Great-IST Project Final Conference “Insights to IST RTD policies in Eastern Europe: Fostering innovation in the “Great European East”
21 November 2007
North Macedonia
As acknowledged in the revised Lisbon Strategy, among its top priorities Europe needs to implement a comprehensive and holistic strategy for realising the knowledge society by encouraging the growth of the ICT sector and the diffusion of innovative information technologies in all parts of the economy.
In this context, the Final Conference will present the Great-IST Project’s results in order to discuss the future orientation of the research policy related to the Information Society in Central and Eastern Europe. The topics of the event will include the analysis of the regulatory approach concerning IST (Information Society Technologies) as well as the identification of research priorities, methods of implementation and lessons learned.
The Conference will gather relevant experts and representatives of decision and policy makers from the Central Eastern European region with the aim to adopt a more consistent IST RTD (research and technological development) stance within the European framework as well as improve IST co-operation at regional and international level.
The Great-IST Final Conference is co-organised by the Central European Initiative (CEI) as Project Partner responsible for the event, and the Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technology and Communication on behalf of the CEI Bulgarian Presidency for 2007, in cooperation with the Project Consortium (TESEO, INA, SBRA and ECPD).
The Conference will be held within the 10th CEI Summit Economic Forum (SEF), the main CEI business regional initiative taking place in Sofia on 20-21 November 2007. Co-organised by the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy and Energy and the CEI, the SEF acts as a platform gathering the business community, governments, IFIs and international organisations for discussing the most topical issues affecting the CEI region.
In this context, the Final Conference will present the Great-IST Project’s results in order to discuss the future orientation of the research policy related to the Information Society in Central and Eastern Europe. The topics of the event will include the analysis of the regulatory approach concerning IST (Information Society Technologies) as well as the identification of research priorities, methods of implementation and lessons learned.
The Conference will gather relevant experts and representatives of decision and policy makers from the Central Eastern European region with the aim to adopt a more consistent IST RTD (research and technological development) stance within the European framework as well as improve IST co-operation at regional and international level.
The Great-IST Final Conference is co-organised by the Central European Initiative (CEI) as Project Partner responsible for the event, and the Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technology and Communication on behalf of the CEI Bulgarian Presidency for 2007, in cooperation with the Project Consortium (TESEO, INA, SBRA and ECPD).
The Conference will be held within the 10th CEI Summit Economic Forum (SEF), the main CEI business regional initiative taking place in Sofia on 20-21 November 2007. Co-organised by the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy and Energy and the CEI, the SEF acts as a platform gathering the business community, governments, IFIs and international organisations for discussing the most topical issues affecting the CEI region.