ICT 2008
The biennial ICT Event (formerly called the "IST Event") is the most important forum for discussing research and public policy in information and communication technologies at European level.
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Nov 25, 2008 12:00 AM
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Nov 27, 2008 12:00 AM |
| Where | Centre de Congrès, Lyon, France |
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The Event brings together researchers and innovators, policy and business decision-makers working in the field of digital technologies. The ICT Event:
- Presents Europe's future priorities for research funding in the ICT area
- Examines crucial issues of public policy for stimulating innovation through ICT development and uptake
- Creates opportunities to establish research and business partnerships and simply keep up to date in what is happening in various ICT research fields.
The event's "Inventing the Future" theme will comprehensively cover major research trends in information and communication technologies (ICT) such as new computing paradigms, ICT-bio and nano, photonics, cognition robotics and the use of ICT for science.
The 2009-2010 Work Programme for ICT research in the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will be presented in detail. Other sources of EU research funding for ICT will also be examined, including the new Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP). These initiatives together represent over €2 billion in EU support for ICT research over the next two years.
The ICT Event is organised by the European Commission's Directorate General for the Information Society and Media and is usually hosted by the current Presidency of the European Union.
Approximately 4,000 - 5,000 delegates are expected at ICT 2008.
