IST EVENT 2004
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IST 2004 Event – Participate in your future
The conference was held from 15-17 November 2004, "Netherlands Congress Centre",
The
Hague
IST 2004 Event : open for business
Close to 3000 registered participants showed up for the first day of the
event. After the opening and plenary session in the morning, the serious
business of information exchange and networking got underway. By early
afternoon the exhibition was buzzing with visitors.
Two of the key messages emerging from the first day’s sessions were that the use
of ICT is giving a competitive edge to all sectors of Europe’s economy and that
progressive strengthening of the EU single market can be traced back to
collaboration in research.
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This year's edition of the most important European
Information Society Technologies (IST) event is organised under the EU’s
Dutch Presidency by the European Commission in partnership with the Dutch
Ministry of Economic Affairs. The event will include a conference, an exhibition
of research results and networking facilities for the about 4000 participants. The overall
themes are "People" and "Economy". This IST Event should appeal to:
• Industry, SMI and SME
• Businesses
• Public sector decision-makers
• The research community and academics
• Interested citizens, including young people and students
The Conference - with
30 sessions- will
look at ways to harness information and communication technology (ICT) to
enhance the prosperity, security and quality of life for all Europeans.
The Exhibition - with around 130 stands on an
area of 8500 sq. m- will show how ICT enables
new ways of living, working together, communicating, entertaining, and ensuring
that every citizen benefits from the knowledge-based economy.
The European IST Prize will showcase a
selection of 20 innovative information technology driven products.
The Networking Sessions - about 72
sessions- will bring
participants together to discuss project ideas, research activities and business
partnership.
IST Work Programme 2005-06 and
Proposal Submission: 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.
This event is “a must” for any researcher, industrialist or citizen interested
in EU funding for information society technology research, development and
applications.
For further information see IST 2004 at a Glance.
Call for ideas for the Networking Sessions - a big success !
The call for ideas for the Networking Sessions is now closed. This was a big success with more than 150 proposals being submitted. The registration for participation in a Networking session will remain open until the 14 November.
One of the main objectives of the annual IST Event is to
assist companies and researchers to forge multidisciplinary and multinational
research teams across Europe. These teams are essential to building the European
Research Area in the Information Society sector. Networking sessions bring
together people who are interested in a specific topic, to discuss project
ideas, research activities and business partnerships. They are less formal than
official conference sessions, encouraging much more active participation and
lateral thinking (see also: Networking
Sessions).
Further Information
- Also visit the European Tech Investment Forum (ETIF) and the First CALIBRE International Conference taking place alongside the IST 2004 Event;
- Subscribe to the IS Newsroom to stay up to date throughout the year;
- short films on IST 2003 are available for download from the IST 2003 website;
- Find out more about the EU’s current IST Research Programme;
- Find out more about the IST Results of the IST Research Programme;
- Find out more about the city of The Hague and its environment;
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IST 2004 is organized within the framework of the Dutch EU Presidency by the Commission's Directorate-General for the Information Society, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the The Hague region.
