For more than 30 years, industry, R&D, science policy authorities and analysts of Ethical, Social‐ economic, and Legal Aspects (ESLA) of science accumulated experience in dealing with powerful developments in biotechnology and biomedicine. Stakeholders in ICT can learn from successes and failures in dealing with biotechnology and biomedicine. The conference provides a forum to present and discuss research results, policy plans and new research problems and approaches. Participants in EU funded projects (FP6, FP7 and other) in ICT or ESLA of ICT will be given special opportunities to interact and network.

The project consortium will present its key results to a wider audience of stakeholders: a comprehensive collection of good ethical practices; a comprehensive collection of industrial ethical codes; a set of recommendations towards an operational roadmap. Two sessions of lectures will address the state of the art about: promoting an all inclusive digital society and monitoring privacy and ethical values. A concluding session will explore the priorities for future action.
Contact: guido.vansteendam@theIFB.eu
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This event will cover the European Commission's FP7 ICT Work Programmes for 2009-10 and 2011-12 with a focus on Call 6. The rules for participation and the way to write a proposal will be explained. Slovenian stakeholders' experiences and the role of the Slovenian National Contact Point will be highlighted. Useful advice on how to find partners will also be offered.

This FP7 Consultation meeting organised by the European Commission will bring together experts from all over Europe. The objective of the workshop is to review current trends in research and applications and provide strategic guidance for drafting the ICT Work Programme 2011/2012. The workshop is focused on the topic of service and social robotics for Ageing Well and should result in possible future orientations for application driven research in this field, in particular with a view to practical deployment in real-life situations and industrial exploitation.
Contact: eInclusion@ec.europa.eu

The European Commission is organising a workshop on codes of conduct on audiovisual commercial communications of foods high in fat, sugar and salt to children. The newly adopted Audiovisual Media Services Directive places an obligation on the Commission to encourage media service providers (both traditional and on-demand) (art. 3e (2) of the Audiovisual Media services – AVMS - Directive) to develop codes of conduct relating to audiovisual commercial communications for HFSS food to children.

This event will cover topics such as the European Digital Agenda for 2020; the EU Telecoms Framework Review; copyright; Commission state aid proposals; developments in next generation access policy; regulating in a bundled environment and the digital dividend. Workshops will also focus on data protection, state aid, net neutrality and telecoms issues in Eastern Europe.

Self-service terminals can be difficult to access and use for many people, e.g. users with disabilities, those with low ICT competence, elderly users, or simply those not used to this medium. This can be improved by adapting the terminals as to their physical design, software and interfaces. Possible solutions encompass among other use of mobile devices or assistive technologies for man-machine interaction, vocal input / output, software adaptation etc. The workshop, organised by the ICT for Inclusion unit of the European Commission, will also address the issue of information about and deployment of ICT-related assistive technology in general. The purpose of this meeting is to provide some information on upcoming calls for proposals of the Competitiveness Innovation Programme in the area of self-service terminals and assistive technologies. Furthermore, the meeting will also aim to identify grounds for further action at European level, notably with support from the European Commission in various possible ways: policy recommendations, stakeholder dialogue, standardisation activities, etc.
Contact: Registration is compulsory

Although it seems clear that creativity plays an important role in developing intelligent computational systems, it is less clear how to model, simulate, or evaluate creativity in such systems. In other words, it is often easier to recognize the presence and effect of creativity than to describe or prescribe it. The purpose of this conference is to facilitate the exchange of ideas on the topic of computational creativity in a cross-disciplinary setting.

The annual ETSI Security Workshop brings together international Standards Developing Organisations (SDOs) and security experts to discuss recent developments, share knowledge and co-ordinate on future actions and work areas. There will be presentations from major organisations involved in security initiatives, such as ETSI, ENISA, ITU and the European Commission. Participation is free upon registration.

Demand on healthcare systems is on the rise, in light of demographic change, increased citizen mobility in Europe and the rising expectations of patients. As resources remain limited, now is the opportunity to develop new distance spanning services and technologies that will enhance quality and render the management and provision of our services more efficient and more accessible. ALEC 2010 offers peer to peer learning - participants will hear from other European regions why they should work with e-health, how they can develop and implement e-health policies, what challenges they can expect to face and how e-health can contribute to improving the quality and efficiency of services.
Contact: mariamagdalena.holmgren@nll.se
See also:ICT for Health