eChallenges e-2003 Agenda
Updated: Thursday, October 23, 2003
Day 1: Wednesday, October 22, 2003
08:00
Registration
09:00
09:00
Opening Plenary 1a
Chair: Jesus Villasante, European Commission, Belgium
Welcome
Giovanni Salizzoni, Municipality of Bologna, Italy

Welcome
Jesus Villasante, European Commission, Belgium

Complex Knowledge
Dave Snowden, Cynefin Centre for Organisational Complexity, United Kingdom

Trusting Me, Trusting You
Marc Veelenturf, eSolutions International, BT Global Services, United Kingdom

Coverage and Interoperability: Key issues of the Information Society
Luigi Gasparollo, Qualcomm, Italy

10:30
Coffee Break : Exhibition & Networking
11:00
11:00
Session 2a: eBusiness - 1: Lessons Learnt
Chair: Jorge Gasos, European Commission, Belgium
Evolving eBusiness Models: Lessons Learned from Two Industries
Claudia Loebbecke, Dept. of Media Management, University of Cologne, Germany

The Physical-Virtual back and forth: Lessons from the EXCEL e-banking case
Solveig Wikström, Stockholm School of Business, Stockholm University, Sweden

E-Business through Competence Profiling
Nikos Armoutis, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Applying Seven E's in eTransformation of the Manufacturing Sector
Athula Ginige, University of Western Sydney, Australia

11:00
Session 2b: eWork 1: Issues
Chair: Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Telecommunications Software & Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
Office Observations: Introducing the Concept of Technology Participation in ICT Development
Kenneth Kongsvold, SINTEF Industrial Management, Norway

Model-Based Reasoning and Case-Based Reasoning Integration for Decision Support Systems
Andrew Lewis, Nemesia, France

Skill Relativities, Computers and Pay
Malcolm Brynin, Institute for Social and Economic Research, United Kingdom

Multi-locational Work and the Region
Karsten Gareis, empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und Technologieforschung mbH, Germany

11:00
Chair: Peter Fatelnig, European Commission, Belgium
Market Prospects, Business Needs and Technological Trends for Business Knowledge Management
Jonathan Sage, IBM Business Consulting Services, Belgium

Toward a Network Topology of the Knowledge Economy: Organisational Passages from Knowledge to Innovation
Panagiotis Damaskopoulos, INSEAD, France

11:00
Session 2d: eGovernment - 1: Policy Issues
Chair: Paul Timmers, European Commission, Belgium
(R)e-balancing Government
Jeremy Millard, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark

Take-up of eGovernment in Europe
Charles Lowe, e-Forum, United Kingdom

The Demand Side of e-Government: An International Comparison
Andreas Ligtvoet, RAND Europe, Netherlands

eGovernment and Intellectual Capital Reporting: A Tentative Modelling Framework
Ahmed Bounfour, RCS- Research on Competitive Strategies, France

11:00
Session 2e: Smart/Virtual Organisations - 1: Lessons
Chair: Joël Bacquet, European Commission, Belgium
Smartisan - Seamless Integration of Virtual Artisans in Dynamic Networked Organisations
Ermelinda Fradinho, Alfamicro, Lda, Portugal

Typology, Organisation and Management of Virtual Enterprises: Results from Case Studies in Northern Germany
Ulrich Hausner, Gesellschaft für Technologieförderung Itzehoe mbH, Germany

CE-NET: Lessons Learnt from a European NoE for Concurrent Enterprising
Johann Riedel, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

11:00
Session 2f: SME Issues - 1: Lessons learnt
Chair: Kim Davis, SINTEF, Norway
VeRDI and BIT - Norwegian eBusiness Programmes Focusing on the SME Sector "Good Practice and Lessons Learnt"
Eivind Petershagen, SND - Norwegian Industrial and Regional Development Fund, Norway

Facilitating the Integration of SMEs to Supply Networks with Lean IT Solutions
Mikko Kärkkäinen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

ICT and e-Work in European SMEs
Patrizio Di Nicola, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

Active Mentoring and Broadband Adoption in Micro-business Networks
Colin Gray, OUBS, United Kingdom

11:00
Session 2g: Broadband and mobility - 1: Business models
Chair: Marina Manzoni Brusati, European Commission, Belgium
Mobile Business Modelling - The Enabling Role of New Mobile Radio Technologies (3G) for Innovative, User Centric and Location Based M-Business Models
Tomaso Forzi, Research Institute for Operations Management at Aachen University of Technology, Germany

Market Development of Future Heterogeneous Mobile Networks - An Economic Simulation of Competition and Strategic Behaviour
Markus Lips, TU Dresden, Germany

MEEST Mobile e-Commerce and e-Work Secured Transactions
Rigobert Foka, Thales Communications S.A., France

Discussion of Outer Business Model Issues in Open Mobile Access Network (OMAN)
Anastasia Garbi, EXODUS S.A., Greece

11:00
Session 2h: eLearning - 1: Issues & Case Studies
Chair: Albert Angehrn, INSEAD, France
Towards Zero Management: A Best Practice Action Learning Model
Ted O'Keeffe, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland

Executive Learning: the Evolution of Effective e-learning Architectures
Ann Brown, Cass Business School, City of London, United Kingdom

The Adoption of e-learning by Czech Railways
Jiri Landa, Czech Railways, Czech Republic

12:30
Lunch Time : Exhibition & Networking
14:00
14:00
Session 3a: eBusiness - 2: CRM Applications
Chair: Joze Gricar, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Innovative Customer Relationship Management Application for the Romanian Pharmaceutical Sector
Matteo Colombo, SINEURA S.p.A., Italy

Intelligent e-Assistance: A Multi-Paradigm Approach
Josefa Z. Hernández, Technical University of Madrid, UPM, Spain

Improving e-Business Effectiveness and Customer Satisfaction through an Integrated Platform for the Development of Personalised On-line Services
Theodoros Kavalieros, EXODUS S.A., Greece

CRM Implementation Experiences in Europe - Findings from an Empirical Study
Michael Stender, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany

14:00
Session 3b: Social Dynamics in Networked Organisations
Chair: Bernhard Katzy, CeTIM, Germany
Configuration of Agile Supplier Networks
Burkhard Schallock, Fraunhofer IPK, Germany

Resource Sharing among Enterprises: The "e-Sharing" approach
Savvas Argyrou, Intracom S.A., Greece

14:00
Chair: Kathryn Cormican, CIMRU, NUI Galway, Ireland
Preparing an Enterprise for Knowledge Management: A Question of Culture
Manon van Leeuwen, FUNDECYT, Spain

The Role of ICT in Transfering Experience between Projects
Lars E. Onsøyen, SINTEF Industrial Management, Norway

14:00
Session 3d: eGovernment - 2: Practical Issues
Chair: Agnès Bradier, European Commission, Belgium
InfoCITIZEN
Ludovica Iarussi, Municipality of Colleferro, Italy

E-forms Services for the Public Sector: Shifting Development Effort to Domain Experts
Stelios Gorilas, Archetypon S.A., Greece

Experiments with e-Voting Technology Experiences and Lessons
Peter Van den Besselaar, NIWI - Royal Netherlands Academy of Science, Netherlands

14:00
Session 3e: Smart/Virtual Organisations - 2: Lessons
Chair: Ingo Hussla, Gesellschaft für Technologieförderung Itzehoe mbH; IZET Innovationszentrum Itzehoe, Germany
Web-based Operations Model for Collaborative Manufacturing in the Extended Enterprise
Sindre bolseth, NTNU, Norway

Road Map for e-Business Implementation in Extended Enterprises
Jörg Martinetz, University Magdeburg, Germany

Best Practice of Inter-Enterprise Collaboration A framework initiative based on the SCOR Methodology
Herbert Heinzel, BTC Business Process Training Center Europe, Germany

14:00
Chair: Wolffried Stucky, CEPIS, Germany
Co-Chair: Peter Weiss, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe, Germany
EU Initiatives, Policies and Research Programmes in the Area of ICT Skills
Marina Manzoni Brusati, European Commission, Belgium

DIGI-Q project, an Innovative Approach to Introduce ICT Skills to SMEs
Francesca Borga, AIP - Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Information Technology Practitioner Skills in Europe
Matthew Dixon, CEPIS, United Kingdom

14:00
Session 3g: Broadband and mobility - 2: Applications
Chair: Christine Leurquin, SES GLOBAL, Belgium
Extreme Mobility Application Platform (X.MAP)
Francesco CATINI, DMR Consulting Italy, Italy

Cultural Location Based Information Services – Two Case Studies
George Kouvas, EXODUS S.A., Greece

A Secure Mobile Ticketing Service
Ioannis Mavroudis, EXPERTNET S.A., Greece

FLAME2008 – Personalized Web Services for the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing
Bernhard Holtkamp, Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering (ISST), Germany

14:00
Session 3h: Media and entertainment - 1: Content Issues
Chair: Roger Wallis, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Entertainment Films for Education in the Age of Analogue and Digital Television
Robert Soultanian, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Institute for Media and Economics, Germany

Diversity of Offerings - a Profit-making Strategy for Media Content
Anders Edström Frejman, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, Sweden

CodeMeter: A New Digital Rights Management System for Software and Digital Content
Oliver Winzenried, WIBU-SYSTEMS AG, Germany

15:30
Coffee Break : Exhibition & Networking
16:00
16:00
Session 4a: eBusiness - 3: Application Issues
Chair: Pete Bramhall, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Europe, United Kingdom
OPUS - Applying an e-procurement Healthcare System in Greece, Italy & Belgium
Apostolos Kontogeorgis, Pouliadis & Associates SA, Greece

The Role of the Internet in Procurement and Fulfilment Processes: A Comparison of Case Studies
Andrea Payaro, University of Padua, Italy

Personalized Printing used as a One-to-One Enabler
Christian Persson, Framkom Verksamhetsutveckling AB, Sweden

Utilizing Open-Source Technologies Prevent Vendor-Dependent Business Solutions
Klaus Glanzer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

16:00
Workshop 4b: The Workplace: a new environment for global business but, will it be a human workplace?
Chair: Pete Kercher, CLAC Centro Legno Arredo Cantú srl, Italy
Challenges in the New Workplace
Paul Wheeler, DEGW plc, United Kingdom

Soft Factors in the New ICT Powered Workplace
Irene López de Vallejo, Fundación TEKNIKER, Spain

Design for All: Focusing Workspace Design on User Needs
Pete Kercher, CLAC Centro Legno Arredo Cantú srl, Italy

16:00
Chair: Kathryn Cormican, CIMRU, NUI Galway, Ireland
Inter-organisational Knowledge Sharing and Trading
Kostas Kafentzis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

A Visual Approach to Transform Information to Knowledge
Fiona Lettice, Cranfield University, United Kingdom

16:00
Workshop 4d: E-government and local communities: a challenge in the path towards European identity and development
Chair: Giovanni Salizzoni, Municipality of Bologna, Italy
The Right of Information and Participation
Roberto Grandi, University of Bologna, Italy

Local Scottish Initiatives to Better Engage Young People in Decision-Making
Ann Macintosh, Napier University, United Kingdom

From 'No' Profit to 'For' Profit: the NEXUS-IBA and Wornex Model in the e-Government Application World.
Alfredo Cotroneo, NEXUS International Broadcasting Association, Italy

The Role of Public Administrations in the Information Society
Anna Lisa Boni, TeleCities, Belgium

The e-Government Strategy in Barcelona
Marta Continente, Municipality of Barcelona, Communication and Citizen's Attention Services Director, Spain

Public Information Access Improving the Community Communication - Experience with the Electronic Public Information Bulletin
Jakub Boesche, Info-Centrum Konsorcjum, Poland

16:00
Session 4e: Smart/Virtual Organisations - 3: Future Challenges for eEurope
Chair: Philip Seltsikas, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Requirement Driven Engineering in Collaborative Environments
Oliver Klaar, Institut fuer Rechneranwendung (RPK), University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Dynamic Peer-to-Peer Process Configuration in Virtual Engineering Organizations
Axel Hahn, University of Oldenburg, Germany

Virtual Domains in Multi-Layered Structures to Foster Competition and Service Diversity
Matthias Pohler, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

16:00
Chair: Wolffried Stucky, CEPIS, Germany
Co-Chair: Peter Weiss, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe, Germany
Fostering ICT skills is Crucial to Europe's Development.
Henk de Vries, Philips Semiconductors/ Career-space, Netherlands

European ICT Skills and Training Needs on Sub-Degree and Vocational Levels
Burkart Sellin, Cedefop, Greece

EPICS - Market Validation for Pan-European Certification of Informatics Professional
Stig Arff, The Norwegian Computer Society, Norway

DynamITe - Dynamic ICT-training of SMEs
Finn Kristensen, Inter-Service ApS, Denmark

16:00
Session 4g: Broadband and mobility - 3: Regional Case Studies
Chair: Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Telecommunications Software & Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
Broadband Infrastructure and Rural Regional Development
Ottar Ohren, Molde University College, Norway

Rural Communities & Broadband: A Social Assessment of the Local Appropriation of a Global Technology
Sarah Skerratt, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom

Going Mobile in the Åland Archipelago - Perceived Barriers and Drivers
Christer Carlsson, IAMSR/Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Broadband Access in the Community of Madrid: Can the Market Bring on "An Information Society for All"?
José Luis Gómez Barroso, UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia), Spain

16:00
Chair: Roman Strongin, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
Co-Chair: Bruno Ferlito, European Commission, Belgium
ADMIRE-P Project: a Tool for EU-Russia Collaboration under IST FP6
Olga Pekushkina, Singleimage Limited, United Kingdom

R&D Potential of Privolzhsky Federal District for Participation in IST FP6
Roman Strongin, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation

A Framework for Multi-level and Multi-aspect Modeling of Complex Objects and Processes
Anatoliy Samokhvalov, Ufa State Technical Aviation University, Russian Federation

Pedagogical Agents in Educational Multimedia for Children. Virtual Travel Around the Course of Natural Sciences
Mikhail Morozov, Mari State Technical University, Russian Federation

Knowledge Representation by Formal Model Language and Interpretation in Stratum-2000
Oleg Moukhine, Perm state technical university, Russian Federation

Day 2: Thursday, October 23, 2003
09:00
09:00
Session 5a: eBusiness - 4: Industry Case Studies
Chair: Roger Wallis, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Consolidated RTD results in Construction ICT: the ICCI achievements
Yacine Rezgui, University of Salford, United Kingdom

ROADCON: Roadmapping Future RTD in Construction ICT
Marc Bourdeau, CSTB, France

Dematerialized Pharmaceutical Prescriptions in (Mobile) Internet Environment
Andrzej P. Urbanski, Poznan University of Techology, Poland

09:00
Session 5b: eWork - 2: SME Focused Solutions
Chair: Philip Seltsikas, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Creating The Flexible Organisation
Leon Cremonini, RAND, United States

Promoting eWork in Remote Regions: Lessons from FlexWork
Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Telecommunications Software & Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland

The Impact of Innovative E-Work Processes on Dynamic Networked Organisations – SCOOP
Alvaro Oliveira, Alfamicro, Portugal

09:00
Session 5c: Knowledge Management - 2: Culture & Context
Chair: Jonathan Sage, IBM Business Consulting Services, Belgium
Intercultural Communication Issues in Knowledge Management
Kim Davis, SINTEF, Norway

SERGIO - An Interface for Context Driven Knowledge Retrieval
Christoph Kunz, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany

Multilingual and Ontological Product Cataloguing Tool - User Experiences
Matti Penttilä, VTT Information Technology, Finland

Context Framework for Ambient Intelligence
Gökçe Banu Laleci, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

09:00
Session 5d: eGovernment - 3: Regional achievements
Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, European Commission, Belgium
An Architecture for Integrating Heterogeneous Administrative Services into One-Stop e-Government
Giannis Verginadis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

e-ATC: Experiences with Electronic Services for Passengers in a Local Public Transport Company
Franco Gazzotti, ATC SpA, Italy

ClipCard - Smart Card System for Traffic Fines
Anna Lisa Boni, TeleCities, Belgium

Bologna and the Citizen Card Project
Carlo Pentimalli, Laboratori Fondazione G. Marconi, Italy

09:00
Workshop 5e: Networked Business in Virtual/Smart Organisations Turning Knowledge Potential Into Successful Products and Sustainable Business - 1
Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland
Market Prospects, Business Needs and Technological Trends For Virtual, Smart Organisations (VSOS)
Maarten Botterman, Stichting RAND Europe, Netherlands

State-of-the-Art of Virtual Organisation Modelling
Bernhard Katzy, CeTIM, Germany

09:00
Session 5f: SME Issues - 2: Business Processes
Chair: Joze Gricar, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Modelling SME Business Processes for the Integration of Information Systems across Organisational Boundaries
Deemple Tailor, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

The Application of a Process Based Model for IS Check-Up within SMEs
Paolo Faverio, Università Cattaneo - LIUC, Italy

SMART SME – Use of Smart Collaboration Forms by Inter-networked Manufacturing SMEs
Stathes Xeromerites, University of Patras, Greece

Enhanced Modelling and Planning for the Extended Enterprise
Paola Daniela Monari, SATA srl, Italy

09:00
Session 5g: Broadband and mobility - 4: Network Issues
Chair: Christine Leurquin, SES GLOBAL, Belgium
User Requirements for Seamless and Transparent Service Discovery
Päivi Pöyry, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

Pricing Effect on Mobile Internet Uptake - The Free-G Trials
Carlo Munns, SchlumbergerSema-Sema S.p.A., Italy

Value of XML-based Transaction Standards for Resource Trading in Mobile Data Networks
Daniel Kilper, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

09:00
Session 5h: eLearning - 2: Applications & Future Challenges
Chair: Ingo Hussla, Gesellschaft für Technologieförderung Itzehoe mbH; IZET Innovationszentrum Itzehoe, Germany
Demands for Flexibility in Authoring and e-Learning Platforms under the Aspect of Integrating Simulation Models
Jochen Wittmann, University of Hamburg, Germany

Virtual Reality Technology - A Future Training and Educational Tool
Ioannis Karaseitanidis, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Digital Inclusion: Best Practices from E-learning
David Casacuberta, Transit Projectes, Spain

10:30
Coffee Break : Exhibition & Networking
11:00
11:00
Session 6a: eBusiness - 5: Interoperability
Chair: Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Telecommunications Software & Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
MODA-ML, an Experience of Promotion of a Sectorial Interoperability Framework
Nicola Gessa, Department of Computer Science, Italy

Web-Service Framework for Business Process Modelling & Legacy Systems Integration
Odysseas Pyrovolakis, EXODUS S.A, Greece

On Standardisation Requirements for Distributed Simulation in Production and Logistics
Markus Rabe, Fraunhofer IPK, Germany

11:00
Session 6b: eWork - 3: Future challenges for eEurope
Chair: Richard Stevens, Gruppo Formula, Italy
E-work Challenges the e-Society Stile: Innovative Methods to Measure the Impact of ICT on Work and Organization
Monique Ramioul, Higher Institute for Labour Studies- Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

Measurement and Enhancement of Employability among ICT-professionals in SMEs
Esther Van der Schoot, University of Twente, Netherlands

Better Enterprise Systems Implementation
Ip-Shing Fan, Cranfield University, United Kingdom

XMPP Based Overlay Networks and Virtual Identities for Information Access and Delivery in Nomadic Computing
Fabio Forno, Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN, Italy

11:00
Session 6c: Knowledge Management - 3: Knowledge Workers
Chair: Paul Hearn, European Commission, Belgium
A Knowledge Management Platform for Technology Intensive Industries
Antonis Kokossis, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

Knowledge Management in Engineering: Supporting Analysis and Design Processes in Innovative Industries
Yvonne Barnard, EURISCO International, France

MILK: Inspirational Knowledge Management for Mobile Knowledge Workers
Carla Valle, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany

A Practical e-Working Application for Knowledge Product Support in SMEs
Mikel Sorli, LABEIN, Spain

11:00
Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland
EU Funding Priorities
Paul Timmers, European Commission, Belgium

NSF Funding Priorities
Valerie Gregg, National Science Foundation, United States

Knowledge Technologies and eGov Research - EU Case Study
Roland Traunmueller, University of Linz, Austria

Open Source Software and eGovernment Needs - A Bottom up Definition Process
Alfonso Molina, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Barriers & Solutions to Transnational Digital Government Research - US Experience
José Fortes, University of Florida, United States

US Case Study of Int'l Collaboration
Rolf Wigand, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, United States

Social Challenges & Opportunities for Int'l R&D Collaboration
Noshir S. Contractor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

Technical Challenges & Opportunities for Int'l R&D Collaboration
Anthony Stefanidis, University of Maine, United States

11:00
Workshop 6e: Networked Business in Virtual/Smart Organisation Turning Knowledge Potential Into Successful Products and Sustainable Business - 2
Chair: Bernhard Katzy, CeTIM, Germany
Web-enabled Smart Service Business Infrastructures
Manfred Hackl, ec3, Austria

Research in Evolving Domains: Improving Interaction between Industry and Academia
Patricia Wolf, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany

11:00
Session 6f: SME Issues - 3: Trading & Collaboration
Chair: Pete Bramhall, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Europe, United Kingdom
Elements of SME Collaboration within an Regional E-Marketplace Environment
Mark Swift, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

eBusiness Strategic Framework for Micro-SMEs: Application in a Regional Initiative
Aires Silva, Digital Partners, Portugal

An Innovative Global Trade Platform for SMEs
Paolo Onesti, DemoCenter S.c.a r.l., Italy

ADIRA Case Study: Impact of ICT Adoption on Innovation by an Industrial SME
Henriqueta Nóvoa, FEUP- Engineering Faculty of Porto, Portugal

11:00
Session 6g: Broadband and mobility - Future Challenges for eEurope
Chair: Ragnar Bergstrom, European Commission, Belgium
Closing the Digital Divide - a Matter of Technical Equipment or Service Development?
Bo Lennstrand, Gotland University, Sweden

Support for E-Business Applications over Composite Radio Environments
Nikolaos Koutsouris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

A Consumer Centric Framework for Mobile Services and Applications
Vaida Kadyte, Turku Centre for Computer Science, Institute for Advanced Management Systems Research,Abo Akademi, Finland

Solving the 3G Content Dilemma as a Prerequisite for Traffic Generation
Ulf Blomqvist, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) - Media Technology & Graphic Arts Research Group, Sweden

11:00
Session 6h: Media and entertainment - 2: Cultural Issues
Chair: Roger Wallis, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
How to Deal with Cultural Heritage Content: CHERI project, An Example
David Luigi FUSCHI, GIUNTI Interactive Labs, Italy

VeGame: Ubiquitous Games for Improving Interaction with the Heritage
Francesco Bellotti, DIBE - University of Genoa, Italy

12:30
Lunch Time : Exhibition & Networking
14:00
14:00
Session 7a: eBusiness - 6: Future Challenges for eEurope
Chair: Angelos Ktenas, European Commission, Belgium
A Market Simulator for Analysing Agent Market Strategies
Maria João Viamonte, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Role of Business Process and IT Outsourcing in the Development of European e-Commerce
Damir Trninic, Post Serbia, Center for e-Business, Yugoslavia

Challenges for Economic Assessment of Electronic Commerce
Tadas Sarapovas, Kaunas University of Technology, Economics and Management Faculty, Lithuania

14:00
Workshop 7b: Future Workplaces: Supporting Mobile User and Worker - 1
Chair: Terrence Fernando, University of Salford, United Kingdom
Business Visions and Demands for Future Workplaces
François Laborie, EADS CCR, France

Co-operative Workplaces - Workspaces for the Future
Rolf Reinema, Fraunhofer SIT, Germany

Service Framework for Mobile Context-aware Applications
Patrick Strating, Telematica Instituut, Netherlands

14:00
Session 7c: Distributed Applications
Chair: Jacques Bus, European Commission, Belgium
Semantic Information Management: Problems, Concepts and Solutions
Anton Zamolotskikh, IIMC International Information Management Corporation, Ireland

A Distributed Workflow Management System for Networked Organisations
Clara Pezuela, SchlumbergerSema, Spain

ADAPT Project for Automatic Data Transfer
Carla Graziani, NICA s.r.l., Italy

14:00
Workshop 7d: eDemocracy and Participation - 1: Scenarios
Chair: Jesse Marsh, Atelier Studio Associato, Italy
Co-Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, European Commission, Belgium
Interactive Decision Making
Auli Keskinen, Finland Futures Research Centre, Finland

The Discourse on eDemocracy: Where are we Heading?
Bernard Corbineau, Université de Marne-la-Vallée DESS MITIC, France

Empowering Virtual Communities with Mobility
Olli Pihlajamaa, VTT Information Technology, Finland

14:00
Session 7e: Multimodal and collaborative work environments
Chair: Peter Weiss, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe, Germany
Application of Business Process Modelling to Assess the Impact of Process Change
Radmehr Monfared, Loughborough University - UK, United Kingdom

Process Modelling and eTransformation for Small to Medium Size Enterprises
Phillip Kazanis, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Extended Products in One-of-a-Kind Product Delivery and Service Networks
Kim Jansson, VTT Industrial Systems, Finland

Application of the Agent System Method in Managing Design Process Task
Zenobia Weiss, Poznan University of Technology Institute of Mechanical Technology, Poland

14:00
Session 7f: SME Issues - 4: ASP Challenges
Chair: David Kennedy, Eurescom, Germany
A Roadmap for ASPs
Sylvie Feindt, SFC, Belgium

Webhosting for SMEs, a European Wide Study
Ingo Hussla, Gesellschaft für Technologieförderung Itzehoe mbH; IZET Innovationszentrum Itzehoe, Germany

The e-Business Transition and ASP Challenge of the European SME
Lisa K Brown, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

HARMONY - A Collaborative Platform for Networked Start-up Support
Katrin Reschwamm, Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF), Germany

14:00
Workshop 7g: Privacy, security and trust applications of eGovernment
Chair: Maarten Botterman, Stichting RAND Europe, Netherlands
Co-Chair: Agnès Bradier, European Commission, Belgium
Identity Management Systems (IMS): Challenges from their use in e-Government Applications
Ioannis Maghiros, IPTS, Spain

Trust and Security Issues for e-government
Maria A. Wimmer, University of Linz, Institute of Applied Computer Science, Austria

Finding Technological Solutions to Protect Privacy in E-Government
Edwin Horlings, RAND Europe, Netherlands

14:00
Session 7h: eLogistics
Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland
FAMS: An eBusiness Approach to Managing Flexible Collective Transport
Marco Boero, Softeco Sismat SpA, Italy

Logistic Service Manager (LSM), a SME Focused e-Logistics Service
Marina Melissari, SGL Logistica S.r.l., Italy

An Experimental EDI System for the Exchange of Digitally Signed Customs Documents
Pierpaolo Baglietto, DIST, University of Genoa, Italy

15:30
Coffee Break : Exhibition & Networking
16:00
16:00
Chair: Jesus Villasante, European Commission, Belgium
Building the European Research Area
Jorge Gasos, European Commission, Belgium

The Digital Business Ecosystems Project and Local Development
Jonathan Sage, IBM Business Consulting Services, Belgium

The Initiative of the Italian Ministry of Innovation for IST-based Local Development
Giulio De Petra, Presidency Council of Ministers - Technical Center, Italy

Madri+d and the Regional Research and Innovation Plan
Arturo Menendez, IDETRA, Spain

Cross-border eCommerce Development in a Region: ALADIN
Joze Gricar, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Creating Trust for SMEs through eBusiness Interoperability and Standards
Freek Posthumus, UEAPME, Belgium

16:00
Workshop 8b: Future Workplaces: Supporting Mobile User and Worker - 2
Chair: Terrence Fernando, University of Salford, United Kingdom
An Architectural Perspective on the Future of Workspace
Paul Wheeler, DEGW plc, United Kingdom

Human Factors Challenges for Future Workspaces
John Wilson, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Visual Displays for Future Workplaces
Pol T. Descamps, BARCO NV, Belgium

16:00
Chair: Linda Macaulay, UMIST, United Kingdom
eTampere Programme: A Case Study
Maria Mäntymäki, e-Business Research Center, eBRC, Finland

Redbricks Online "Manchester's Best Connected Community": A Case Study
Ben Houghton, RedbricksOnline Ltd, United Kingdom

Privacy and Security Enhancing Methods: Use, Abuse, Attitudes and Social Marketing
Kathy Keeling, UMIST, United Kingdom

16:00
Workshop 8d: eDemocracy and Participation - 2: Case studies
Chair: Auli Keskinen, Finland Futures Research Centre, Finland
Co-Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, European Commission, Belgium
A Mobile Panel to Activate Social Capital: Case Study of the Town of Varkaus
Marja-Liisa Viherä, TeliaSonera, Finland

Primary Elections in Palermo: Case Study of an eDemocracy Service
Jesse Marsh, Atelier Studio Associato, Italy

Planning Networks for Local Development
Marisa Cengarle, Forum Cooperazione e Tecnologia, Italy

16:00
Workshop 8e: eLogistics: The Unified Protocol
Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland
A Proposal to Develop and Validate a Prototype for a Transport Unified Protocol
Paolo Serra, SGL Logistica, Italy

Experiences in ebXML-based Interoperability
Flavio Bonfatti, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

16:00
Session 8f: SME Issues - 5: Regional Perspectives
Chair: Kim Davis, SINTEF, Norway
BESTCOM - e-business Best Practise for Smaller Companies
Kirsten Lyhne, ebc network Aps, Denmark

Disparities between B2B and B2C Commerce for SMEs
Donna Black, eCommerce Innovation Centre, United Kingdom

Regional Technology - the Next Step Forward
Anne Waywell, CSC Computer Sciences Ltd, United Kingdom

The e-business Process in Agriculture: a View of the Infrastructure
Vilija Juceviciene, Lithuanian University of Agriculture, Lithuania

16:00
Chair: Gabriella Cattaneo, Databank Consulting, Italy
Experiences at the Frontier of Virtual Marketing: e-CRM in Europe
Gabriella Cattaneo, Databank Consulting, Italy

Emerging Trends in Customer Relation Management Using ICT: Financial Services
Rosanna Lifonti, Databank, Italy

Employment Implications of Electronic Customer Relationship Management
Stefan Lilischkis, empirica GmbH, Germany

A European Panel Approach of the E-Consumer
David Flacher, GET/ENST - EGSH, France

16:00
Tutorial 8h: ebXML
Chair: Asuman Dogac, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Exploiting Semantic of Web Services through ebXML Registries
Asuman Dogac, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

openXchange - Automated Business Process Integration using ebXML
Henning Hinderer, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany

Day 3: Friday, October 24, 2003
09:00
09:00
Chair: Richard Stevens, Gruppo Formula, Italy
Where a Large Industry is going
Leopoldo Santarossa, Sipa/Zoppas, Italy

Interoperability: The Public Administration Perspective
Giovanni Manca, Centro Nazionale per l'informatica nella pubblica amministrazione, Italy

A Manufacturing B2B Interoperability Testbed
Nenad Ivezic, National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States

09:00
Workshop 9b: Grid enabled, Collaborative and Multimodal Working Environments - 1
Chair: Paul Hearn, European Commission, Belgium
Collaborative Work Environments: Research Challenges, Visions, Technologies
Michael Matthiesen, University of Stuttgart - IPVS, Germany

Collaborative Knowledge Management and Multimodal Consumption
José M. García, Antara Information Technology s.l., Spain

Collaboration through Hybrid (human and artificial) Agent Societies
Sylvain Surcin, Ibermática, Spain

09:00
Session 9c: Trust and Confidence
Chair: Pete Bramhall, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Europe, United Kingdom
Increased Transparency and Trust: Comparative Case Study of e-Business in Supply Chains
Belén Icasati-Johanson, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Next Generation Trusted Third Parties - Experiences from Swedish ChamberSign
Nicklas Lundblad, St Anna Research Institute, Sweden

Software and Fundamental Rights: European Software Regulation in Light of the Right to Freedom of Expression
Boris Rotenberg, European University Institute, Italy

09:00
Session 9d: eGovernment - 4: Regional case studies
Chair: Gareth MacNaughton, European Commission, Belgium
e-Government in Catalonia: Regional and European Collaboration for Benchmarking
Montserrat Meya, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain

E-Government Benchmarking: A Regional Experience
Enrico Ferro, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy

e-Government Models: A Study In Greek Paradigms
Eleonora Ioulia Malama, Department of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia, Greece

Safeguarding Regional Development with ICT: Experience from the vertikult Project
Karin Drda-Kühn, media k GmbH for Fraunhofer IGD, Germany

09:00
Chair: Jorge Gasos, European Commission, Belgium
ATHENA - Advanced Technologies for Interoperability of Heterogeneous Networks and their Application
Klaus-Dieter Platte, Platte.Consult, Belgium

INTEROP - Interoperability Research for Networked Enterprises Applications and Software
Guy Doumeingts, GRAISOFT, France

CROSSWORK - Cross-Organisational Workflow Formation and Enactment
Georg Weichhart, Profactor Produktionsforschungs GmbH, Austria

VE-Forum - The Projects and Community Portal for the Networked Organisation Domain
Hermann Loeh, CeTIM, Germany

09:00
Session 9f: SME Issues - 6: Future Challenges for eEurope
Chair: Michael Niebel, European Commission, Belgium
The STRELNET Model: A Proposal for Analysing and Strengthening Cluster Relations in a Territory
Emilio Golf Laville, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

Competitive SME Production Networks using Intelligent Semantic-Based Brokering
Gerhard Wickler, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Self-Consulting IT Systems - An Approach to Increase Acceptance of IT Systems in SMEs
Michael Ryba, University of Stuttgart, Germany

09:00
Chair: Carlo Donzella, Terra Incognita Europa Ltd, Italy
The International Dimension of IST in FP6
Bruno Ferlito, European Commission, Belgium

Euro India 2004 - Indian Market background and ICT opportunities for Europeans
Ashok Kar, Ind'Europe S.A., France

Co-operation with Canada and Russia under FP6: Ongoing Initiatives and Results
Olga Pekushkina, Singleimage Limited, United Kingdom

EU - China Co-operation - On-going & Forthcoming Initiatives
Carlo Donzella, Terra Incognita Europa Ltd, Italy

10:30
Coffee Break : Exhibition & Networking
11:00
11:00
Chair: Richard Stevens, Gruppo Formula, Italy
Interoperability Enabling Networked Businesses in the Information Society Technologies R&D programme
Arian Zwegers, European Commission, Belgium

Interoperability Development for Enterprise Applications and Software
Guy Doumeingts, GRAISOFT, France

11:00
Workshop 10b: Grid Enabled, Collaborative and Multimodal Working Environments - 2
Chair: Paul Hearn, European Commission, Belgium
Collaborative Work in the Shoe Industry
Enrique Montiel, Instituto Technolgico Del Calzado Y Conexas - INESCOP, Spain

Collaboration in Virtual Engineering Industrial Business Case: Automotive Development
Jivka Ovtcharova, Adam Opel AG, Germany

The Grid for e-Collaboration and Virtual Organisations
Stefan Wesner, High Performance Computing Centre Stuttgart, Germany

11:00
Workshop 10c: PRODCHAIN
Chair: Paul Schoensleben, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Supporting SMEs to Participate Successfully in Production Networks - PRODCHAIN
Martin Weidemann, Research Institute for Operations Management (FIR) at RWTH Aachen, Germany

Lean Benchmarking with Clustered Company Prototypes
Andreas Sennheiser, ETH Center for Enterprise Sciences (BWI), Switzerland

Identification of Performance Improvement Strategies in Production Networks
Matthias Schnetzler, ETH Center for Enterprise Sciences (BWI), Switzerland

Micronas Case Study
John Wysocki, Micronas GmbH, Germany

MASMEC-ZEM Case Study
Fabrizio Pierpaoli, Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation, Italy

11:00
Session 10d: eGovernment - 5: Regional Case Studies
Chair: Bernhard Katzy, CeTIM, Germany
Albacete[digital]: e-Administration at Work
Miguel Lopez, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Building a Tax Portal in France
Patrick Gatellier, Thales-is, France

Local e-Government: How Useful is a Digital Cities Rationale
Luís Borges Gouveia, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal

Comprehensive Networking for Research and Education in Vietnam
Nguyen Hong VAN, Stockholm University and KTH, Sweden

11:00
Chair: Peter Fatelnig, European Commission, Belgium
SATINE - Semantic-based Interoperability Infrastructure for Integrating Web Service Platforms to Peer-to-Peer Networks
Asuman Dogac, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

DBE - A New Paradigm in Business Development for European SMEs
Jonathan Sage, IBM Business Consulting Services, Belgium

XBRL - Stimulating the use of XBRL for financial transparency in Europe
Paul Snijders, Semansys Technologies, Netherlands

TrustCoM - Enabling the Secure Enactment of Inter-enterprise Business Processes in Dynamic Virtual Organisations
Theo Dimitrakos, Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, United Kingdom

11:00
Chair: Danielle Krekels, Alprocor s.a., Belgium
Co-Chair: Sylvia Ilieva, CLPP - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Idealist Partner Search: Challenges in FP6
Cristina Garrido, CDTI-Ministry of Science and Technology, Spain

How Research Project Co-ordinators Choose Partners for IST proposals
Paul Drath, Singleimage Ltd., United Kingdom

Getting Involved in European Funded Research
Maria Goreczna, ASM Market Research and Analysis Centre Ltd, Poland

11:00
Chair: Jean-Christophe de Tauzia, Inbis Ltd, Luxembourg
Semantic Web Technologies in FP6
Laurie Causton, ERIN s.a., Luxembourg

The Semantic Web in Business
V. Richard Benjamins, Intelligent Software Components, S.A., Spain

12:30
Lunch Time : Exhibition & Networking
13:30
13:30
Closing Plenary 11a
Chair: Rosalie Zobel, European Commission, Belgium
The Information Utility - Future Challenges and Opportunities
Robin Gallimore, HP Laboratories Europe, United Kingdom

Challenges and Opportunities for NSF IST Research Collaborations
Suzi Iacono, National Science Foundation, United States

Coping with the eChallenges Ahead
Rosalie Zobel, European Commission, Belgium

15:00
15:00
Closing Plenary 12a: Future eChallenges - Discussion of workshop findings
Chair: Paul Cunningham, IIMC Limited, Ireland
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