ageing research stakeholders.

Contact: futurage@sheffield.ac.uk

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Addressing evolving needs for cross-border eGovernment services

11 October 2011 Brussels, Belgium

This workshop will focus on the evolving needs of the European Union towards a more efficient delivery of ICT-facilitated public services for citizens and businesses across the EU. The target is to widen the scope of use of the electronic means that public administrations have at their disposal outside the local, regional or national level. A further aim is to facilitate mobility of businesses and citizens i.e. for entrepreneurs to set up and run a business anywhere in Europe and allowing individuals to study, work, reside, receive health care and retire anywhere in the European Union.

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REPORTS AND STUDIES
Role and Impact of Professional and Scientific Societies in ICT Research, Education and Innovation (SMART 2009/0061)

4 August 2011

The study examines the current situation and the dynamics of the ICT societies in Europe, and proposes strategies to help overcome ICT society fragmentation, increasingly seen as a major bottleneck to their future development and their impact on research, innovation and policy-making. The study also created and developed an online inventory describing 442 societies throughout Europe to be used as a reference tool.

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