NETWORKING SESSION ORGANISED BY EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES ON INFORMATION SOCIETY (EPIS) IN THE IST 2006 Strategies for leadership
A session on "European Foresight in Information Society Technology" is being organised by EPIS project in the context of IST 2006 Strategies for leadership, one of the most important events in the field of Information Society Technologies (IST)in Helsinki, Finland.
The networking session is taking place 9:00-10:30 on 22 November 2006 and will start with three short presentations followed by a panel discussion.
See agenda and a background document on Creative Content issues for the panel discussion.
We welcome your feedback in order to identify areas for the launch of a European foresight process in IST.
For any other details, please visit http://europa.eu.int/information_society/istevent/2006/cf/network-detail.cfm?id=738
European Perspectives in the Information Society Project (EPIS)
"European Perspectives in the Information Society" (EPIS) is a multi-annual foresight initiative aiming at deepening the understanding over potential market developments and trends, over the potential evolution of technologies and of business models.
EPIS shall provide a prospective view towards the potential evolution of technologies and applications in relation to IST. It shall also look into any potential disruptions expected in the coming decade. Its aim is to highlight really “hot” issues, to recognize fast emerging, important technological and business topics in order to draw the attention of policy makers on unexpected trends and major changes, which may happen in the coming years. The scope of the project in its first year is on creative content.
To achieve this overall aims, EPIS has the following three main objectives :
- The development of observatory of trends in technology and business evolutions of ICT
- Running foresight exercises on selected thematic areas in ICT
- Exploring specific implications for policies in particular R&D policy in ICT
The study will build upon the work already carried out by the IPTS in Foresight on Information Society Technologies in the European Research Area (FISTERA).
EPIS IPTS Team:
Ioannis Maghiros, Fabienne Abadie, Corina Pascu
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