The European Commission has organised on the 18-19 March 1998 the first conference based on ESIS: "The Information Society developments in the European Union: best initiatives and practices for the future"

Wednesday March, 17 1998

Please click on the names underlined below to access their speeches

• Welcome and brief introduction to the European Survey of Information Society: Mr. Jörg WENZEL - Chief Adviser, Information Society Activity Centre (ISAC), DG III - Industry and DG XIII - Telecommunications, Information Market & Exploitation of Research, European Commission
• Key note speaker: the Finnish approach: Mr. Matti AURA - Minister for Transport and Communications, Finland
• Key note speaker: the Portuguese approach: Mr. José Mariano GAGO, Minister of Science and Technology, Portugal

• Co-ordinator: Mr. Paul VERHOEF, Member of Cabinet of Mr. Bangemann
• Mr. David BAXTER, Information Society Initiative, Department of Trade & Industry, United Kingdom
• Mr. Jean-Noel TRONC, Counsellor to the French Prime Minister for Information Technologies
• The City of Antwerp approach, Mr. Bruno PEETERS, Alderman of Antwerp, President of Telepolis
• Overview of ESIS findings with respect to IS strategy developments and trends: Mrs. Androulla KAMINARA, ESIS Project Co-ordinator, Information Society Project Office (ISPO), DGIII - Industry and DGXIII - Telecommunications, Information Market & Exploitation of Research, European Commission
• Discussion between participants and panel members

• Mr. Stefano MICOSSI - Director General DG III - Industry, European Commission
• The French Electronic Commerce initiative, Mr. Francis LORENTZ, Advisor for Electronic Commerce to the French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry
• Dr. Karl EPPLE, Director General, Ministry of Economics, Baden-Württemberg.
• Information society initiatives launched in Holland, Mr. Sjef DIRIS, Head of Telecommunications and Post Department, Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
• Overview of relevant approaches to the creation of incentive mechanisms across all 15 Member States and analysis of trends: Mr. Louis LENGRAND, Louis Lengrand & Associés, France - ESIS Project Management Support Contractor
• Discussion between participants and panel members

• Co-ordinator: Mr. Claudio CARRELLI - Chairman of the IS Forum
• Presentation of the ISPO organisation and awareness raising initiatives - Mr. Henry HAGLUND - Head of Unit, Information Society Project Office (ISPO), DGIII - Industry and DGXIII - Telecommunications, Information Market & Exploitation of Research, European Commission
• Presentation of Valencia IS strategy - Mr. José Emilio CERVERA - Director General for the Modernisation of the Public Administration, Generalitat Valencia
• Bavaria-Online, Herr Dr. FISCHER-HEIDELBERGER, Director General, Bayerische Staatskanzlei, Munich
• Input on international best practice on awareness building and organisational aspects - Canadian I.S. Forum - Prof. David JOHNSTON, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Overview of relevant approaches to raising awareness and organisational issues of the 15 Member States, Mrs. Androulla KAMINARA, ESIS Project Co-ordinator, Information Society Project Office (ISPO)
• Discussion between participants and panel members

Thursday March, 18 1998

• Moderator: Mr. John GRAY - Principal of Newark & Sherwood College, United Kingdom
• Co-moderator: Mr. Alain DUMORT - Head of Sector, New Technologies in Education & Training, DG XXII - Education Training and Youth, European Commission
• Input from ESIS data - ESIS Contractor, Mr. Hannes SELHOFER, Techno-Z FH Research and Development, Austria
• Hungarian SULINET project: Ms. Petra TÖRÖK, "Schoolnet" Programme Co-ordinator, Ministry of Education & Culture, Hungary
• Schools on the NET: Mr GARBE, Deutsche Telekom
• European SchoolNet: Mr Ranebo STELLAN
• EdNet and Irish Schools IT2000 Initiative: Mr Michael HALISSY and Mr John HURLEY (Ednet Ireland)
• 3000 Teachers on Line: Ms Rosa GARCIA CALERO, CECE

• Moderator: Mr. Reino PAASILINNA - Member of the European Parliament
• Co-moderator: Ms. Agnes HUBERT, Advisor, Forward Studies Unit, European Commission
• Input from ESIS data - ESIS Contractor, Mr. Mariano ZAPATA, Sema Group, Spain
• Administration of the Swedish Parliament - Mr. Tomas PERSSON
• Prof. Gareth. HUGHES - former Chairman of IRISI
• IPERBOLE- Internet Civic Networks Bologna, Mrs Leda GUIDI, Comune di Bologna
• CYBERCRATE - Political information on Belgium, Mr Pierre CARBONELLE

• Moderator: Prof. Jan Ekberg STAKES, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Finland
• Co-moderator: Mr. Henry HAGLUND - Head of Unit, Information Society Project Office (ISPO), DGIII - Industry and DGXIII - Telecommunications, Information Market & Exploitation of Research, European Commission
• Input from ESIS data: ESIS Contractor, Ms. Gabriella CATTANEO, Databank Consulting, Italy
• PROMISE - Promoting IS for Everyone, Mr. Kevin CULLEN, Work Research Centre Ltd
• EQUALITY - Quality of life for the less-favoured Europeans, Martin VAN ROSSUM, Van Rossum & Partners
• OSCH - Online Service Centre Herzogsägmühle, Andreas KURZ, Herzogsägmühle
• TURTLE - Transport using rehabilitation technologies leads to economic efficiencies, Jim SANDHU, University of Northumbria

• Moderator: Prof. George DOUKIDIS, Athens University of Economics and Business
• Co-moderator: Mr. Kurt KOENIG - Head of Unit, Strengthening Competitiveness & Promotion of Sub-Contracting (SME Access to Technology & Training), DGXXIII - Enterprise Policy, Distributive Trades, Tourism & Co-operatives, European Commission
• Input from ESIS data: ESIS Contractor, Ms. Jane TEBBUTT, Technopolis, United Kingdom
• G7 Global Market Place Initiative: Ms. Rosalie ZOBEL, Head of Unit, Business Processes, Multimedia & Microprocessor Applications, DGIII - Industry, European Commission
• PROMOTER - promotion of sales in territorial manufacturing systems, Mr Vito SANTACESARIA, Associazione degli Industriali della Provincia di Bari
• ECHOES - Electronic Commerce for a high level organisation of European Sales, Mr E. BOUDON, Boss & Boudon
• SMEDIS - Dissemination of Business best practices to SMEs, Bernt ELSWEILER, Research Institute for Operations Management

• Moderator: Mr. Alexandros ALAVANOS - Member of the European Parliament
• Co-moderator: Mrs. Ana MAGRANER, Cultural Dimension of Community actions and Cultural Heritage, DG X - Information, Communication, Culture, Audiovisual, European Commission
• Relevant ESIS Results and trends: ESIS Contractor, Mr. Jens Peder KRISTENSEN, PLS Consult, Denmark
• Souillac Charter for Arts and Industry - Dr. Don FORESTA, President of the Electronic Language Laboratory, Paris, France
• Schools Adopt a Monument, Mr E. BELLONI, European Parliament
• Cultural Network Denmark Ministry of Culture, Ms Gitte LARSEN
• AQUARELLE - Sharing Cultural Heritage through Multimedia Telematics, Mr A. MICHARD, ERCIM- EEIG-INRIA

• Moderator: Prof. Dr. Franz Josef RADERMACHER - University of Ulm, Germany
• Co-moderator: Mr. Peter JOHNSTON - Head of Unit, Programmes: Preparation and Follow-up, DG XIII, Telecommunications, Information Market & Exploitation of Research, European Commission
• Input from ESIS data: ESIS Contractor, Dr. Walter HUDETZ, FhG-ISI, Germany
• Swedish Enviro-Net, Mrs Maria SJÖ, Swedish Environet
• QUARTET - PLUS - Validation of European Urban Integrated Road Transport Environment
• TEMSIS - Transnational Environmental Management and Information System, M. B. HOFFMANN, Stadtverband Saabrücken

• Moderator: Ms. Rosemary JAY, Legal Adviser, UK Data Protection Registrar
• Co-moderator: Mr. Frans DE BRUINE - Director, Information Industry & Language Processing, DG XIII, Telecommunications, Information Market & Exploitation of Research, European Commission
• Presentation of the Internet Action Plan follow-up (Filtering, Protection and rating of programmes)
• Input from ESIS data: ESIS Contractor, Mr. Ron SCHARIS, IDC Benelux, The Netherlands
• QACII - Quality assessment of consumer information on Internet, Mr Henk NICOLAI, Consumentenbond
• EUROBUYER - consumer information system, Ms. Ruth HALLEY, City of Edinburgh Environmental and consumer service
• PICS - Platform for Internet content selection, Mr John CARR, NCH-Action for children

• Moderator: Dr. Joan MAJÓ, Catalan Institute of Technology, Spain
• Co-moderator: Mr. Rene GUTH - Deputy Head of Unit, Adaptation to Industrial Change, DGV - Employment, Industrial Relations and Social Affairs, European Commission
• US Cyberstates initiative - Ms. Michaela PLATZER
• Input from ESIS data: Mr. Philippe BAUDOUIN, Senior consultant, ESIS Contractor, IDATE, France
• IT as competence and resource support for women in small companies, Anders FLÄCKE, MDM Mangement
• TWIST - Telework in flexible structures, Mr Michael KRAUPA, BMW AG
• ALICE - Multi-media teaching tools providing basic literacy skills of employees in the agro-food sector

• Driving forces for the projects in the sector
• Main barriers to overcome
• Best practice ingredients necessary for partnerships
• Useful synergies
• Recommendations for further actions to the Commission and/or local and national administrations

• Mr. Thomas ACHELIS, President of CERP, European Public Relations Confederation
• Prof. Roland BURKART, University of Vienna - Communications Scientist
• Mr. Richard LINNING - Public Relations Partners S.A