EU Events: October 2008 Monitoring

The Internet Summit Austria 2008
02 October 2008, Vienna, Austria
"e-Inclusion" is the leading theme of the conference, which will be a meeting of minds of the leading thinkers and major architects of the internet and the digital society today. Their range of experience will cover all aspects of e-Inclusion like e-Accessibility, Ageing, e-Competences, Socio-Cultural e-Inclusion, Spatial e-Inclusion, Inclusive e-government and broadband for all.
This event takes place in preparation for the European e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference 2008 in Vienna and is supported by the Federal Chancellery of Austria. The audience will consist of the top 300 CEOs, academics, administration and politicians of Austria and some European countries.
ISPA (Internet Service Providers Austria) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to advance the usage of the Internet in Austria. [Europa]

Internet of Things - Internet of the Future
6 - 7 October 2008, Nice Acropolis (France)

eGovernment for Regions at Open Days 2008
to be held 7th October 2008, Brussels, Belgium
This workshop, organized during the Open Days 2008 European Week of Regions and Cities, will look at current EU initiatives and activities in the eGovernment area and how they can benefit regions and municipalities. [Europa]

The conference will concentrate on the following 2 areas:
1. aspects related to the development of the mobile Internet
2. the industrial and technological perspectives necessary for the development of the 'Internet of Things'

The aim is to identify and discuss the technological state-of-the-art, future trends, as well as opportunities and challenges, and draw a comprehensive picture of how the Internet of Things will change our interactions with objects. [Internet2008]

Ministerial Conference on the Internet of the Future
8th October 2008 [Europa]

Towards Future Media Internet
13 - 15 October 2008, Saint-Malo, France
This event aims to be a major conference and exhibition devoted to the field of Networked and Electronic Media (NEM) and ICT at large. It will provide an opportunity to network and share information and viewpoints on R&D status and perspectives in this area. It is organised by the NEM platform, one of the European Industrial Initiatives, also known as Technology Platforms. The NEM Platform is established by key European stakeholders, addressing the convergence of media, communications, consumer electronics, and IT as a wide opportunity for future growth, by taking advantage of generalised broadband access, increased mobility, availability of rich media formats and contents, as well as new home networks and communications platforms. [Europa]

An industrial property rights strategy for Europe, Strasbourg, 16-17.10.2008
A strong industrial property rights system is a driving force for innovation, stimulating R&D investment and facilitating the transfer of knowledge from the laboratory to the marketplace. On 16 July 2008, the Commission adopted a Communication on an industrial property rights strategy for Europe which outlines actions to ensure Europe has a high quality industrial property rights system in the years to come. The Communication provides a horizontal strategy across the spectrum of different industrial property rights and includes initiatives on enforcement, innovation support for small and medium-sized enterprises, and the quality of industrial property rights. It complements the 2007 Communication on the patent system, which set out a way forward towards the adoption of a Community patent and an integrated EU-wide jurisdiction for patents. [Europa]

Second European Summit on Interoperability in the iGovernment
20 - 22 October 2008, Rome, Italy
This event will offer a forum to develop new strategies, to network and build synergies between participants. These will include representatives from the European Commission, national and regional governments, researchers, academics and ICT experts. The Summit aims to : analyze the European Interoperability Framework produced by IDABC ; verify the state of the art in Interoperability in Europe ; involve International and national stakeholders on interoperability, in order to define new priorities and to develop more innovative and efficient electronic services. [Europa]

World Standards Day 2008 conference: "Standardisation and SMEs: a challenge for Europe; what are the keys to success?" Paris, 21 October 2008
On the occasion of World Standards Day 2008, the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in cooperation with the European Commission, will organise a one-day conference about standardisation.
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Entrepreneurs, organisations representing SMEs, the national standards bodies, administrations and other interested parties will meet on 21st October 2008 in Paris in order to share their experiences and throw new light on the strategic importance of standardisation for SMEs, the challenges ahead and the solutions which work. [Europa]

2nd Europe INNOVA Conference - Accelerating Innovation
The Europe INNOVA Conference 2008 will focus on accelerating innovation in Europe and how to optimise knowledge transfer, strengthening industry's innovation capacity through strategic partnerships and supporting innovative entrepreneurs. 22nd – 24th October 2008 [Europa]