19/10/2005 - eChallenges

The Finance-Helpdesk will be exhibitors at the eChallenges2005

The e-2005 Exhibition features over 30 demonstration stands from 16 countries. To view the complete exhibition list please goto: http://www.echallenges.org/2005/default.asp?page=exhibitors&#

The e-2005 Final Programme now available online at: http://www.echallenges.org/2005/default.asp?page=programme&#
Over an eventful three days, delegates will participate in their choice of 70 Thematically Focused Paper and interactive Workshop Sessions, listening, reacting to and discussing over 270 presentations by delegates from 38 Countries in 5 continents. Topics addressed include:

• e-Business: distributed applications, GRID, interoperability, QOS, service oriented architectures; SME exploitation of eCommerce & eBusiness;
• e-Democracy: eVoting, eParticipation & political digital divide;
• e-Government: cross-border access to information, customer centric services, risk reduction in large-scale eGovernment projects, regional case studies, security issues, service models; survey of Citizen Service Number use in 12 EU Member States to access services;
• Knowledge Management: collaboration both within organisations and across organisational boundaries, semantic based knowledge retrieval, story telling techniques, sectoral applications in healthcare;
• Mobility: business models, GRID, IM applications, location based services, service quality, Mobility-Delphi study on the future of mobility & mobile services, security, standardisation, sectoral applications;
• Networked, Smart & Virtual Organisations: distributed collaboration, innovation management and management challenges;
• New Working Environment: knowledge based SMEs, multi-modal interfaces, semantic web, ICT impact on sectors including automotive, construction, healthcare and transport;
• SME: eCommerce and eBusiness, interoperability, standardisation, supply chain management, barriers to SME take-up of Open Source Software (OSS);
• eLearning & Education: case studies, design issues, support applications, innovation management education. Workshop on skills and certification organised by CEPIS.