Cities on Internet

[i]Conference 2007[/i] 27/29 june 2007 Zakopane, Poland The 11th "Cities on Internet" Conference aims at assuring possibility of: new EU policies and regulations presentation - new cohesion policy guidelines on planning and implementation of innovative ICT projects in regions, particularly for projects of building infrastructure for broadband internet access. debate on lessons learnt from 2004-2006 in terms of developing innovative ICT projects financed by Structural Funds best practices from EU regions and cities presentation and transfer - eGovernment, eHealth, eInclusion making contacts with relevant experts and complementary projects and initiatives funded under other European programmes identifying ideas to further development towards projects concepts building dialogue between European stakeholders involved in development of information society at all levels Hot topics of the conference: stimulating investments in services, broadband infrastructure, innovation and boosting competitiveness bridging 'digital divide' - integration policy through ICT e-Capacity building at regional and local level - improving ICT skills for full participation in inclusive Information Society financial instruments for eDevelopment - Structural Funds, 7 Framework Programme, Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, others Who should attend: The Conference seeks to provide effective discussion and presentation forum for those who are interested in the topic of harnessing information technologies for regional and state development. The conference is addressed to the representatives of: - central, local and regional authorities - local and regional civil servants - policy-makers - NGO - Academia - ICT companies - IS and ICT experts http://conference2007.mwi.pl Urbanicity Conference Alerts Alistair Campbell [url=mailto:a.campbell@urbanicity.org]a.campbell@urbanicity.org[/url]