International Conference on Information Society Technologies for Broadband Europe
CONFERENCE FOCUS, ISSUES AND COVERAGE,The Conference is being held shortly after the official launch of the eEurope 2005 Action Plan, and at the transition period from the 5th to the 6th Community Framework Programme (FP) for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration. It will address the following issues: - RTD challenges for the technologies essential to the deployment of broadband infrastructure, applications and services in Europe,- Role of the candidate countries in this RTD agenda and their participation in IST-FP6,- Impact of broadband Europe on the economy and society. The technical focus of the Conference will be on Information and Communication Technologies developed within the FP5-IST Programme, also to be addressed in FP6, which are essential for the development and the implementation of Broadband in Europe. ,TARGETED AUDIENCE,Present and prospective participants in the IST Programme, from the EU, the candidate countries and more globally, with an interest in broadband technologies and services. ,CONFERENCE PROGRAMME,The 2-day Conference Programme includes plenary sessions, and parallel technical sessions in three topical streams: - Technologies for Broadband Access Networks (including Mobile and Personal communications),,- Digital Interactive Generic Applications and Services (including Software Technologies for the future, Audio-visual Systems Networking),,- Enabling Component Technologies (including Photonic Technologies, Microsystems and Micro-electronics). A series of Workshop Events are being organised for the 3rd day. ,CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS,The Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Romania, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Research, the Romanian Academy, and the research Institutes INSCC and ICI, in close co-operation with Directorate E of DG Information Society (IST Key Action 4). ,REGISTRATION AND FURTHER INFORMATION,Full information on registration, venue, accommodation, sponsorship, the Conference programme, Bucharest and Romania can be found on the web-site: http://broadband02.ici.ro(opens in new window)
Countries
Romania