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Conference Programme

Besides the conference there is also the session on the IST Work Programme 2005-06 and Proposal Submission

Monday, 15 November 2004

8.00 - 9.30	Registration
9.30 - 10.30	CONFERENCE OPENING: Welcome address: Mr Wilbert Stolte, Vice-Mayor of The Hague Keynote addresses: Mr Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands Member of the European Commission
10.30 - 11.00	OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION: Ribbon cutting ceremony
11.00 - 12.30	IST: The Big Picture Chair: Mr Fabio Colasanti, European Commission Mrs V. Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia (Eurovision link) Mr Mosibudi Mangena, Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa Mr Harry Hendriks, Philips Electronics Netherlands Mr Matti Alahuhta, Nokia Mr Bernard Meric, Hewlett Packard Mr Nicholas M. Donofrio, IBM Corporation
12.30 - 14.00	Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.30	IST Research strategy beyond 2004 Chair: Mr Fabio Colasanti, European Commission Keynote Speakers: Mr Frans de Bruïne, European Commission Mr Niel Ransom, Alcatel Mrs Diana Hodgins, European Technology for Business Mr José Luis Encarnação, IST Advisory Group
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 - 18.00	Competing and partnering in the global economy	Sustainable productivity growth	Ambient intelligence: Vision of our future	Enterprises of the future	Building trust in computing
19.00	Social Event organised by Dutch Presidency

Tuesday, 16 November 2004

9.00 - 10.30	EU China: Where does co-operation add most value?	Strategic orientations for IST research	Services for the mobile user	Knowledge management: Gazing into the crystal ball	eEurope - Participation for all
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30	EU India: Where does co-operation add most value?	Facilitating and enhancing collaborative learning with innovative IT	Collaborative environment for creativity and innovation	Mainstreaming ICT for all	e-Quality / Gender & the Information Society
12.30 - 14.00	Lunch Break
14.00 - 16.30	European technology platforms	Citizens at the heart of public services	The evolving consumer value chain: Extended home environment and DRM challenges	Technologies enabling our future	Broadband communications: Wired and wireless
16.30 - 17.00	Coffee Break
17.00 - 18.00	The European IST Prize Anniversary Session: "Ten Years of innovation and competitiveness of European IST industry"

Wednesday, 17 November 2004

9.00 - 10.30	EU Latin America: Where does co-operation add most value?	Visions for basic technology research	Artemis : Embedded systems technology platform	Semantic Web: The future of new generation intelligent web applications	Interactive living heritage
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30	EU Russia: Where does co-operation add most value?	Augmenting human capabilities and creating knowledge	Software complexity	Free and open source software in the Information Society	The IST European Research Area
12.30 - 14.00	Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.30	Open Discussion Forum on FP7: Discussions, questions and answers (Questions to be placed on-line - following the day 1 session)

Besides the conference there is also the session on the:

IST Work Programme 2005-06 and Proposal Submission

Tuesday: 9.00-12.00 Room: Van Gogh and 14.30-17.30 Room: Prins Willem Alexander;

Wednesday: 9.00-12.00 Room: Prins Willem Alexander

This session will present the IST Work Programme for 2005-06: the Strategic Objectives, the priorities, the instruments and the details of how to make a proposal. Special emphasis will be put on the understanding of the characteristics and concrete use of the instruments, and on the different cost models available. The session will allow for extensive interactions with the audience. The presentations will also address the practical aspects of proposal submissions, evaluation and negotiations and the contracting process, with details also on the modalities for participation of SMEs and non-EU countries, especially INCO target countries.