24 - 26 October 2007
The Hague, The Netherlands

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Day 1: 24 October 2007

08:00
Registration & Networking
09:00
09:00
Opening Plenary 1a: Open Innovation, Collaborative Research and Commercialisation
Chair: Mark Frequin, Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Netherlands
Welcome to the Innovative City of The Hague
Frits Huffnagel, Deputy Mayor of The Hague, Netherlands

National eChallenges and Innovation
Frank Heemskerk, Minister of Foreign Trade, Netherlands

ICT - A Model for the Development of Romanian Research
Stefan IMRE, State Secretary for Commerce, Ministry for Small and Medium size Companies, Commerce, Tourism and Liberal Professions, Romania

ICT Addressing Societal Challenges: A Triple Win
Frans De Bruine, European Commission, Belgium

Technology for Better Business Outcomes
Hans Daniels, Hewlett-Packard, Netherlands

Competing for Growth
Ad Scheepbouwer, KPN, Netherlands

Innovating on Your Own Terms
George Pohle, IBM Global Business Services, United States

Moderated Discussion

11:00
Coffee Break : Exhibition & Networking
11:30
11:30
Session 2a: Networked Enterprise 1 - Interoperability
Chair: Florent Frederix, European Commission, Belgium
The ATHENA Interoperability Methodology
Arne Berre, SINTEF, Norway

Using POP* as an Exchange Model: A Case Study
Marija Jankovic, Faculty of Organisational Sciences, Serbia

Standards-Based Semantic Middleware
Nenad Ivezic, National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States

Meeting the Grand Challenges of the Enterprise Interoperability Research Roadmap – a Business Perspective
Man-Sze Li, IC Focus, United Kingdom

11:30
Workshop 2b: City Models in Europe: A Survey on e-Government Strategies in Europe
Chair: Giuseppe Paruolo, Municipality of Bologna, Italy
Barcelona in the light of the Survey from European Cities
Joan Batlle, Barcelona City Council, Spain

The way to successful e-Government
Hans Peter Heidebach, Municipality of Munich, Germany

Making Data Move – Making Time For People
Ingrid Goetzl, Municipality of Vienna, Austria

Swedish Strategy: Mobile Solution for Elderly Care
Helga Einarsdóttir, Municipality of Stockholm, Sweden

City Strategy in The Hague
Ard Mulder, Municipality of The Hague, Netherlands

11:30
Session 2c: Collaborative Working Environments: Applications & Case Studies
Chair: Peter Stanbridge, Korora Limited, United Kingdom
User-Centered Approach to Achieving the Halo Experience
Erik Geelhoed, Hewlett-Packard Ltd, United Kingdom

Introducing a JSR-170 Standard-Compliant Peer-to-Peer Content Repository to Support Business Collaboration
Udo Bartlang, Siemens AG, Germany

Knowledge Sharing by means of OpenAdap.net
Alessandro E.P. Villa, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Collaborative Knowledge Workers: Web Technologies and Workplace Paradigms Enabling Enterprise Collaboration 2.0
Hans Schaffers, Aalto University School of Economics & ESoCE Net, Netherlands

The Impact of eCollaboration
Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, University St. Gallen, Switzerland

11:30
Workshop 2d: IST-Africa - Supporting Research Engagement with Africa
Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland
IST-Africa Initiative
Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland

EU-Africa ICT Cooperation - Recent Developments
Thierry Devars, European Commission, Belgium

IST-Africa - EU/Africa R&D Opportunities
Chris Morris, CSIR, South Africa

CAAST-Net: Coordination and Advancement of Africa-EU Science & Technology Cooperation
Daan du Toit, South African Mission to the European Union, Belgium

11:30
Session 2e: SME Issues & Applications
Chair: Peter Weiss, Weiss4 , Germany
Opportunities and Risks of Service-Oriented Architectures within Electronic Sales in Small-Sized Enterprises
Jens Drawehn, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany

Business Models for Grid networked businesses: experiences from Beingrid DRS pilot
Geleyn Meijer, LogicaCMG, Netherlands

Computing Network Actor Sets for Efficient Request Management in Company Networks
Heiko Thimm, Pforzheim University, Germany

A Semantic Cooperation Platform for the Interoperability of European Chambers of Commerce
Antonio De Nicola, IASI-CNR, Italy

11:30
Session 2f: Mobility - Issues & Applications
Chair: Jim Clarke, TSSG, WIT, Ireland
An Open Mobile Internet Revolution is Necessary to Boost Mobile Data Use
Chris Bannink, LogicaCMG, Netherlands

Nanotechnology and Neuroscience: the Next Frontier of the Mass-Media
Keith Baker, Philips Research, Netherlands

Mobile Social Software: Definition, Scope and Applications
Giuseppe Lugano, TeliaSonera Finland, Finland

Mobile Devices and GSM Networks Services for Supporting Decision Makers
Motaz Osman, Information & Decision Support Center, Egypt

A Case Study on the Use of Video Capable Mobile Phones by Web Magazine Reporters
Seamus Hickey, University of Oulu, Finland

11:30
Session 2g: eHealth 1 - Issues
Chair: Richard Stevens, IDC, Italy
How to Move from Research Prototype to Exploitation Phase: the DEM-DISC case
Henny de Vos, Telematica Instituut, Netherlands

eHealth Consumer Attitude on Online Access to Personal Health Records
Catherine Chronaki, FORTH, Greece

Access to Electronic Patient Record: Is that Important When Choosing a New Doctor?
Silvina Santana, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Perceptions on Importance of Online Health Services in Portugal
Nina Szczygiel, University of Aveiro, Portugal

11:30
Session 2h: Security & Identity Management 1 - Issues
Chair: Carsten Casper, ENISA, Greece
An Analysis of E-identity Organisational and Technological Solutions within a Single European Information Space
Libor Neumann, ANECT a.s., Czech Republic

RFID Technologies: Emerging Issues and Challenges
Marc van Lieshout, TNO Information and Communication Technology, Netherlands

Towards Trustworthy Virtualization Environments
Chris Dalton, HP Laboratories Europe, United Kingdom

European Privacy Seal
Kirsten Bock, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

13:00
Lunch : Exhibition & Networking
14:00
14:00
Plenary Session 3a: Finance and Open Innovation in the IT Sector
Chair: Mark Frequin, Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Netherlands
Innovation in the Public Sector
Dave Broster, Joint Research Centre IPTS, Spain

Kissing the Right Frogs or Kissing the Frogs Right, A Venture Capital Perspective on Successful Innovation.
Tom Paffen, Capital-C Ventures B.V., Netherlands

Investing in Standards: From SME to Multinational
John Phillips, Nortel Networks (Europe), United Kingdom

Moderated Discussion

15:00
Short Breaks between Sessions
15:10
15:10
Session 4a: Networked Enterprise - Web Services
Chair: Nenad Ivezic, National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States
Transferring Data between UDDI v3-Compliant Repositories
Alexander Mintchev, SAP LABS Bulgaria, Bulgaria

Facilitating Agent Development in Open Service Architectures
Davide Guidi, Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), The Open University, United Kingdom

WS-DIAMOND: An Approach to Web Services – DIAgnosability, MONitoring and Diagnosis
Mariagrazia Fugini, Politecnico di Milano- DEI and CEFRIEL , Italy

Creating a Platform for End-to-End Business to Business and Government to Business Electronic Transactions in the New European Union: The GENESIS Project
Yannis Charalabidis, National Technical University Athens, Greece

15:10
Session 4b: Local & Regional Government
Chair: Stephen Curwell, University of Salford, United Kingdom
Reducing Administrative Fragmentation Through E-Government
Walter Castelnovo, Università dell'Insubria, Italy

The IntelCities Community of Practice: eGovernment Services for Socially-inclusive and Participatory Urban Regeneration Programmes
Fiona Campbell, Napier University, United Kingdom

Intelcities: Siena Case Study on Citizens’ E-Inclusion
Marta Berni, University of Florence, Italy

eDomus vs eAgora: the Italian Case and Implications for the EU 2010 Strategy
Patrizia Lombardi, Politecnico di torino, Italy

E-Governance in Action in the Developing World: The Case of DistrictNet in Uganda
Arjan de Jager, IICD, Netherlands

15:10
Session 4c: Collaborative Design
Chair: Bernhard Katzy, CeTIM, Germany
Integrated Development and Use in a Co-design Setting: Experiences from the Incremental Deployment of e-Me
Mikael Lind, University College of Borås, Sweden

Development of a Prototype Mobile Agent Collaborative Environment for Product Design
Daizhong Su, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Experiences from Setting up an Internet Shopping Collaboratory
Nicklas Salomonson, University of Borås, Sweden

Philosophy and Structure of a CWE-based Model of Building Design
Gianfranco Carrara, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Agent-based Architecture of Virtual Collaborative Contexts
Jean-Pierre Briffaut, Institut National des Télécommunications, France

15:10
Session 4d: Technology Enhanced Learning in Third Level Institutions
Chair: Kim Davis, Research Council of Norway, Norway
Technology Enhanced Learning in Higher Education: A Reap Case Study
Alan Hogarth, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom

Innovation and eLearning in the Context of Higher Level Institutions
Chih-Cheng Lin, Nottingham University Business School, United Kingdom

A Mobile Extension to a Web-based Moodle Virtual Classroom
Marc Alier, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

New Individualized Task-oriented Professional e-Learning Courses
Gabriel Díaz Orueta, UNED, UNiversidad NAcional de Educación a Distancia, Spain

Exam Digitalization and Digital Correction Procedure
Eva Gonzalez-Casellas, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

15:10
Session 4e: SME Case Studies
Chair: Jesse Marsh, Atelier Studio Associato, Italy
Expertise Profiling: Finding Sources of Advice for Manufacturing SMEs
Nikos Armoutis, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Knowledge Sharing in Manufacturing SMEs: Survey Findings and Analysis
Kathryn Cormican, NUI Galway, Ireland

i-Transformation in Swiss Companies: a Decision-Support Tool for Small and Midsize Enterprises
Fabrice Holzer, Synchrotech Group, Switzerland

eAdoption via an eMarketplace to Help Drive SME Profitability
Tuhin Ahmed, University of Warwick Manufacturing Group, United Kingdom

Network Enterprise Interoperability and Collaboration using E-mail Communication
Michal Laclavik, Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

15:10
Session 4f: Mobility 2
Chair: Jim Clarke, TSSG, WIT, Ireland
MULTINET: Enabler for Next Generation Enterprise Wireless services
Leire Aginako, EUSKALTEL S.A., Spain

Federated Wireless Access with Eduroam
Paul Dekkers, SURFnet, Netherlands

Renaissance of the Incumbents: Network Visions from a Human Perspective
Nico Baken, KPN and Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Factors influencing the Orchestration of Public Service Networks
Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

The Role of Small and Medium-Size Enterprises in Repeating the Success of the Internet in the Wireless World
Michael Decker, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

15:10
Session 4g: eHealth 2 - Health Information Systems
Chair: Inga Bakane, European Commission, Belgium
Key Issues of Technical Interoperability Solutions in eHealth and the RIDE Project
Alper Okcan, Software Research and Development Center, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

A Theoretical Model for the Electronic Medical Prescription in Belgium
Marc Nyssen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

NETC@RDS for eEHIC, A Step Towards the Electronic European Health Insurance Card
Noël Nader, GIE SESAM-VITALE, France

ICT for Health Management Information Systems in Tanzania-Zanzibar: Societal and Economic Challenges
Faraja Igira, University of Oslo, Tanzania, United Republic Of

Exploiting EU-IST Mobile eHealth Programmes for Developing Health System and Human Resources in Africa: A Short Compendium and Policy Implications
Adesina Iluyemi, School of Computing, University of Portsmouth & Nigeria, United Kingdom

15:10
Session 4h: Security & Identity Management 2 - Applications and Case Studies
Chair: Pete Bramhall, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Europe, United Kingdom
Transparency Tools for User-Controlled Identity Management
Marit Hansen, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection, Germany

Example of Privacy Management in a Public Sector Organizational Electronic Directory
Victoriano Giralt, University of Malaga, Spain

Trustguide2: An Exploration of Privacy Preferences in an Online World
Stephen Crane, Hewlett-Packard, United Kingdom

Empowering LBS Users: Technical, Legal and Economic Aspects
Jan Zibuschka, JWG University, Germany

16:40
Short Break between Sessions
16:50
16:50
Session 5a: Networked Enterprise 3 - GRID Environments
Chair: Stefan Wesner, University Ulm, Germany
Supporting Knowledge-based Dynamic Virtual Organizations with Contracts
Bartosz Kryza, Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET-AGH, Poland

Development of a Generic Value Chain for the Grid Industry
Csilla Zsigri, ATOS Origin sae , Spain

Dynamic User Management in the BalticGrid Project
Michal Jankowski, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland

Appea: a Platform for Development and Execution of Grid Applications
Piotr Nowakowski, ACC CYFRONET AGH, Poland

Benchmarking the Gridmosi Library
Rodica Potolea, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

16:50
Session 5b: eGovernment - Applications
Chair: Freek Van Krevel, European Commission, Belgium
Citizens Meets the New Semantic eGovernment Revolution
Maria Pérez Ortega, GFI Informática, Spain

eRepresentative: A Virtual Desktop to Support the Mobile Elected Representative
Vasilis Koulolias, Gov2u, Greece

Towards Automatic Assesment of e-Government Services
Lasse Berntzen, Vestfold University College, Norway

SEEMP: A Marketplace for the Labour Market
Eugenio Orlandi, AMA S.p.A., Italy

SAM Internet - Electronic Application for Agricultural Support in Sweden
Patrik Alenfelt, The Swedish Board of Agriculture, Sweden

16:50
Session 5c: Industrial Collaborative Working Environments
Chair: Volker Stich, FIR: Institute for Operations Management at RWTH Aachen, Germany
Supporting eCollaboration in Manufacturing Industry
Ana Campos, UNINOVA, Portugal

Innovation Generated by Collaboration Between Employees in Different Subsidiaries Using Intranet SNS - A Case Study of a Japanese Firm
Michiko Yoshida, Kyoto University, Japan

Strengths and Weaknesses of Information Exchange in Industrial Service Organisations – A Study of Three Medium Sized Equipment Manufacturers
Andre Minkus, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland

16:50
Session 5d: Technology Enhanced Learning and Lifelong Learning
Chair: Marco Marsella, European Commission, Luxembourg
Security and Privacy Issues in Technology-Enhanced Learning
Tomaz Klobucar, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

A Case Study of Extending the Life Cycle of User Scenarios to Support the Development of a Serious Game
Alvaro Oliveira, Alfamicro, Lda., Portugal

Interactive Simulations for Legal Education: A Software Simulating Civil Trial as Educational Device
Roberta Nannucci, Consiglio Nationale Delle Ricerche, Italy

Technology-Enhanced Learning: A Strategic Advantage for Companies’ Performance – the Slovenian Case Study
Tanja Arh, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

A Learning Community on the Web - Challenges at European Level
Eila Lindfors, University of Tampere, Finland

16:50
Session 5e: Manufacturing SMEs - Issues & Case Studies
Chair: Jose C. Gonzalez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Improving Business Process Management Innovation of Eastern European SMEs
Henry Mills, ISH, Hungary

Innovation FUSION: Developing Solutions for Remote Monitoring of Storage Tank Levels
Jonathan Wallace, University of Ulster, United Kingdom

SME Demand Driven Virtual Networks to Address Complex Tenders Using a Collaborative Commerce e-Marketplace Approach
Mark Swift, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Concept for Evaluating Chinese Suppliers in the Context of Global Sourcing
Robert Alard, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

16:50
Session 5f: Mobility 3 - Broadband Applications & Case Studies
Chair: Nico Baken, KPN, Netherlands
Planning the Exploitation of Municipal Broadband Infrastructure
Eleni Panopoulou, University of Macedonia, Greece

Broadband Policy Programs vs Regional Development: A Conceptual Framework for Assessing their Relationships
Sylvie Occelli, IRES, Italy

Høykom as an Instrument for Modernizing and Remodelling the Public Sector
Marte-Eline Stryken, Research Council of Norway, Norway

Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Broadband-Driven Growth in Rural Areas
Stefan Hedin, Stefan Hedin Consulting, Sweden

16:50
Session 5g: eHealth 3 - Homecare Environments & Supporting Aged Communities
Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland
The Adoption of Innovative ICT Services in Homecare Environments: Developing and Testing an Extended Technology Acceptance Model
Fernao Beenkens, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Homecare Hub – Integration of Home Care Data Within the Domestic Environment
Keith Osman, BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom

Towards the IRIS Smart Home
Arso Savanovic, Smart Com, Slovenia

U-Health for Elderly People: Lessons Learnt from Korea
Soonhwa An, Waseda University, Japan

16:50
Session 5h: Security & Identity Management 3 - Issues & Case Studies
Chair: Jonathan Cave, RAND Europe, United Kingdom
Access Control in Distributed Systems based on Model Driven Architecture
Mirad Zadic, ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH., Austria

Distributed Authentication and Authorization Architecture for Multi-service, Multi-provider Networks
Silvana Greco Polito, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy

User-Centric Social Design Technology: Demonstrative Experiment on Authentication Roaming between Different Certificate Authorities
Masakazu Ohashi, Chuo University, Japan

18:30
Reception : Exhibition & Networking

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