EUROMED NETWORK '98 CONFERENCE
The Role of Internet and the World Wide Web in Developing the Euro-Mediterranean Information Society, March 4-7, Nicosia, Cyprus
A conference on the Euro-Mediterranean Information Society organised in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership will take place in Hilton Hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus, March 4-7 1998. The event is hosted by the
University of Cyprus (UCY) with the support of Ministry of Communication & Works - Cyprus and the European Commission - DG IB, III, XIII. It will be assisted by
ERCIM (European Research Consortium for Mathematics & Informatics),
CYTA (Cyprus Telecommunications Authority), the Cyprus Government Planning Bureau and the Cyprus Department of Data Processing Services.
This conference is a direct follow up of the Rome Ministerial Conference which was held in May 1996, where the Ministers from European and Mediterranean countries gathered and decided that a specific conference on the potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web within the Euro-Mediterranean partnership was required. The need to further strengthen the international cooperation in the field of global networks, such as the Internet, has been recently re-actualized by the Bonn Ministerial Conference in July 1997. The Cyprus Conference aims to be the embodiment of these two calls for stronger international cooperation.
The focus of this conference will be to activate all available regional, financial, human and intellectual capital in order to help the Euro-Mediterranean region get onto the Net.
The conference will be organised around four key elements:
- people, which will constitute the future Euro-Mediterranean interconnected community,
- issues- regulatory, financial, organizational and educational- will have to be dealt with and solved in order to achieve a greater interconnection of northern and southern Mediterranean backbones,
- potential, which has to be revealed and promoted to motivate economic actors in the Euro-Mediterranean region, which have not yet realised the great role the Internet can play in the development of trans-regional co-operation in numerous fields,
- collaborative pilot projects, which will be the result of four working days of demonstration, awareness building and discussion.
All themes relevant to Internet, the World Wide Web and the Information Society, including but not limited to the following will be discussed at the conference:
- Advances in Networked Multimedia
- Integration of Web Applications and Services
- Advances in Networked Multimedia
- Integration of Web Applications and Services
- Interaction and Feedback
- Application Development Tools
- International Issues and Developments
- Authoring and Publishing Tools
- JAVA Technology and Applications
- Browsing and Navigation Tools
- Legal Issues
- Computer-Human Interface (CHI) Issues
- Marketing
- Multilinguality
- Net-Based Multimedia/Hypermedia Systems
- Country Specific Developments
- New Web Applications
- Collaborative Learning and Work
- Psychology of Web-Use
- Search Engines and Indexing Techniques
- Courseware Development
- Security and Privacy
- Sensory-Effectory Technology
- Server Technology
- Customizing and Personalizing the Web
- Social and Cultural Issues
- Software Agents
- Statistical Tools and User Tracking
- Teleworking
- The Web as Discussion Forum
- Virtual Reality
- Web Based Training
- Web Page Design Tools
- Web Site Tools
- Data and Link Management
- Databases and the Web
- Didactic Issues for Web Presentations
- Digital Libraries and Museums
- Distance Education
- Educational Multimedia
- Electronic Commerce
- Electronic Publishing and Design
- Ethical Aspects
- Extranet
- Financial Transactions
- Future Issues in Web Technology
- Hardware and Software Technologies
- Industries and Services
SEEKING PARTNERS FOR NEW OR EXISTING PROJECTS
The Euro-Med Net 98 Conference Committee encourages collaboration among Euro-Med people.
To indicate your interest for collaboration or initiate a new project proposal please fill in the on-line form at <http://www.euromednet.ucy.ac.cy>.
The web site allows the formation of discussion groups.
AWARDS -- BEST WEB SITE / BEST PROJECT
The Euro-Med Net 98 Conference Committee will award applications for Best Web Site/ Best Projects. The winning projects MUST be demonstrated during the Conference. The Conference web page will be updated after the conference to contain links to the winners' home pages.
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
- Conference General Chair: Andreas Pitsillides (UCY, Cyprus)
- Conference Deputy Chairs:
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- Antonis Kakas (UCY, Cyprus),
- Christos Schizas (UCY, Cyprus)
- International Advisory Chairs:
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- Jean-Michelle Chasseriaux (ERCIM,France)
- Lazaros Savvides (Ministry of Communications and Works, Cyprus)
- Technical Programme Chairs:
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- George A. Papadopoulos (UCY, Cyprus)
- Gonzalo Leon (Spain)
- Awards Chairs:
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- Andrea Ricci (DGXIII)
- Gerry McGovern (Nua, Ireland)
- Workshop Chair:
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Jacques Arlandis (IDATE, France)
- Information Society Chair:
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Fernando Aldana (General Secretary of the Planning Steering Committee, National de I +D, Spain)
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (Tentative List)
- H.E. President of the Republic of Cyprus
- H.E. Minister of Communication & Works
- Mr. Weissenberg (Head of Cabinet of Martin Bangemann)
- Directors General of the Commission (DG 1b, DG III, DG XIII)
- Fernando Aldana (Information Society Action Plan Steering Committee Chair)
- Tim Berners Lee (Director W3C Consortium) (Video link-up)
- Claudio Carelli (Chairman Information Society Forum)
- Elkyn Chaparro (Senior Advisor, World Bank-InfoDev Programme)
- Jean-Francois Abramatic (WWW Consortium Chair)
- David Williams, (CERN, Switzerland)
- Andreas Pitsillides (Conference General Chair, University of Cyprus)
- Jean Michel Chasseriaux (Advisory Committee Co-Chair, ERCIM-INRIA,France)
- Ahmed Laouyane (Director ITU-BDT)
- Saviour Zammit (TeleMalta/University of Malta, WTDC/ITU BDT)
- Hisham el Sherif (IDSC)
For more information, you can contact Mr. George A. Papadopoulos, Computer Science Division, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus,
Tel: ++357-2-338705,
Fax: ++357-2-339062 and
E-mail: <george@turing.cs.ucy.ac.cy>
EXHIBITION SPONSORSHIP AND MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
Parallel to the Conference an Industrial Exhibition will also be staged, providing interested companies with the opportunity to display and demonstrate their latest product and procedures.
For further information please contact Mrs. Sophie Petrou, Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, CY-1678 Nicosia, CYPRUS.
Tel: +357-2-338705/6/3
Fax: +357-2-339062
E-mail: <euromednet98@turing.cs.ucy.ac.cy>
On-line information at <http://www.euromednet.ucy.ac.cy>
By Nadia Katsanou, NCSR Demokritos, 10.02.98
