VE-Forum.org Newsletter May 2006 Overview   Introduction LEGAL-IST Results of the on-line VE-Forum User Feedback  News Events 1. Introduction Dear VE-Forum user, Addressing Virtual or Networked Organisations cannot be envisaged through ICT aspects only, but also  other perspectives like the human and legal one are needed. This is why our Newsletter is devoted this time to legal issues by introducing to you the LEGAL-IST project. Moreover, you will have several opportunities in the coming weeks to further share and debate on this, whereas May and June is a prominent period for our community in terms of events, workshops, conferences, in particular some of them organised by the LEGAL-IST consortium. You are therefore warmly invited to have a look on the list of events presented below, these are the perfect opportunity to meet in real the members of your community and foster your networking. Don’t miss it! Last but not least, as promised in our last newsletter, we report on the results of the on-line survey, meaning both an encouraging message and a nice challenge for the future of VE Forum. The editorial team, Simona Barresi, Hermann Loeh, Bernhard Katzy, and Olivier Rerolle 2. LEGAL-IST The LEGAL-IST project is addressing the gaps between the business world and regulatory frameworks – and facilitating the achievement of overall IST research objectives – by providing legal support to on-going research initiatives in the IST domain.  The LEGAL-IST consortium comprises partners from Italy, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Spain, Austria, Norway, Germany, Finland and Belgium.    Available Results The main results of the LEGAL-IST project are: -               A State-of-the-Art survey on the research undertaken in the IST Framework Programmes (V and VI).  The report can support the European Commission, Policy Makers and Researchers by consolidating and presenting the results of legal research in a harmonised manner; -               Nine studies on selected legal issues relevant to IST areas of investigation. The reports are/will be available to researchers, practitioners and lawyers in order to support their own activities; and -               A Roadmap for the provision of harmonised legal support for the advancement of the Information Society, including a vision for an enhanced IST friendly framework, essential development issues, and an implementation plan. You can download public documents at www.legal-ist.org   Legal services from LEGAL-IST The LEGAL-IST interdisciplinary team can provide concrete, on-the-job support to its customers, covering many of the EU jurisdictions (as the legal partners come from different European countries). This ensures that the outcomes and recommendations of the services offered can be effectively implemented in the specific, local context of the client. The LEGAL-IST team – based on its considerable experience – is providing the following services: 1.            Training programmes on legal issues on IST related topics. LEGAL-IST training sessions, focuses on the legal issues (opportunities and threats) related to several IST topics, including: Legal Issues in Virtual Organisations; Open Source Software; and Legal Issues in Ambient Intelligence Technologies.  Training sessions are specifically tailored to the needs of various groups (such as Business Intermediaries, Regional Development Agencies, Industrial Associations, Entrepreneurs, SME Managers and SME Networks) who are keen to raise the awareness level of their constituents with respect to the launch of IST related initiatives. 2.            Legal Support to IST related initiatives/projects to facilitate the exploitation of relevant results; The LEGAL-IST team supports IST projects and initiatives, enabling them to implement a comprehensive plan for the safe exploitation of projects’ results from a legal point view.  The LEGAL-IST project can support research projects to overcome their lack of experience/expertise in legal /organisational fields. LEGAL-IST has already supported 16 different projects in the IST domain.   The LEGAL-IST project also provides Legal/Business consulting services, leveraging the knowledge base developed within the consortium for a wide range projects and emerging business areas (e.g. legal/organisational consulting for SMEs’ Clusters and Virtual Professional Communities, legal support to Open Source Software development projects; and so on). For additional information on LEGAL-IST services please contact the Project Manager.   Participate in the LEGAL-IST on-line community The LEGAL-IST project manages and develops an on-line Community, in the IST field, in order to provide up-to-date and tailored information to the different community groups interested in legal issues related to IST domain. The on-line community can support SMEs to promote and support their activities in the Information Society and researchers in IST, in order to facilitate the deployment and exploitation of IST research activities. Through the LEGAL-IST on-line community, it is possible to access: up-to-date project documentation (studies and reviews of state-of-the-art), general dissemination material (papers, proceedings and presentations) and discussion fora (in order to give your opinion on legal issues relevant to the IST domain). Budget is available for external experts, willing to contribute to the discussion about the most significant legal issues in the IST domain and to identify sensible ways forward for policy makers, in order to maximise the uptake of Information Society Technologies. Please ask to LEGAL-IST Project Manager for terms and conditions for accessing the budget. To benefit from full access to the LEGAL-IST community and its resources, please become a member by clicking on the link available at the Community section of the project web site, www.legal-ist.org. Next LEGAL-IST events 1.             IS Policy Link Event (Brussels, 11th May 2006), co-organised with the European Commission (Information Society Directorate-General, ICT for Enterprise Networking) and with the ECOLEAD Project, aimed at identifying and consolidating recommendations and suggestions to Policy Makers; 2.             LEGAL-IST workshop at ICE 2006 Conference (Milan, 27th June 2006), specifically focused to provide legal support to additional IST projects and to consensus building activities on proposed conclusions and recommendations originated by the project; 3.             LEGAL-IST workshop at eChallenges 2006 Conference (Barcelona, 26th October 2006) specifically aimed at launching the legal services available from the LEGAL-IST project. Additional information about LEGAL-IST events is available at http://www.legal-ist.org.         3. Results of the on-line VE-Forum User Feedback Some 50 members of the VE-Forum community have responded to the on-line survey giving us highly valuable feedback and suggestions to make VE-Forum even better and easier to use. We are happy that 85% of the respondents find VE-Forum highly or quite valuable which is a strong motivation to take action on the responses. You get to the results through this link. The following respondents have been drawn to win the books: Marina Sheresheva: Virtual Organizations – Systems and Practices (2005), Editors: Luis Camarinha-Matos, Hamideh Afsamarnesh, and Martin Ollus Markus Lemberger: Managing Technology and Innovation (2005), Editors: Robert Verburg, Willemijn M. Dicke, and J. Roland Ortt Jean-Pierre Lorre: The Future Workspace – Perspectives on Mobile and Collaborative Working (2006), Editors: Hans Schaffers, Torsten Brodt, Marc Pallot, Wolfgang Prinz Congratulations! 4. News IS Policy Link Event 03/05/2006 This LEGAL-IST event is co-organized with the European Commission (Information Society Directorate-General, ICT for Enterprise Networking) and with the ECOLEAD Project, aimed at identifying and consolidating recommendations and suggestions to Policy Makers  Call for Papers: NAACSOS 2006 - Deadline Approaching 02/05/2006 THE 14TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES. June 22-23, 2006 Notre Dame Indiana (USA). The North American Society for Computational Social & Organizational Sciences is pleased to announce its 14th annual conference and to invite individual paper submissions and.. more..   Phramer Version 1.0.0 - Now available for download 02/05/2006 Phramer is an open source Statistical Phrase-Based Machine Translation decoder Written in Java. Phramer is compatible with Pharaoh (http://www.isi.edu/licensed-sw/pharaoh/) in terms of command-line parameters and input/configuration/data files.   Phramer Version 1.0.0 can be downloaded at: http://www.utdallas.edu/~mgo031000/phramer/   ICE 2006 - Programme available 01/05/2006  12th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy, 26-28 June 2006          ICE 2006 - PROGRAMME "Innovative Products and Services through Collaborative Networks" http://www.ice-conference.org ICE Programme is now available The ICE conference is a premier forum for.. more..  Call for Proposal - Deadline Approaching 24/04/2006 Third and last Call for Proposals for the Preparatory Action on "The enhancement of the European industrial potential in the field of Security Research" (PASR 2006). Publication date: 10.02.2006 Closing Date: 10.05.2006 at 17.00 (Brussels local time)   For further information visit the CORDIS website at.. more..  Call for Papers - The 18th IASTED International Conference on PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS (PDCS 2006) 24/04/2006 The next PDCS conference will be held in Dallas (Texas, USA) on November 13-15, 2006. This conference will act as a major international forum for researchers and practitioners to present their latest research, results, and ideas in all areas of parallel and distributed computing and systems, including software, networks, and applications. All.. more..  Collaborative Environments supporting Business and Industry: Workshop reports available online 21/04/2006 Two workshops were recently organised in Brussels by the European Commmission on Collaborative Environments supporting Business and Industry. One workshop focused on the support in the "future enterprise", the second one on the influence of these Collaborative Environments in the manufacturing sector. Reports and presentations are online now.  European Commission public consultation: How can the Internal Market best respond to new and future challenges? 20/04/2006 The European Commission has launched a public consultation to debate the way in which the Internal Market can respond to new and future challenges. The consultation aims at stimulating a wide-ranging debate on future policy in the internal market. Citizens, businesses, representative organisations, academics, public administrations and all other.. more..  NAoMITEC brokerage event 18/04/2006 The aim of NAoMITEC brokerage event is to facilitate nanotechnology SMEs participation in the EU Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes (FP6 and FP7). This event will take place on 17 May, during the International Nanotechnology in Northern Europe (NTNE) conference and Exhibition 2006.   Further information can be found at:.. more..  ESF Forward Look Lincei Initiative 18/04/2006 The European Science Foundation has launched a 'Forward Look' aimed at keeping Europe at the forefront of computational science. The Forward Look aims to put software developers in collaborative contact and to minimise the time spent on developing new types of software.   More information on this initiative can be found at CORDIS  EPFL Executive Master in e-Gov 2006/07 18/04/2006 EPFL Executive Master in e-Gov 2006/07Availability of Scholarships and Stipends for Selected Outstanding Candidates Apply today to the 2006/07 edition of the EPFL Executive Master in e-Governance.  A limited number of scholarships and stipends are available for outstanding candidates from selected countries for participation in this unique.. more..  ERCIM News No.65 is now available 11/04/2006 We are pleased to announce that ERCIM News No. 65 is now available and it can be downloaded directly from http://www.ercim.org/publication/Ercim_News/enw65/ where you can also find a Call for Contributions to the next ERCIM News.   ERCIM News is published quarterly by ERCIM, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics.ERCIM.. more..  Call for Papers - International Symposium on Grid computing, high-performAnce and Distributed Applications (GADA'06) 10/04/2006 GADA'06 will be held in Montpellier (France) from Nov 2 to Nov 3, 2006. GADA'06 intends to cover a broader set of disciplines, although grid computing will keep a key role in the set of main topics of the conference. Topics addressed include, but are not limited to: Computational grids Data grids High-performance computing Distributed.. more..  Call for Papers - 14th International Conference on COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS (CoopIS 2006) 10/04/2006  The next CoopIS conference will be held in Montpellier (France) from Nov 1 to Nov 3, 2006. The CoopIS conference series has established a prestigious international forum for exchanging ideas and results on scientific research from a variety of Computer Science areas, such as CSCW, Internet data management, electronic commerce, human-computer.. more..  Commission study addresses Europe's scientific publication system 04/04/2006 The European Commission published on 31 March a study which examines the scientific publication system in Europe. Scientific publication ensures that research results are made known, which is a pre-condition for further research and for turning this knowledge into innovative products and services. Scientific publication is also an important part.. more..

5. Events

2006 International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE) 09/05/2006 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The main objective of the International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE’06) is to provide a forum for engineers, academicians, scientists and researchers to present the result of their research activities in the field of Computer and Communication Engineering. The primary focus of the conference is to create an.. more.. e-Health 2006 High Level Conference 10/05/2006 2006 Malaga, Spain This conference is organized with the objective of analysing the role of European Regions in e-health strategies. It will be held under the motto : "eHealth and Health Policies: Synergies for a better Health in a Europe of Regions". More details are now available on the conference website. The 1st Conference on Collaborative Working Environments for Business and Industry 10/05/2006 Brussels, Belgium The Conference will bring together a group of industry practitioners and academics, to address emerging industry needs, and to shape the future research agenda in the area of Collaborative Working Environments. Participants will contribute to defining key research themes for the forthcoming FP7 programmes in which collaborative environments are.. more.. IS Policy Workshop (ECOLEAD and LEGAL-IST Projects) 11/05/2006 Brussels, Belgium New Organisational Working Concepts for European SMEs' Competitiveness Policy Workshop (ECOLEAD and LEGAL-IST Projects)   This LEGAL-IST event is co-organized with the European Commission (Information Society Directorate-General, ICT for Enterprise Networking) and with the ECOLEAD Project. The workshop will be focused on the following.. more.. ISCRAM 2006 14/05/2006 Newark (NJ), USA 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. Papers are invited that deal with Information Systems in any phase, intersection of phases, and/or integration of phases of the Emergency Management and Preparedness lifecycle: Planning, Training, Mitigation, Detection, Alerting, Response, Recovery, and.. more.. 12th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM'06). 17/05/2006 Ecole nationale supérieure des mines - Saint Etienne- FRANCE. The purpose of the IFAC Symposium on INFORMATION CONTROL PROBLEMS IN MANUFACTURING (INCOM'06) is to offer a forum to present the progress in international research and development work in this field. Special emphasis will be given on the applications of optimization methods as well as automation, information and communication technologies in the.. more.. Second IRIS Postgraduate Conference 18/05/2006 Salford, UK The Informatics Research Institute (IRIS) of the University of Salford, has established an inter-disciplinary and cross-faculty research environment in the Informatics discipline, and currently operates at the forefront of developments brought about by latest advances in Information and Communication Technology, including the emerging.. more.. VE-Forum Editor Training 22/05/2006 Munich - Neubiberg - CeTIM Premises VE-Forum is easy to get started with, while at the same time a powerful and flexible platform to use. This training shall support editors to make the most out of VE-Forum's possibilities and network them among themsleves for mutual exchange of ideas and solutions and with the VE-Forum support team. World Wide Web Conference 22/05/2006 Edinburgh, Scotland (UK) The World Wide Web Conference is the global event to bring together the key influencers, decision makers, technologists, businesses and standards bodies shaping the future of the web. The Conference offers a unique opportunity for industry, government and the architects of the World Wide Web to meet and debate the global issues we face and help.. more.. International Association for the Management of Technology (IAMOT 2006) 22/05/2006 Beijing, PR China Official  Conference of the International Association for the Management ofTechnology (IAMOT)  Organized by Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University May 22-26 Beijing, PR China. The theme of the 2006 conference is "East Meets West: Challenges andOpportunities in Era of Globalization."The conference will cover.. more.. 8th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2006) 23/05/2006  Paphos - Cyprus The purpose of the 8th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the advances and business applications of information systems. Five simultaneous tracks will be held, covering different aspects of Enterprise Information Systems Applications,.. more.. Workshop on eHealth and eInclusion in IST 26/05/2006 Kalkara, Malta This is a one-day workshop for organisations interested in participating in IST (Information Society Technologies) activities of the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP6). The workshop is aimed at service providers, user groups, public authorities, research centres, SMEs and industrial.. more.. BIS 2006 31/05/2006 Austria The BIS conference is by now a well-respected event joining international researchers to discuss the wide range of the development, implementation, application and improvement of business applications and systems. It is addressed to the scientific community, people involved in the development of business computer applications, consultants helping.. more.. Fifth Global Mobility Roundtable 01/06/2006 Helsinki, Finland The Roundtable is a series of global conferences on mobile communication and computing, organized by an international group of researchers and practitioners. Helsinki Mobility Roundtable offers an opportunity for academic scholars and business leaders to share their visions regarding the implications of mobile communication in the emerging.. more.. Workshop on Collaborative Working Environments in Manufacturing: Challenges and Opportunities for EU industry 01/06/2006 Brussels, Belgium The EU funded projects AMI-4-SME and InAmI focus on Collaborative Working Environments (CWE) in the manufacturing industry. This workshop will bring together experts from Industry, Academia and the European Commission to present and discuss visions and future research activities within these and other current projects on CWE in industry, as well.. more.. Ubiquitous Mobile Information and Collaboration Systems UMICS 2006 05/06/2006 Luxembourg Over the last years most business processes changed on various dimensions (e.g. flexibility, interconnectivity, coordination style, autonomy) due to market conditions, organisational models, and usage scenarios of information systems. Frequently, information is relocated within this geographically distributed system according to rules that are.. more.. 19th Bled eConference 05/06/2006 Bled, Slovenia 19th Bled eConference eValues   This conference attracts speakers and delegates from business, government, information technology providers and universities and is the major venue for researchers working in all aspects of “e”. There will be a variety of keynote speakers from industry, government and academe.  The conference venue is.. more.. Conference REGNO 2006 07/06/2006 Vilnius, Lithuania The Fifth Regno Conference envisages to cover the implementation and use of the EU directives, publicity and privacy of data, use of registers data, integration of state registers, development of e-archives, implementation of e-signature, legislation on e-documents, e-signature; validity of electronic data; organisational rearrangements, and other.. more.. The Second International Conference on Open Source Systems 08/06/2006 Grand Hotel, Como, Italy The goal of OSS2006 is to provide an international forum where a diverse audience of OSS researchers and practitioners can come together to examine the culture, technology, and organization of OSS systems, work practices, development processes, community dynamics, tools and applications. OSS2006 will bring together people from academia,.. more.. CollECTeR Europe 2006 Conference - Collaborative Business 09/06/2006 Basel, Switzerland The CollECTeR series of conferences (http://www.collecter.org/) was established to link research centres at universities to form a basis for collaborative research in Electronic Commerce. CollECTeR Europe 2006 follows immediately after the Bled eConference (www.bledconference.org) and is right before ECIS 2006 in Gothenburg (www.ecis2006.se) -.. more.. European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC06) 11/06/2006 Budva, Montenegro The 3rd Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2006) will  present the latest results in research and application in semantic  web technologies (including knowledge mark-up languages, semantic web  services, ontology management and more). ESWC 2006 will also feature  a special industry-oriented event providing European.. more.. Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2006) 11/06/2006 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA JCDL 2006 - Opening Information Horizons The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term "digital libraries," including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions;.. more.. IADIS International Conference e-Society 2006 13/06/2006 Dublin, Ireland This conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the Information Society, covering both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of the Information Society. Broad areas of interest are eGovernment, eGovernance, eBusiness, eCommerce, eLearning, eHealth, Information Systems, and Information Management. A call for papers.. more.. NAACSOS 2006 22/06/2006 Notre Dame, Indiana (USA) The North American Society for Computational Social & Organizational Sciences is pleased to announce its 14th annual conference and to invite individual paper submissions and proposals for panels consisting of multiple presentations focused around a theme. The NAACSOS annual meetings have become the premier event for the presentation of work.. more.. 15th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructures for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE-2006) 26/06/2006 Manchester, U.K. WETICE is an international forum for state-of-the-art research in enabling technologies for collaboration; it consists of a number of related workshops. Each workshop includes paper presentations, workgroup discussions, keynote sessions and a final joint session to summarize each group's findings. The Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS.. more.. 2006 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data 26/06/2006 Chicago, USA The annual ACM SIGMOD conference is a leading international forum for database researchers, developers, and users to explore cutting-edge ideas and results,and to exchange techniques, tools, and experiences.  The PODS symposiumseries, held in conjunction with the SIGMOD conference series, provides a premier annual forum for the communication of.. more.. 12th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising (ICE 2006) 26/06/2006 Milan, Italy 12th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy, 26-28 June 2006 "Innovative Products and Services through Collaborative Networks"   The ICE conference is a premier forum to enable practitioners, researchers as well as tool vendors to present, demonstrate and share the results and.. more.. The 11th International Symposium on Logistics (ISL) 09/07/2006 Beijing, China The fundamental goals of good logistical operations are punctuality, accuracy and quality. Achieving these goals requires fast and efficient management of both materials and personnel. Industry recognises that, due to increased levels of International competition and the opening of new markets there are significant gains to be had through.. more.. ICWE 2006 11/07/2006 Palo Alto, California. The International Conference on Web Engineering will be held on July 2006 in Palo Alto, California. ICWE aims to promote research and scientific exchange related to engineering content for the web. ICWE is jointly organized by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the University of San Francisco, and the University of California-Santa.. more.. The 6th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture & Change in Organisations 11/07/2006 Prato, Tuscany, Italy The Sixth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations will offer a comprehensive overview of the current thinking in the area of knowledge management. In particular it will address a range of important topics in the various fields investigating ‘Knowledge’, ‘Culture’ and ‘Change’ in Organisations... more.. E-Networks in an Increasingly Volatile World - Abstracts due March 15, 2006 28/08/2006 Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada The University of New Brunswick (UNB) will host the Eleventh International Workshop on Telework, August 28–31, 2006 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. This year’s Workshop will be the first held in North America, occurring in Canada’s first city to support a free urban wireless network. The aim of the event is to generate interaction and the.. more.. International EGOV conference 2006 04/09/2006 Krakow (Poland) The EGOV Conference Series intends to assess the state of the art in eGovernment and eGovernance and to provide guidance for research and development in this fast-moving field. The annual conferences bring together leading researchers and professionals from all over the globe and from many disciplines. Over the years, the interest has increased.. more.. BASYS 2006 - 7th IFIP International Conference on Information Technology for BALANCED AUTOMATION SYSTEMS in Manufacturing and Services 04/09/2006 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada BASYS'06 will address Information Technology for Balanced Automation Systems in Manufacturing and Services. The focus of the conference will be to explore new challenges faced by the integration of Knowledge and Technology as major drivers for business changes considering Product and Services Life Cycles. Tracks: Multi-Agent and Holonic.. more.. 17th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2006) 04/09/2006 Krakow, Poland The aim of the DEXA 2006 is to present research contributions in the area of database and intelligent systems and a large spectrum of already implemented or just being developed applications. DEXA will offer the opportunity to extensively discuss requirements, problems, and solutions in the field.   The main topics of DEXA 2006 include, but.. more.. 8th International Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery (DaWaK 2006) 04/09/2006 Krakow, Poland DaWak 2006 seeks to introduce innovative principles, methods, algorithms and solutions to challenging problems faced in the development of data warehousing, knowledge discovery and data mining applications. Submissions presenting current research work on both theoretical and practical aspects of data warehousing and knowledge discovery are.. more.. International Conference on Enterprise Networking and Services 2006 (EntNet 2006) 11/09/2006 Vancouver, Canada EntNet 2006 will present an excellent opportunity for enterprise networking and services professionals to examine the key enterprise networking business issues, learn new enabling technologies, and evaluate solutions for improving the enterprise operations and the quality of delivered services. The success of modern economies is profoundly based.. more.. ECPPM 2006 Conference on e-Business and e-Work in Construction 13/09/2006 Valencia, Spain Sixth European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Construction Industry (ECPPM). The modelling and structuring of product and process information is essential for efficient IT support. It is an enabling factor of integration, automation and business process re-engineering in the construction industry. The structuring of product and.. more.. The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2006) 18/09/2006 Chicago, USA ICWS has been a prime international forum for both researchers and industry practitioners to exchange the latest advances in the state of the art and practice of Web Services, identify emerging research topics, and define the future of Web Services. ICWS 2006 is sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Services Computing and.. more.. 2006 IEEE SOA Industry Summit (SOAIS 2006) 18/09/2006 Chicago, USA IEEE SOA Industry Summit Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Services Computing   The 2006 IEEE SOA Industry Summit (SOAIS 2006) is celebrating the 60th Anniversary of IEEE Computer Society! This first-ever industry summit on SOA, organized by IEEE, is intended to bridge the gap between Services Computing and Business.. more.. 2006 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2006) 18/09/2006 Chicago, USA SCC 2006 continues to bridge the gap between Services Computing and Business models with an emerging suite of ground-breaking technology that includes service-oriented architecture, business process integration and management, grid/utility/autonomic computing and mobile computing such as ad-hoc networks (MANETs). SCC 2006 will be co-located with.. more.. PRO-VE'06 - 7th IFIP Working Conference on VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES 25/09/2006 Helsinki, Finland “Collaborative Networks in action” Collaborative Networks (CN) correspond to a very active and steadily growing area. For instance, Virtual enterprises / virtual organizations (VE/VO) are already supported by a large research and business practice community. Also, Professional Virtual Communities (PVC) suggest new ways of work and put the.. more.. First European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning 01/10/2006 Crete, Greece First European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning October 1-4, 2006 Crete, Greece   Innovative Approaches for Learning and Knowledge Sharing Organized by the PRO-LC Cluster   The First European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning provides a unique forum for all research related to technology-enhanced learning, as.. more.. 15th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW 2006) 02/10/2006 Podebrady, Czech Republic EKAW 2006 - 15th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management Managing Knowledge in a World of Networks 2nd-6th October 2006 - Podebrady (near Prague), Czech Republic The 15th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management is concerned with all aspects of eliciting, acquiring, modelling,.. more.. CATE-2006 04/10/2006 Lima, PERU The 9th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE-2006) will act as a major forum for the presentation of innovative developments and the exchange of information between researchers and practitioners on the use of technology in education.     Conference Program:  The scientific.. more.. eChallenges e-2006 Conference & Exhibition 25/10/2006 Barcelona, Spain eChallenges e-2006 Conference & Exhibition takes place in Barcelona, Spain 25 - 27 October. This is the sixteenth in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 550 delegates from leading commercial, government and research organisations around the world to share knowledge and experience,.. more.. International Symposium on Grid computing, high-performAnce and Distributed Applications 02/11/2006 Montpellier, France International Symposium onGrid computing, high-performAnce and Distributed Applications (GADA'06) In conjunction with OnTheMove Federated Conferences (OTM'06)http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf   GADA'06 will be held in Montpellier (France) from Nov 2 to Nov 3, 2006. GADA'06 intends to cover a broader set of disciplines, although grid.. more.. IASTED International Conference on PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS 13/11/2006 Dallas, Texas, USA The 18th IASTED International Conference on PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS (PDCS 2006) November 13-15, 2006 Dallas, Texas, USA    This conference will act as a major international forum for researchers and practitioners to present their latest research, results, and ideas in all areas of parallel and distributed computing and.. more.. Symposium on the Limits of Virtual Working 16/11/2006 Valencia, Spain This is an invitation to a symposium on issues of virtual cooperation and virtual teams. We organize this symposium with two purposes:   Discussing papers and new ideas on virtuality research, as a further step towards building a community of virtuality researchers and practitioners Presenting results of a research project “Extreme.. more.. IST 2006 21/11/2006 Helsinki, Finland IST 2006 includes a high-level conference, an exhibition of cutting edge research results from across Europe and a programme of networking sessions and workshops. Three strands, but one overriding aim: to help achieving Europe's innovative potential in developing and rolling out Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Management International Conference 2006 (MIC'O6) 23/11/2006 Portorož, Slovenia Advancing Business and Managementin Knowledge-based Society MIC'06 – Management International Conference 2006 7th International Conference of the Faculty of Management Koper, University of Primorska   MIC'O6 will be held in Portorož (Slovenia) from the 23rd to the 25th November 2006. The conference aims:   To discuss the role.. more.. The 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology 18/12/2006 Hong Kong IAT 2006 provides a leading international forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields, such as computer science, information technology, business, education, human factors, systems engineering, and robotics, to (1) examine the design principles and performance characteristics of various approaches in intelligent agent.. more..

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