Information Society Events

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.

Co-organised by the forthcoming Spanish Presidency of the European Union and by the European Commission, with the cooperation of the Government of Catalonia and the Foundation TicSalut, the High Level eHealth Conference 2010, the 8th edition in the series of ministerial events representing an important annual milestone in the field of ICT for healthcare, aims to support dissemination of eHealth best practices.

This year's EDDP conference will focus on health policy and on cardiovascular (cardiac disease and hypertension), metabolic (diabetes) and renal diseases. As early disease detection and prevention are the most promising avenues to effective healthcare, this EDDP conference is expected to draw hundreds of participants from around the globe, including medical practitioners, scientists, investigators, opinion leaders, formulators of health policies and health managers.

The purpose of this meeting is to provide information on the upcoming call for proposals of the Competitiveness Innovation Programme in the area of self-service terminals and assistive technologies (see the draft work programme for 2010) and gather ideas from participants in this connection. 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.

How to support holistically the independent living and mobility of the elderly across Europe? How to connect services for the elderly in an one-stop-shop fashion and interrelate/ integrate them? What are the elderly and their families/ carers primary needs, concerns and expectations from the technologies and services arising? These, and much more, are to be presented in the conference. OASIS is the acronym of a Large Scale Integrated Project co-financed by the European Commission (7th Framework Programme, ICT and Ageing). The full project name is: Open architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardization.

This seminar, organised by West Midlands in Europe, will be of interest to regional practitioners who are interested in current and future EU policy on healthy ageing and those with interests in project development at the regional level via European programmes such as FP7, Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, Ambient Assisted Living and the Public Health Programme. Three expert speakers all involved in European policy and programmes will present in the morning session along with some examples of best practice from regions. Practitioners are invited to present and discuss possible project proposals in an informal afternoon project development and brokerage session to be arranged with the ERRIN Health Working Group.

The Programme Committee for the TERENA Networking Conference 2010 has issued a Call for Papers exploring the theme: 'Living the network life'. Extended abstracts of 600 – 1200 words (rather than full papers) can be submitted via the drop box on the website. The deadline for submission is 30 November 2009 and authors should follow the guidelines for extended abstracts.

This event is jointly organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory and the European Commission. Audiovisual on-demand services such as Video-on-Demand and catch-up TV represent one of the most rapidly developing activities of the audiovisual market. The December 2009 deadline for transposing the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) in all EU Member States will have a long-term major impact on the audiovisual landscape. This workshop will cast a glance forward to January 2010 and look at this post-AVMSD landscape.

The Pervasive Healthcare conference aims to gather together health professionals, technology experts, industry, and national authorities contributing towards the development and application of human-centered pervasive and ubiquitous computing technology for healthcare and wellness. Information on the Calls for workshops (30/10/2009), Position Papers, Posters (04/12/2009), Demos and Videos (22/01/2010) are available on the website.

This half day workshop takes place on the occasion of the launch of the edited collection "Rethinking European Media and Communications Policy". The workshop will focus on the role of the consumer, as it takes four topical consumer-related angles from the main themes of the book. Participation is free of charge but prior registration is required (before 15/10).

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.

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.

The European e-Skills conference on 20 November 2009 in Brussels will address: The crucial importance of ICT professionalism for the EU economy and society; The progress of the implementation of the e-skills strategy and projects; The road ahead for a coordinated strategy to foster ICT professionalism, e-skills and innovation for economic recovery. The conference is organised by the European Commission and the European Economic Social Committee in partnership with CEPIS and in cooperation with the e-Skills Industry Leadership Board. The event will be hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee. It will bring together experts from governments, academia, ICT industry, ICT professional bodies and other stakeholders.

The Congress is programmed in collaboration with a multidisciplinary scientific committee and with the support of a steering committee consisting of French and European hospital federations, conferences of CME (medical establishment committee) Directors and Presidents, industry federations, Ministry spokespersons, and private practice representatives. In conjunction with the congress, the Health Information Systems tradeshow brings together all the consulting, equipment manufacturing, and publishing businesses developing a solution for the health-care industry. Hit is co-located with the health event HOPITAL EXPO-INTERMEDICA.

Supporting healthcare decision making is the cornerstone of health technology assessment. In increasingly challenging economic conditions, budgets for HTA (Health Technology Assessment) may be subject to scrutiny or restrictions while the role of HTA in optimising the use of healthcare resources to maximise patient outcomes is more important than ever. This event will be a high quality scientific meeting to allow healthcare practitioners, researchers, policy makers, administrators, industry representatives, consumer organizations, consultancies and other stakeholders explore how best to maximise the value of HTA.

The Heart Failure Congress, the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC, is dedicated to all professionals interested in the broad spectrum of problems relating to heart failure. Deadline to submit abstract at Heart Failure 2010: 14 January 2010.

This is the nineteenth in a series of annual conferences supported by the European Commission, which bring together over 650 delegates from leading commercial, government and research organisations around the world to bridge the Digital Divide, by sharing knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and good practice. Thematic areas addressed in the Conference Programme include ICT for Networked Enterprises, eGovernment and eDemocracy, eHealth, Technology Enhanced Learning, Intelligent Content, Collaborative Working Environments, Living Labs, eInfrastructures, High Performance Computing Applications, Smart and Virtual Organisations, Mobility & Security and Identity Management. The goal of e-2009 is to stimulate rapid take-up of Research and Technology Development (RTD) results by industry and in particular SMEs, and help open up the European Research Area (ERA) to the rest of the world.

Services based on ICT technologies are already part of everyday life in Europe. However, the complexity and novelty of many new devices and services run the risk of rendering the majority of older people unable to use them. At the same time, research has shown that a large segment of older people in Europe can be offered Ambient Assisted Living services which radically improve their quality of life. This has been made possible by recent developments in ambient intelligence and new abilities of software systems to communicate with users in a similar way to "person-to-person" interaction. The Conference is organised by the SOPRANO project consortium. It aims to explore Ambient Assisted Living concepts by bringing together experts from academia and industry to discuss AAL application design, user involvement, technologies and market potential. In addition, participants will be able to present their work through posters and will have the chance to visit the SOPRANO smart home, where technologies developed within the project are presented.

This event covers the topic of assistive technology and the positive impact on persons with disabilities. The conference draws more than 4,500 persons annually who attend sessions, visit the exhibit halls, and participate in affiliate meetings and informal gatherings.