Telematics Applications programme: Annual concertation meeting

The European Commission, DG XIII, will hold the first annual concertation meeting for participants in the Telematics Applications specific RTD programme in Brussels, Belgium, on 2 and 3 December 1996.

The aim of the meeting is to discuss horizontal issues of interest to all sectors of the Telematics Applications programme and to enable participants to exchange experiences on technical questions of common interest. The following issues will be covered by the meeting:

- Human machine interfaces;
- Multimedia;
- Multilinguality, cultural and commercial localization and usability;
- User-centred design and usability;
- Economic issues;
- World Wide Web and the Internet;
- Global services;
- Intelligent and virtual environments;
- Institutional issues;
- Network operation;
- Satellites;
- Information extraction and information overload;
- Intellectual property rights, copyright and confidentiality.

The keynote address will be given by Robert Verrue, Director General of DG XIII. Other speakers will include Commission officials responsible for the different sectors of the Telematics Applications programme, representatives of the hardware and software industries and users of telematics services.
For further information, please contact:

European Commission
DG XIII - Telecommunications, information market and exploitation of research
Mr. Carlos Perez Maestro
TELEMATICS Info Desk
200 rue de la Loi (BU29)
B-1049 Brussels
Fax +32-2-2952354
E-mail: Carlos.Perez-maestro@bxl.dg13.cec.be

Information may also be found on the World Wide Web at:

http://www.concord.dcbru.be/(opens in new window)