Veranstaltungen: Seminare / Kongresse / Workshops

Brussels, Belgium, 1 - 3 October 1997

The European Commission, DG III, is hosting an international conference on "Building the Global Information Society for the 21st century". The conference, which is being organized with support from the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and European Workshop for Open Systems (EWOS), will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 1-3 October 1997.

The aim of the conference is to facilitate the development of the Global Information Society/Global Information Infrastructure (GIS/GII) by identifying and promoting the resolution of outstanding standardization issues. The conference is market-focused and is intended to offer an open forum in which the essential market players will be able to:

• Exchange views regarding actual and potential applications, as well as related practical experience;
• Identify factors leading to the successful and fast implementation of selected applications, as well as the business opportunities that these will offer;
• Investigate the standards (voluntary and mandatory) and related technical regulations that are needed to shape the implementation of GIS/GII so that it may realize its full potential in the global environment;
• Share perspectives on the appropriate timing of the implementation of applications to meet GIS/GII needs.

The objective is to provide a clear awareness of the issues and experience in standards development in order to promote progressive action throughout the industry. The programme is being developed to ensure the greatest opportunity for creative discussion. The sessions on the first and last days will be plenaries in which the status of existing GIS projects will be reviewed. The potential for consensus-based standardization and public policy initiatives for the enhancement of Global Information Society development processes will also be discussed.

The second day will be devoted to four workshops, run in parallel. These will explore the following four major themes:

• Electronic commerce;
• Services to the public;
• Individual use;
• Communications infrastructure interoperability.

The workshops will provide the opportunity to discuss widely-recognized GIS needs (such as security, encryption, privacy, multilingualism support, user interface, practical interactive communications, etc.). The results of the thematic workshops will be summarized and presented for discussion in the plenary session on the last day of the conference.
(Source: CORDIS focus)

For further information, please contact:

European Commission
DG III - Industry
Conference Secretariat
36 rue de Stassart
B-1050 Brussels
Tel.: + 32-2-5117455
Fax: + 32-2-5118723
E-mail: glstdconf∂dg3.ccc.be