The public authorities and international perspective: how to increase transparency and predictability

Throughout the world, public policies increasingly rely on innovative and interoperable ICT solutions to implement major projects for the benefit of society in domains such as eHealth, efficient energy use, cloud computing, integrated transport systems and smart grids.

The effectiveness of the proposed solutions depends to a large extent on the level of interoperability between the various ICT components of the systems which in turn depends on the effectiveness and consistency of the set of ICT standards underpinning the application.

The conference focused on the role, expectations and responsibilities of public authorities in relation to the use of interoperable ICT technologies in support of competitiveness and innovative applications to meet policy objectives. It had a broad international dimension including representatives of public authorities from Europe and other world regions as well as industry and standardisation organisations with a global reach. Key notes were provided by the European Commission and then European patent office.

The event has taken place in Brussels 24 November 2011, Bedford Hotel and Congress Centre, 135-137 Rue du Midi, 1000 Brussels.

Agenda [74 KB]  

Summary report of the conference [20 KB]

Presentations, which have been approved by the authors for the publication.

Antoine Dore [341 KB]

Harald Heiske [136 KB]

Roger B. Marks [2 MB]

Frederik Nelsson [7 MB]

Dirk Weiler [3 MB]