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Past events

December

14-16 December 2006: Cultural heritage on line - The challenge of accessibility and preservation; Florence, Italy; This conference aimed at analysing the potential and challenges related to the increasing use of Information and Communication Technologies in the cultural heritage sector, with a focus on knowledge management, preservation of and access to digital culture and on emerging technical, organisational and legal changes. The opening session included a videoconference address from Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media. Pat Manson, Head of Unit 'Learning and cultural heritage' gave a keynote on 'Digital libraries: European initiatives in digitisation and digital preservation'.; (Unit: Learning and Cultural Heritage)
8 December 2006: Preparatory meeting for a Memorandum of Understanding on Child Safety and Mobile Phones; Brussels, Belgium; This meeting, organised in the framework of the Safer Internet plus programme, brought together mobile network operators, representatives from child safety organisations and other stakeholders in order to discuss a Memorandum of Understanding on Child Safety and Mobile Phones. The European Commission was represented by Richard Swetenham, Head of Unit 'eContent and Safer Internet'.; (Unit: eContent and Safer Internet)
6-8 December 2006: SAMT 2006: The first International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies; Athens, Greece; Former European Workshop on the Integration of knowledge, semantic and digital Media Technologies (EWIMT). The general aim of SAMT 2006 was to bring together researchers and developers working in the integration of knowledge, semantics and media processing, linking the academia with the industry exploiting the emerging technology. In cooperation with the European Commission, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, the third day of the conference was dedicated to ICT research under the new Framework Programme FP7 (2007-2013). Roberto Cencioni, Head of Unit 'Knowledge and Content Technologies' gave a speech 'From intelligent content to actionable knowledge: Research directions and opportunities under FP7'. Three research projects funded by the 'Content' Directorate sponsored the conference.; (Unit: Knowledge and Content Technologies)
4-6 December 2006: 2006 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots; Genoa, Italy; The conference was dedicated to presenting the latest advances and achievements in the fields related to humanoid robots, with 'Humanoid Companions' as the conference theme this year. The conference also had a set of full-day special workshops dedicated to special aspects on 4 December. Colette Maloney, Head of the Cognition Unit, gave a presentation entitled 'Robotic Systems: R&D opportunities in the EU's 7^th Framework Programme' at the workshop on Humanoid Technologies.; (Unit: Cognition)
4-5 December 2006: Museums, libraries and archives online: MICHAEL service and other international initiatives; Rome, Italy; The event included demonstrations of the portals MICHAEL (funded under the eTen programme) and of TEL (The European Library), developed from a DigiCult project, as well as sessions on digital cultural heritage in tourism, education and creative industries, on online access of cultural heritage and on relevant initiatives of the European Union and worldwide.; Fabio Colasanti, Director-General at the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, opened the session on 'Accessing culture online: the European Cultural Information Space'. Pat Manson, Head of Unit 'Learning and cultural heritage' gave a speech in the closing session.; (Unit: Learning and Cultural Heritage)

November

28 November 2006: 9^th Meeting of the Public Sector Information (PSI) Group, Luxembourg; The Public Sector Information (PSI) Group is a forum for the exchange of good practices between Member States on re-use of PSI. It also serves as a platform for discussing progress on the transposition and application of the PSI Directive 2003/98/EC, as well as other issues of common interest in relation to this Directive. The 9th meeting first discussed progress on the transposition and application of the PSI Directive in Member States and presented the recent Commission Decision on the re-use of Commission information. The second part of the meeting dealt with complaints lodged at the Commission and in some Member States. The third part focused on good practices and policies supporting PSI re-use.; More information on the European Commission's activities in this domain is available from the Public Sector Information website; (Unit: Information Market)
21-23 November 2006: IST 2006 - Strategies for Leadership; Helsinki, Finland; IST 2006 was organised within the framework of the Finnish Presidency of the European Union by the European Commission's Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media, the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry and Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology & Innovation. The event included a high-level conference, an exhibition of cutting edge research results from across Europe and a programme of networking sessions and workshops. IST2006 coincided with the launch of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7), which was be one main theme of the conference.
Many research projects funded by the 'Content' Directorate were represented in the exhibition or in conference sessions and workshops. Four of them received one of the six awards for the Best IST 2006 Exhibit - TAI-CHI (grand prize) and CHIL - and the Best IST Project website - HUMAINE (grand prize) and ELEKTRA.
(Directorate Content / Units: Interfaces; Knowledge and Content Technologies; Learning and Cultural Heritage; Cognition)

October

25-27 October 2006: eChallenges e2006; Barcelona, Spain; The goals of eChallenges e-2006, supported by the European Commission and IEEE, were to stimulate take-up of applied ICT research results by industry and the public sector, to promote knowledge sharing between industry, government and the research community, to exchange experiences at a sectoral, national or regional level, and to support international cooperation. e-2006 provided a forum to showcase the achievements of FP6 and other ICT-related initiatives, and looked forward to the future by focusing on i2010 and the thematic priorities of FP7. A number of research projects funded by the 'Content' Directorate were represented in the exhibition or in conference sessions and workshops. The Directorate also offered two of the tutorials on 'Current Research & FP7' on 25 October: 'Technology-enhanced learning' and 'Knowledge and Content Technologies'.
(Units: Knowledge and Content Technologies; Learning and Cultural Heritage)
19-20 October 2006: TEL-ME-MOR Policy Conference; Tallinn, Estonia; Objectives of this conference were to present the achievements and results of the TEL-ME-MOR project and to provide a forum for discussion of the latest digital library developments in Europe and in the world. The programme focused on the The European Library (TEL) and its relation with other memory institutions: digitisation priorities, standards and interoperability between libraries, museums and archives, multilingual interfaces and searching, etc. Also on the agenda: research requirements, role & perspectives of memory institutions within the Seventh Framework Programme; digital library's international initiatives (e.g. Google, The Internet Archive etc.) Horst Forster, Director at the European Commission, Directorate 'Content' presented the Commission's strategy and actions within the i2010 Digital Libraries Initiative.; (Directorate Content / Unit: Learning and Cultural Heritage)
17 October 2006: Second meeting of the High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries; Brussels, Belgium; The High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries brings together top experts in digital libraries from cultural institutions, industry, and scientific and research organisations. The group's tasks are to advise the Commission on how to best address the organisational, legal and technical challenges at European level and to contribute to a shared strategic vision for European digital libraries. Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, will chair the meeting and present a status report on the i2010 Digital Libraries Initiative. Further on the agenda were intellectual property rights (copyright issues), scientific and scholarly information, and technology issues.; (Directorate Content / Unit: Information Market)
17 October 2006: High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries: Meeting of the Scientific and Scholarly Information Subgroup; Brussels, Belgium; This was the second meeting on digital libraries of scientific and scholarly information, held by a subgroup of the High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries and chaired by Horst Forster, Director at the European Commission, Directorate 'Content'. The participants discussed issues such as digital preservation for scientific information (organisational and technical needs, legal framework), publication of scientific articles in open repositories, and how to deal with research data.; (Directorate Content / Unit: Information Market)
16 October 2006: High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries: Meeting of the Copyright Subgroup; Brussels, Belgium; The copyright subgroup of the High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries prepared the 17 October plenary meeting of the High Level Expert Group and presented an interim report on the topics orphan works, out-of-print works and copyright issues relevant for digital preservation.; (Unit: Information Market)
13 October 2006: 11^th NRG Meeting; Helsinki, Finland; The National Representatives Group (NRG) on digitisation policies in the EU Member States meets twice a year in the country holding the EU Presidency. The Finnish conference concentrated in particular on assessment of the cultural, social and economic impact of digitisation and address challenges and opportunities set by the i2010: Digital Libraries Initiative on cultural heritage. Horst Forster, Director at the European Commission, Directorate 'Content' attended the meeting.; (Directorate Content / Units: Learning and Cultural Heritage; Information Market)
12 October 2006: Why digitise? Who benefits? Impact Assessment of Digital Cultural Heritage Content and Services; Helsinki, Finland; The aim of this conference, organised by the Finish Ministry of Education and National Board of Antiquities and the National Representatives Group (NRG) on digitisation policies in the EU Member States, was to explore how and why to assess the impact and the benefits (economic, social, cultural) of digitised cultural heritage. The speakers included impact assessment professionals, heritage experts and officials as well as representatives from the European Commission. The conference was part of the NRG's actions to implement the recommendations of the Dynamic Action Plan for the EU co-ordination of digitisation of cultural and scientific content. Horst Forster, Director at the European Commission, Directorate 'Content' gave a keynote speech.; (Directorate Content / Units: Learning and Cultural Heritage; Information Market)

September

25 September 2006: Preparatory meeting for a Memorandum of Understanding on Child Safety and Mobile Phones; Brussels, Belgium; This meeting, organised in the framework of the Safer Internet plus programme, gathered mobile network operators, representatives from child safety organisations and other stakeholders in order to discuss a Memorandum of Understanding on Child Safety and Mobile Phones. The European Commission was represented by Viviane Hoffmann, Deputy Head of the Cabinet of Commissioner Reding, and Richard Swetenham, Head of Unit 'eContent and Safer Internet'.; (Unit: eContent and Safer Internet)
17-22 September 2006: ECDL 2006 - 10th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries; Alicante, Spain; This annual conference on digital libraries and associated technical, practical and social issues brings together researchers, developers, content providers and users in the field. Special topic of the 2006 edition was 'Towards the European Digital Library', with the aim of emphasising the contribution of the European Digital Library research community to the i2010 Digital Libraries initiative of the European Commission. Horst Forster, Director at the European Commission, Directorate 'Content' gave a speech entitled i2010 - Digital Libraries Building Europe's Digital Library.; (Directorate Content / Unit: Learning and Cultural Heritage)
15 September 2006: Expert Meeting on Digital Libraries of Scientific and Scholarly Information; Brussels, Belgium; This was the first meeting of experts on digital libraries of scientific and scholarly information, a subgroup of the High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries. The experts discussed on-line accessibility and dissemination of scientific information, digitisation of historical and scholarly content and digital preservation. The meeting was chaired by Horst Forster, Director at the European Commission, Directorate 'Content'.; (Directorate Content / Unit: Information Market)

July

9-14 July 2006: 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence; Monte Verita, Switzerland; The summit, organised by ASAI50, reviewed and analysed the fundamental changes since 1956 when the term 'Artificial Intelligence' (AI) was coined. It combined presentations of top scientists, exchange on the state-of-the-art, and speculation about the future of AI. Participants included researchers involved in the EU-funded 'Cognitive Systems' projects and Head of Unit 'Cognition' Ms Maloney as a panellist.; (Unit: Cognition)

June

28 June 2006: eContentPlus Information Day; Luxembourg; This information day targeted participants interested in applying for funding under the eContentplus programme, second call for proposals.; (Unit: eContent and Safer Internet)
26 June 2006: Meeting on the "Re-use of Commission Information"; Brussels, Belgium; Following the adoption on 7 April 2006 of the Commission Decision on the "Re-use of Commission Information", DG INFSO organised this meeting in order to discuss practical modalities regarding the application. The Decision determines the conditions for the re-use of documents held by the Commission or on its behalf by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities (Publications Office). Its aim is to facilitate a wider re-use of information, enhance the image of openness of the Commission, and avoid unnecessary administrative burden for re-users and the Commission services alike. The meeting was attended by representatives from all Commission Directorates-Generals.; (Unit: Information Market)
21-23 June 2006: ITU New Initiatives Workshop on The Regulatory Environment for Future Mobile Multimedia Services; Mainz, Germany; This experts workshop organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) discussed topics related to the regulatory environment for new mobile services, an environment characterised by fast-paced service innovation but also by a number of important regulatory hurdles. Richard Swetenham, Head of Unit 'eContent and Safer Internet' at the European Commission, participated in the session on 'Protecting the consumer in a pervasive multimedia environment'.; (Unit: eContent and Safer Internet)
21-22 June 2006: An Expedition to European Digital Cultural Heritage - Collecting, connecting, and conserving?; Salzburg, Austria; This conference, part of the agenda of the Austrian EU-Presidency, was designed to take further the efforts of the European Union in making the diversity of the European cultural heritage accessible to all and to preserve it for future generations. The event aimed at contributing to the implementation of the Dynamic Action Plan for the co-ordination of digitisation activities, and at fostering discussion on the i2010 initiative for a European Digital Library. The conference gathered leading experts in the domains digital libraries, digitisation and preservation, many of whom represent EU-funded research in the cultural heritage field. Horst Forster, Director at the European Commission, Directorate 'Content' held a keynote speech.; (Directorate Content / Unit: Learning and Cultural Heritage)
21 June 2006: Luxembourg; Safer Internet Forum 2006; This year's public plenary session of the Safer Internet Forum focused on two topics: 'Children's use of new media' and 'Blocking access to illegal content: child sexual abuse images'. The first half-day analysed the results of a recent Eurobarometer survey on Children's use of new media and presented awareness raising tools and ideas on how to exploit research results for practical awareness raising work. The other half-day was dedicated to issues such as noticing and taking down illegal content, blocking access to child sexual abuse images and server-level filtering of illegal content.; The purpose of the Safer Internet Forum 2006 was to contribute to improve the common understanding of these issues at European level. Participants included representatives of industry, law enforcement authorities, child welfare organisations and policy makers.; (Unit: eContent & Safer Internet)

May

31 May 2006: OECD Workshop on Digital Content and Public Sector Information; Paris, France; The public sector is a large content producer (including data/information, images, film, etc.). This content is potentially valuable for established and digital content applications and value-added services for commercial and non-commercial use. The workshop dealt with existing OECD work on Public Sector Information (PSI) and assessed possible next steps on the basis of: available economic analysis and metrics of PSI; industry examples and different government approaches. The European Commission's unit 'Information Market', responsible for a Directive on the Reuse of PSI has taken on an active role in the workshop.; (Unit: Information Market)
23-26 May 2006: WWW 2006 Conference - 15th International World Wide Web Conference; Edinburgh, UK; The WWW Conference aims at bringing together the key influencers, decision makers, technologists, businesses and standards bodies shaping the future of the web. Horst Forster, Director at the European Commission, Directorate 'Content', chaired on 23 May a session on 'Semantic Technology - A European perspective' with some of the leading academic and industrial experts in the field. On 24 May, a full-day session entitled 'The Next Wave of the Web' featured presentations and demonstrations given by several EU-funded projects. Horst Forster opened the afternoon session 'Opportunities for the Semantic Web - Research & Development'.; (Directorate Content / Unit: Knowledge and Content Technologies)
22 May 2006: Meeting with representatives of 'Open Access'; Luxembourg; In the framework of the 'i2010: Digital Libraries' initiative, the European Commission intends to adopt a Communication on 'Digital Libraries of scientific and scholarly information' towards the end of the year. In this context, the 'Information Market' unit organised a meeting with representatives of 'Open Access' to discuss the main trends and developments in the scientific technical medical and scholarly publications market. The discussions will serve as input for the Communication.; (Unit: Information Market)
7-13 May 2006: ECCV2006 - 9th European Conference on Computer Vision; Graz, Austria; ECCV is a European scientific meeting on computer vision organised biannually by European researchers who have support of an established institution. The ECCV2006 organisers include researchers participating in the EU-funded 'Artificial Cognitive Systems' projects.; (Unit: Cognition)
5 May 2006: Zukunftswerkstatt 3 - Kinder und Internet in Europa; Berlin, Germany; This event, organised by the German 'Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz', focused on the question on how to improve the Internet offer for children and young people and on measures for the protection of minors at European level. Horst Forster, Director at the European Commission, Directorate 'Content', held a speech on 'Protection of Minors in the Internet and the New Media - Activities at EU Level'.; Press release.; (Directorate Content / Unit: eContent and Safer Internet)
3-4 May 2006: The Regional Dimension of the EU eLearning Agenda; Brussels, Belgium; This conference was organised by Brussels-based representatives of thirteen organisations active in regional economic development and supported by the European Association of Regional and Local Authorities for Lifelong Learning. On the programme: interventions from the Secretary-General and Members of the EU Committee of the Regions, from regional government Ministers and Officials; discussion of the EU agenda for e-learning; networking opportunities for e-learning practitioners. Pat Manson, Head of Unit 'Learning and Cultural Heritage' at the European Commission, presented the technology-enhanced learning research programme.; (Unit: Learning and Cultural Heritage)

April

6 April 2006: Meeting with Scientific Technical Medical Publishers; Luxembourg; The European Commission invited representatives of the publishing sector to discuss the main trends and developments in the scientific technical medical and scholarly publications market.; (Unit: Information Market)

March

27 March 2006: First meeting of the High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries; Brussels, Belgium; The High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries, chaired by Commissioner Viviane Reding, brings together top experts in digital libraries from cultural institutions, industry, and scientific and research organisations. The group's tasks are to advise the Commission on how to best address the organisational, legal and technical challenges at European level and to contribute to a shared strategic vision for European digital libraries. Topics of this first meeting were the Commission's vision for a European Digital Library and the IPR framework (copyrights).; (Unit: Information Market)
20-21 March 2006: Towards a Cognitive Systems research agenda in FP7: Models and paradigms; Luxembourg; Taking into account developments in mathematical modelling, non-standard computing, theories of consciousness, molecular electronics, these two 1-day workshops considered a number of problems: to what extent cognition hinges on our brains' inherent plasticity or on endocrinal phenomena, what use should be made of insights into ways brains work in designing cognitive architectures, whether traditional computational metaphors are sufficient to capture the ways natural organisms incorporate their environment and act in it, whether we need hardware that directly supports cognitive capabilities such as memory and learning, etc.; (Unit: Cognition)
20-21 March 2006: Semantic Technologies - Web and Multimedia Mining; Luxembourg; This workshop was part of an ongoing consultation process for the preparation of the first IST work programme under FP7. The objective was to investigate future research directions related to semantics based knowledge technologies and applications, with special emphasis on networked information.; (Unit: Knowledge and Content Technologies)
9 March 2006: Towards a Cognitive Systems research agenda in FP7: Cognition and control; Luxembourg; This workshop aimed to clarify opportunities for Artificial Cognitive Systems (ACS) research to make an impact on systems control and vice versa. The participants discussed ACS as control architectures - not necessarily confined to strictly delimited (physical) bodies, but possibly extending over larger systems, including networks and distributed systems, with requirements for sensing and acting.; (Unit: Cognition)
8-9 March 2006: Digital Content and Interactive Media - ICT for Content Creativity, Development and Reuse; Brussels, Belgium; This workshop was part of an ongoing consultation process for the preparation of the first IST work programme under FP7. The objective was to identify and discuss future research directions related to the creation, management, use and delivery of media and enterprise content.; (Unit: Knowledge and Content Technologies)
7 March 2006: Information Event on Advanced Robotics; Brussels, Belgium; The purpose of this event was to provide information on the IST Advanced Robotics Call 6 and inspire potential proposers through key-note speeches by leading experts. The event also aimed at covering the contractual, legal and administrative modalities, facilitate formation of consortia, and at promoting synergies and collaboration through an open exchange 'Proposers Forum'.; (Unit: Cognition)
2-3 March 2006: EU Expert Seminar: Content for Competitiveness - Strengthening the European Creative Industries in the Light of the i2010-Strategy; Vienna, Austria; This conference, organised by the Austrian EU-Presidency and the European Commission, intended to examine Community measures and general conditions for the production and management of digital content. The aim was to anchor the content industry, as the cornerstone of the information and knowledge-based society, in the process towards the Lisbon goals in terms of growth, employment and cohesion in Europe. Javier Hernández Ros, Head of Unit 'Information Market', was member of the panel on 'Strengthening content through diversity'.; (Unit: Information Market)

February

27-28 February 2006: Preparing FP7: Consultation meeting on 'Digital Libraries and Living Heritage - The user as creator'; Luxembourg; This workshop was organised as part of a consultation process for the preparation of the first IST work programme under FP7. An expert group was invited to provide input to the definition of future research topics in the domain digital libraries, with an increased emphasis on creativity and on access to cultural resources.; (Unit: Learning and Cultural Heritage)
27 February 2006: Towards a Cognitive Systems research agenda in FP7: Cognition and language; Luxembourg; This workshop addressed the role of language in cognition and of cognition in language, and ways of advancing the communication skills of artificial systems. The nine speakers dealt with the wide range of subjects - from language making the artificial systems more acceptable to humans, to language being instrumental in the development of human-like high-level cognition.; (Unit: Cognition)
23 February 2006: Machine translation and human language technologies; Luxembourg; Objective of this workshop was to review the academic state-of-the-art and identify key research objectives in the broad area of human language technologies and machine translation. The focus was on the range of core technologies covering both unconstrained speech recognition and understanding as well as translation systems based upon statistical and linguistic knowledge (and hybrids). Facets covered include tools, components, lingware, testing and evaluation, and the move to use open sources as the preferred way to rapidly build peer acceptance and create new market niches. Applications such as voice portals, open domain Q&A, real time understanding of spontaneous speech, and translator toolboxes and benches.; (Unit: Interfaces)
17 February 2006: 8th meeting of the Public Sector Information Group; Luxembourg; The PSI Group is a forum for the exchange of good practices between Member States on re-use of public sector information. It serves as a platform for discussing progress on the transposition of the PSI Directive 2003/98/EC, as well as other issues of common interest in relation to this Directive. This meeting, dealing with issues related to the transposition of the Directive in the Member States, infringement procedures, and policies to promote PSI, included presentations by some Member States, a first presentation of the MEPSIR study (Measuring European Public Sectors Information Resources) and an overview of the OECD work in this area.; (Unit: Information Market)
16-17 February 2006: euCognition Inaugural Meeting; Nice, France; This seminal event of the European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems (FP6 Coordination Action) was very well attended and contributed to the goal of building the scientific and engineering foundations of cognitive systems by fostering inter-disciplinary interactions. The meeting was opened by Director Horst Forster, Directorate 'Content'.; (Unit: Cognition)
15-16 February 2006: Preparing FP7: Consultation meeting on 'Learning in Humans and Machines - The Augmented Learner'; Luxembourg; The workshop was organised as part of a consultation process for the preparation of the first IST work programme under FP7. The objective was to analyse advancements in learning technologies as well as in intelligent and adaptive systems with a view to identifying mid-term and long-term focus and priorities for future technology-enhanced learning research activities.; (Unit: Learning and Cultural Heritage)
15-16 February 2006: Dissemination and Awareness Strategies; Luxembourg; This seminar brought together the representatives of 23 projects and networks established within the Content and Knowledge tracks of the IST programme. The participants presented ongoing and planned dissemination, training and awareness activities within and beyond scientific circles, discussed events of common interest and exchanged information and experiences on various dissemination channels and opportunities.; (Unit: Knowledge and Content Technologies)
14-15 February 2006: Simulation, visualisation, interaction, and mixed realities; Luxembourg; The workshop focused on collecting industry requirements (market opportunities and user needs) in the field of interaction & interfaces, but also including simulation, visualisation, and mixed realities. The aim was to understand how to reduce the gap between research and industry and provide a clear, rapid, and sustainable path for technology transfer. Among the topics of discussion were industrial barriers such as user acceptance, robustness, scalability, core technologies, systems engineering, cost reduction, cost-benefit assessment, performance evaluation; and the role of concept proofing, application prototyping and standards.; (Unit: Interfaces)
7 February 2006: Safer Internet Day; A total of 37 countries and around 100 organisations took part in this year's Safer Internet Day organised across Europe and world-wide under the patronage of Commissioner Viviane Reding. The key event was a worldwide 'blogathon' for safer internet: a wide range of organisations active in promoting internet made postings on the blog and invited comments from visitors, children, schools and parents. The blog, which included content in several languages, had a geographical focus that moved west through the global time zones, from New Zealand to Argentina. The Safer Internet Day is organised by Insafe, a network of 23 nodes in 21 countries funded through the EU Safer Internet Programme.; (Unit: eContent and Safer Internet)
2-3 February 2006: Working meeting on future challenges in the area of Knowledge Technologies; Consultation meeting to help define an effective work programme for the next cycle of research and development funding, Framework Programme 7. The meeting was attended by a panel of experts in the domain of Knowledge Technologies.; (Unit: Knowledge and Content Technologies)

January

30-31 January 2006: Interactive Systems & New Interfaces Technologies; Luxembourg; Purpose of this workshop was to review the academic state-of-the-art and to identify key research objectives (5-10 years) in the broad area of natural, intuitive and easy-to-use interfaces. The focus was on the field of human-computer interaction and the new ways to interact with technology, machines, devices and other artefacts, including the move away from an explicit interaction between the user and the computer. Domains covered ranged from personalised, conversational agents, through visual/tactile interfaces, across both virtual and tangible objects, to human-human meeting support, and beyond, e.g. emotional interfaces. Technologies discussed were physical interaction (sensors, tactile & haptics, displays), eye gaze/fixation, body movement, natural scene analysis, spoken and written language, multimodal processing & integration, fusion & synchronisation (e.g. vision/movement tracking/speech), etc.; (Unit: Interfaces)
26-27 January 2006: Working session on future R&D directions and priorities in the field of Content & Knowledge Technologies; Brussels, Belgium; This FP7 preparatory workshop addressed research challenges in the domains content creation (creativity and new media types / forms of content), adaptive content (reuse and personalisation) and intelligent content (all-digital workflows).; (Unit: Knowledge and Content Technologies)
23-24 January 2006: Preparing FP7: Consultation meeting on digital preservation; Luxembourg; This workshop was organised as part of a consultation process for the preparation of the first IST work programme under FP7. The objective was to identify research challenges related to the preservation of digital resources over time.; (Unit: Learning and Cultural Heritage)

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