The goals of eChallenges e-2006 are to stimulate take-up of applied ICT research results by industry - in particular SMEs - and the European public sector, to promote knowledge sharing between industry, government and the research community (supporting better exploitation of results and better coordination of research activities), to exchange experiences about the current state of eAdoption at a sectoral, national or regional level, support International Cooperation and open up the European Research Area (ERA) to the rest of the world.

- eBusiness - Future forms of organisations, Technology and Applications

- eGovernment - Services to Citizens and Business, Organisational Transformation

- eLearning and ICT Skills

- Collaborative Working Environments

- International Co-operation on IST

- i2010 and ICT take-up by SMEs

- Digital Content & Digital Rights Management - issues, applications & technologies

- eDemocracy , eVoting, eParticipation

- eHealth - issues, applications & technologies

- eInclusion and eAccessibility

- eTourism and Cultural Heritage

- eServices in the European Research Area

- Future Emerging Technologies

- GRID - issues, applications and technologies

- Knowledge management and technologies

- Interoperability and Standardisation

- Mobility - issues, applications & technologies

- Open Source Technologies and Applications

- Security - issues, applications & technologies

- Semantic and knowledge based systems

- Smart and Virtual Organisations

- Best Practice Models - Lessons learnt

- EAdoption - national and sectoral case studies and policy issues

- Future Workplace Design

- Identity Management and Authentication

- Innovation and Technology Transfer

- Legal and Regulatory Challenges for IST

- Measuring and Benchmarking

- Multimodal Working Environments