Welcome

The eChallenges e-2004 Conference takes place in the beautiful city of Vienna. This is the fourteenth in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 500 delegates from commercial, government and research organisations around the world. Focusing on eBusiness, eGovernment, eWork, eEurope 2005 and ICT take-up by SMEs and International Collaboration on IST, the goal of e-2004 is to stimulate rapid take-up of Research & Technology Development (RTD) results by European industry, and SMEs in particular.

e-2004 will provide a forum to showcase the achievements of FP5, eEurope 2005 and Regional, National and International ICT related initiatives, and look forward to the future by focusing on the thematic priorities of FP6. The European Research Area (ERA) and research priorities and trends for the future will also be discussed.

e-2004 provides an excellent networking environment to discuss problems and new ideas, share knowledge and experience and obtain feedback from potential partners and users. This will help increase Return On Investment (ROI) through better exploitation of results and better co-ordination of research activities.

The programme will combine strategic keynote presentations, technical, legal and policy papers, business case studies, workshops and tutorials, an exhibition and social activities.