Third European Digital Cities Conference: The road to deployment
This latest conference follows two successful conferences. The first, "The Challenge of the Future", held in Copenhagen in May 1996, set the scene for cities and regions in the Information Society. The second, "The Role of Cities, Towns and Regions in the Development of the Information Society", held in Strasbourg in December 1996, looked more in depth at the policy framework surrounding this issue. These conferences are one of the major awareness raising components of the EDC project.
The third European Digital Cities Conference will focus on the socio-economic benefits of telematics for urban areas, covering:
- The achievements so far in pilot applications and services;
- The existing and emerging infrastructures for deployment;
- The identification of the barriers for deployment;
- The challenges and benefits of cross-sector integration of telematics applications.
The key players involved in these developments will be represented among the conference participants: local and regional authorities, research institutions, industry and operators from all over Europe.
The organizers are presently inviting the submission of abstracts on innovative and concrete applications of telematics in an urban and regional context. The presentation of validation trials and resulting exploitation plans will be of specific interest. Abstracts of papers should be submitted to the EDC coordination office by 30 May 1997 for consideration by the Programme Committee. Proposals for round table discussions or workshops are also welcome.
Demonstrations for the exhibition which will take place parallel to the conference. Preference will be given to demonstrations of innovative applications in a cross-sectoral context.
For further information, please contact:
EDC Project Coordination Office
c/o Telecities
18 square de Meeus
B-1050 Brussels
Tel. +32-2-5520868; Fax +32-2-5520889
E-mail: telecities@mcr1.poptel.org.uk
Information can also be obtained from the EDC Web page at:
http://www.edc.eu.int(opens in new window)