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Updated: 2006-10-23 02:45:39

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Day 2: 26 October 2006

09:00
09:00
Session 6a: Networked Business 4: Interoperability Architecture Issues
Chair: Marion Le Louarn, European Commission, Belgium
A Validation Architecture for Advanced Interoperability Provisioning
Nenad Ivezic, National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States

Federated Message-based Architecture for eBusiness Interoperability in New Member States SMEs
Gerald Knoll , Fraunhofer Institut Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung , Germany

The Requirement for an Interoperability Service: Power-Distribution in an eBusiness World
Lutz Schubert, University Ulm, Germany

Using Onion Routing to Secure Peer-to-Peer Supported Business Collaboration
Fabian Stäber, Siemens AG, Germany

09:00
Session 6b: eGovernment 4: Regional Government Case Studies
Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, Cisco UK&I, United Kingdom
From Technological Determinism to Regional Development: Lessons Learned from the Portuguese Digital Cities Program (1998-2006)
Jose Moutinho, Technical Univesity of Lisbon, Portugal

Secure Access to Local Government Online Services: the Case of Lombardy
Walter Castelnovo, Università dell'Insubria, Italy

Open Source Software in Small City Governments and the Promotion of Regional Entrepreneurship
Antao Moura, Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil

How to Avoid the Transformation of Barriers to OSS Adoption in Public Administration into Barriers for Regional Development
Julia Velkova, Internet Society Bulgaria, Bulgaria

eGovernment Strategic Planning for Local Administration: Work in Progress
Maria R. Osuna Alarcón, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

09:00
Workshop 6c: Co-creative Living Labs
Chair: Marika Kaliff, European Commission, Belgium
Co-Chair: Angelos Ktenas, European Commission, Belgium
The European Network of LivingLabs for CWE - User-Centric Co-creation and Innovation
Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Creating Environments where Innovation can Emerge: Human Factors in CWE Design
Paolo Martinez, Firenze Tecnologia - Azienda Speciale della Camera di Commercio, Italy

Living Labs for Collaborative Working Environments - A Multi-Agent System Architecture Proposal
Esteve Almirall, Esade, Spain

Exploring European Innovation through Diversity and Regional Collaboration
Sascha Haselmayer, Interlace-Invent, Spain

09:00
Session 6d: ICT in Educational Environments
Chair: Kim Davis, Research Council of Norway, Norway
Turning the Internet Around – e-Me: The Students Ideal e-Service
Lars Albinsson, Maestro Management, Sweden

Designing On-Line Discussion Forums Centered around Learners
Katherine Chiluiza, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador

Cost-Effective ICT Management in Educational Environments: the OASIS Project
Francisco Javier Ruiz Piñar, ETSI Telecomunciación - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

The "Net in Schools" Project
Ivana SOLJACIC RICHTER, Croatian Telecom Inc., Croatia

09:00
Workshop 6e: Virtual Organisations and Supportive ICT
Chair: Alessandro Braccini, ESoCE-Net, Italy
Co-Chair: Iiro Salkari, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
A Professional Virtual Comminities ICT Infrastructure
Sergio Gusmeroli, TXT e-Solutions SPA, Italy

An Approach to Configuration of Virtual Organisation Management Services
Iiro Salkari, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

Demonstration of a Functioning Social & Business Networking Application of the Advanced Collaborative Platform for Professional Virtual Communities
Gergely Doszpod, AIESEC International, Netherlands

ICT Use and Shared Understanding in Virtual Teams: Insights from Six Case Studies
Joris de Rooij, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

09:00
Session 6f: eHealth 4: Hospital Applications & Case Studies
Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland
ERDDS - A Test Case for the Integration of the European Radiology Sector
Enrico Morten, Softeco Sismat SpA, Italy

Analysis of Medical Data in the Belgian Public Health Insurance, Aiming to Improve Data Warehousing and Communication
Nick De Swaef, Landsbond Neutrale Ziekenfondsen (National Union of Neutral Health Insurance Mutuals), Belgium

Compliance Improvement Using Intelligent Electronic Forms
Axel Saffran, intarsys consulting GmbH, Germany

3D Human - An Interactive Human Anatomy Browser using Ultra Compact Shape Representation
Valery RUTKOVSKIY, Krasnoyarsk State Technical University, Russian Federation

09:00
Workshop 6g: SME Support Integration in FP7
Chair: Tanja Vos, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Collaborating into the Future: Empowering SMEs to Innovate – Long-term, Self-defined, Collaboratively
Katrin Reschwamm, EUrelations AG, Switzerland

Improving the Support to SMEs by Streamlining Partner Search Facilities
Eric ACW van Pelt, ICTRegie, Netherlands

The Main Goals of the National Technology Platforms - the Spanish Case
DIEGO SORO, AETIC, Spain

Enterprise Groupings
Darren Morrant, The European Association of Innovating SMEs, Belgium

Integrating Indian SMEs to participate in the IST Programme
Surbhi Sharma, ITSMA(Interactive Technology Software & Media Association), India

Engines of Change: IT and Complexity are Shaping Tomorrow's World
Florin Munteanu , Center for Complexity Studies, Romania

09:00
Session 6h: eAdoption
Chair: Jesse Marsh, Atelier Studio Associato, Italy
A Tool for Calculating eReadiness
Claudia Thonabauer, JK University of Linz, Austria

Automatic Benchmarking and Presentation of the First Results from the European Internet Accessibility Observatory
Mikael Snaprud, Agder University College, Norway

eBusiness Adoption Benchmarking for the Region, Challenges and Practises
Stanislaw Wrycza, University of Gdansk, Poland

10:30
Coffee Break : Exhibition & Networking
11:00
11:00
Workshop 7a: Business Interoperability
Chair: Man-Sze Li, IC Focus, United Kingdom
Evolution of Business Interoperability in the Automotive Industry
Kristin Wende, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Assessing the Value of Interoperability: An Example from the Automotive Industry
Kim van Oorschot, INSEAD, France

Semantic Reconciliation of Business Documents in a SOA Framework
Michele Missikoff, CNR, Italy

Future Markets for Enterprise Interoperability: Some Issues for Consideration
Man-Sze Li, IC Focus, United Kingdom

11:00
Session 7b: Security, Privacy & Identity Management
Chair: Pete Bramhall, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Europe, United Kingdom
Realizing Advanced Security Requirements for Inter-organizational Workflows
Mirad Zadic, ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH., Austria

European Federated Identity Management Key Concepts through the Fidelity Approach
Vincent Etchebarne, Orange Labs, France

Best Practices in Federated Identity Scenarios
Manel Medina, Universitat Politecnica Catalunya (UPC), Spain

Hidden in Plain Sight – the Privacy Implications of Biometrics
Jonathan Cave, RAND Europe, United Kingdom

"TEOFRAST" – A Biometric System Based on Users' Identification Through Handwriting Dynamics
Pavel Lozhnikov, Siberian State Automobile and Highway academy (SibADI), Russian Federation

11:00
Workshop 7c: ICT Supporting Emergency Response & Management
Chair: Georgios Tselentis, European Commission, Belgium
Advanced Mobile Services for Search And Rescue (SAR)
Jens Pottebaum, Universitaet Paderborn, Germany

A Peer to Peer Mobile Collaboration Model for Emergency Response
Dimitris Baltas, ATC ROM SRL, Romania

Improving Incident Management through the Provision of Accurate Indoor/Outdoor Location Information and Location Based Services for the Emergency Services
Simon Labbett, Sussex Police, United Kingdom

Playing with Fire – Towards Innovative Yet Safe and Usable ICT support in Emergency Response through Experience Prototyping
Markus Klann, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany

11:00
Session 7d: Technology Enhanced Learning & Skills Assessment
Chair: David Esteban, TECHFORCE, S.L., Spain
Benchmarking Lifelong Learning and eLearning in Regions: Measuring What Really Counts
Karsten Gareis, empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und Technologieforschung mbH, Germany

Measuring and Benchmarking Digital Literacy Strategies and Efforts: the BENTLI Project
Manon van Leeuwen, Office for European Projects, Regional Government of Extremadura, Spain

Performance-centered e-Learning in the Framework of Industry/University Partnership
Catalina Martínez Mediano, Spanish University for Distance Education, Spain

A Survey of ECDL "Graduates" in Italy
Fulvia Sala, AICA, Italy

11:00
Workshop 7e: Business Models - Based on Innovative Collaboration Infrastructures
Chair: Martin Hafner, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Process-Logic based Value Networks for Mobile Grid Technology as Business Collaboration Infrastructure
Martin Hafner, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Private Business Infrastructures in a VO Environment
Stefan Wesner, University Ulm, Germany

The Rise of BCI Service Providers
Geleyn Meijer, LogicaCMG, Netherlands

11:00
Session 7f: eHealth 5: National & Regional Case Studies
Chair: Richard Stevens, IDC, Italy
The CRS-SISS Project: A Regional Strategy for e-Health
Claudio BERETTA, Regione Lombardia, Italy

Citizen-Centric e-Healthcare Management Based on the XML Web Services
Mayumi Hori, Hakuoh University, Japan

How the Portuguese are using the Internet for Health Purposes
Silvina Santana, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Digital Hospital Infrastructure: How to Build the Hospital of the Future Now
Baldur Johnsen, Hewlett-Packard, Switzerland

11:00
Session 7g: Mobility 1: Issues
Chair: Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
Universal Ethernet Telecommunications Service: Towards a New Layer 2 based Internet
Jose Morales Barroso, L&M Data Communications, Spain

Ultra-wide Band: A Radio Technology to Widen the Business Models
Jorge Hernández Pablo, Telefónica I+D, Spain

On the Benefit of Using Mobile Technologies in Business Processes
Sina Deibert, University Mannheim, Germany

AmI Technology Based Business Improvements in Manufacturing SMEs
Uwe Kirchhoff, ATB Institut fuer angewandte Systemtechnik Bremen, GmbH, Germany

11:00
Session 7h: eInclusion
Chair: Valerie Gregg, University of Southern California, United States
eInclusion – Towards a Coherent European Policy Response to Social Inequalities in the Information Society
Ingo Meyer, empirica, Germany

Designing ICT for Older People
John Waterworth, Umea University, Sweden

Advanced Technology and Interface for Interactive Speech Impediment Therapy
Dora Csendes, University of Szeged, Hungary

12:30
Lunch : Exhibition & Networking
14:00
14:00
Workshop 8a: Contracting in an eBusiness Environment
Chair: Bastian Koller, HLRS, Germany
Contractual Frameworks for Enterprise Networks and Virtual Organisations in E-Learning
Tobias Mahler, Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law, Norway

Towards Autonomous Brokered SLA Negotiation
Peer Hasselmeyer, NEC Europe Ltd., Germany

An Enhanced Strategy for SLA Management in the Business Context of New Mobile Dynamic VO
Francesco D'Andria, Atos Origin, Spain

Filling The Gap Between SLA and Monitoring
Olivier Nano, Microsoft, Germany

14:00
Workshop 8b: Coordinating eGovernment R&D Support in Europe: How to Best Reach the European Research Agenda
Chair: Kim Davis, Research Council of Norway, Norway
eGOVERNET – European eGovernment Research Funding Agency Network
Colm Butler, Department of the Taoiseach, Ireland

R&D for Innovation in the Public Sector – A National Agenda for Renewal
Trond Knudsen, Research Council of Norway, Norway

Innovative Development of Cross-Boundary Public eServices
Madeleine Siösteen Thiel, VINNOVA (Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems), Sweden

14:00
Workshop 8c: Breaking Rural Development Barriers Through Collaborative Working Environments Related Technologies
Chair: Krystyna Marek, European Commission, Belgium
Exploiting Spatial Data Infrastructures for Rural Mobility
Michael Gould, GeoSpatial Partners Srl, Italy

Wireless Technologies Enabling Collaboration and Bridging over Water in the Turku Archipelago
Patrizia Hongisto, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland

AMI@Work Family of Communities Facilitating eWork and eBusiness Innovation and Implementation of the i2010 Initiative
Adam Turowiec, Innovation Ltd, Poland

14:00
Workshop 8d: ICT Skills - Towards the Harmonisation of Certification Schemes
Chair: Maik Herfurth, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
i2010 Initiative First Annual Report 2005 - Living Labs Network and e-Skills in the New Work Place Strategy
Angelos Ktenas, European Commission, Belgium

Survey of Certification Schemes of ICT Professionals across Europe towards Harmonisation - The Harmonise Project
Peter Weiss, Weiss4 , Germany

ICT Competences and Learning Developments: the eCCO Portal in Italy
Clementina Marinoni, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Italy

14:00
Workshop 8e: Grid Economics
Chair: Maria Tsakali, European Commission, Belgium
Incentives for Resource Provision in Scientific Grids
Stavros Routzounis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Economic Modeling of Grid Services
Jörn Altmann, International University Bruchsal, Germany

Grid Business in Korea
Junseok Hwang, Seoul National University, Korea, Republic Of

Self-Organizing ICT Resource Management - Policy-based Automated Bidding
Dirk Neumann, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

14:00
Workshop 8f: Boosting eGovernment Adoption through Interoperability: the Terregov project
Chair: Marco Di Girolamo, Hewlett-Packard Italy, Italy
Introduction
Marco Di Girolamo, Hewlett-Packard Italy, Italy

Assessment of eGovernment Services Market in Europe
Norbert Benamou, Business Flow Consulting, France

Organizational Barriers to eGovernment Adoption for Civil Servants
Alain Keravel, HEC, France

Regional Service Centers: the HP Approach to Foster eGovernment Services Adoption
Lorenzo Castelli, Hewlett-Packard, Italy

Terregov Open Architecture and Open Source Software Repository
Maria Pérez Ortega, GFI Informática, Spain

14:00
Session 8g: Mobility 2: Applications
Chair: Stefan Wesner, University Ulm, Germany
Self-adaptive Applications on the Fly for Mobile Users
Jose Manuel Sanchez, IntegraSys, Spain

A Multimedia Service Platform for Enterprises over Multiple Wireless Networks
Jose Fornes, University of Seville, Spain

A Novel Context-aware System Based on a Bluetooth Sensor Network
Carlos Fernández Herranz, Universidade da Coruña, Spain

Implementation of WiMAX over GSM/GPRS Networks
Naveed Ali Kaim Khani, The French South African Technical Institute in Electronics, South Africa

14:00
Session 8h: eTourism/Cultural Heritage
Chair: Alvaro Oliveira, Alfamicro, Lda., Portugal
A Context-aware eTourism Application Enabling Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange among Tourists
Federica Paganelli, CNIT, Italy

Agamemnon: A Multimedia Guide to Archaeological Sites on Mobile Phones
Matteo Villa, TXT e-Solutions, Italy

A Mobile Tourist Guide
Izaskun Mendia, Fundación ROBOTIKER, Spain

Incorporating User Requirements of the Disabled Traveller Market in Developing an Inclusive e-Marketplace for Accessible Tourism in Europe: Technical Challenges
Dimitrios Buhalis, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

15:30
Coffee Break : Exhibition & Networking
16:00
16:00
Workshop 9a: Contracting in an eBusiness environment II
Chair: Bastian Koller, HLRS, Germany
Negotiating Contracts on the Grid
Dean Kuo, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Challenges in EU Grid Contracts
Michael Parkin, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Service Level Agreements and Regulatory Compliance in eBusiness
Peter Matthews, CA, United Kingdom

16:00
Session 9b: eVoting & eParticipation
Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, Cisco UK&I, United Kingdom
Integrating Internet Voting within Democracy Suite Automated Election Workflow
Goran Obradovic, Dominion Voting Systems Corporation, Canada

The Paradigmatic Case of Electronic Voting in Switzerland: The Case of Neuchâtel
Francesc Arbiol, Scytl Secure Electronic Voting S.A., Spain

Managing Security Risks in eVoting over the Internet
Jaak Tepandi, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

The Gov2DemOSS eParticipation Platform: A New Era Tool for eDemocracy Implementation
Vasilis Koulolias, Gov2u, Greece

Evaluation of the eParticipate project - The Use of Webcasting to Support and Encourage eParticipation
Catherine Howe, Public-i, United Kingdom

16:00
Workshop 9c: Collaborative Games for Leisure and Edutainment
Chair: Leonie Schaefer, EU Commission , Belgium
Using Serious Games to Improve European Competitiveness
Alvaro Oliveira, Alfamicro, Lda., Portugal

A Case Study of Applying Agile Principles to Build a Serious Game in Strategic Manufacturing
Bjorn Andersen, SINTEF, Norway

Exploring Mixed Reality Gaming Interfaces
Irma Lindt, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany

Gaming and Social Interaction in Mediated Environments: the PASION Project
Ben Kirman, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom

From Edutainment to Innovation – Developing a New Playground for Serious Games
Jacob Jaskov, Learning Lab Denmark, Denmark

16:00
Workshop 9d: Europe’s Strategic Research Agenda to Deliver Secure, Dependable & Resilient European ICT Technologies to empower the citizen and Protect Critical Infrastructure
Chair: Jim Clarke, TSSG, WIT, Ireland
Security, Dependability and Trust: Towards a Roadmap 2007 - 2013
Jim Clarke, TSSG, WIT, Ireland

ECOM Long Term Electronic Signature Plugtest
Kenji Urushima, Entrust Japan Co., Ltd., Japan

European Security Forum for Web Services, software and systems (ESFORS)
Pedro Soria-Rodriguez, Atos Origin, Spain

NESSI Trust, Security and Dependability Working Group
Aljosa Pasic, Atos Origin, Spain

Critical Information Infrastructure Research Co-ordination
Uwe Bendisch, Fraunhofer SIT, Germany

16:00
Session 9e: Innovation
Chair: Philip Seltsikas, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Personalization Strategies and Practices for Innovation
Robert Verburg, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Harnessing the Competitive Advantages of Disruptive Innovation
Jose Antonio Estevez Garcia, Atos Origin, sae, Spain

Semantic Web-based Product Modelling, Ontologies and Configurators
Peter Bonsma, TNO, Netherlands

Smart Prediction Assistant: An Innovative Customer Intelligence Platform for Next Generation Ambient Recommender Systems
Gustavo Gonzalez-Sanchez, University of Girona. Agents Research Lab., Spain

16:00
Session 9f: Knowledge Management 1: Issues & Applications
Chair: Jonathan Sage, IBM United Kingdom Ltd, United Kingdom
Knowledge Management - A Multidisciplinary Survey
Mounib Mekhilef, CRSA - Ecole Centrale Paris, France

Virtual Knowledge Networks, a Typology
J.H.Erik Andriessen, Delft University of TEchnology, Netherlands

Ontology based Search and Storage of Market Information
Wolf Engelbach, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany

16:00
Session 9g: Mobility 3: Case Studies
Chair: Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
Context-aware Service Coordination for Mobile Users
Cesar Caceres, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Mobile Applications to Enhance Mobile Services - Case Study of Java Mobile Client
Heli Helaakoski, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland

Workflow Technologies for a Virtual ISP
Yuri Glickman, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany

16:00
Session 9h: Digital Content 1: Issues
Chair: Roger Wallis, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Popular Culture as a Driver of Internet Use
Håkan Selg, Uppsala University, Sweden

On-line Consumers – What Exactly Do They Share, Download and Stream?
Anders Edström-Frejman, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Sweden

Thieves or Customers? File-sharing in the Digital World
Olle Findahl, World Internet Institute, Sweden

The IPR Regime and The Open Source/Open Content Movement – An Alternative Stimulus for Creativity or on a Collision Course?
Lars-Erik Eriksson, DACC Systems AB, Sweden


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