Future Internet PPP Launch Ceremony

11:00 - 11:05 Welcome and introduction 

11:05 - 11:20 Speech by Vice-president Neelie Kroes about the Future Internet

11:20   Statements from representative participants of the Future Internet PPP - commitment and vision for the Future Internet (5 minutes each)

• Fernando Fournon González-Barcia, President of Telefónica D&I
• Javier Avila Jimenez, Chief Innovation Officer, Atos Origin
• Niels Højberg, Chief Executive Officer of the City of Aarhus
• Michael Fassnauer, Chief Executive Officer, UBIMet GmbH

11:40   Symbolic Launch ceremony

11:45   Questions by journalists and the audience at large

12:00   End of the ceremony

European Commission contact:
Wout van Wijk, Future Internet Task Force (wout.van-wijk @ ec.europa.eu, +32 229 68664)